Please consider a gift to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation to enhance the outstanding learning environment in the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences comprises 18 academic departments and several interdisciplinary programs in the natural and social sciences, the arts and the humanities that serve the educational needs of the entire university. Many students and programs in individual departments are supported by generous gifts from alumni, current and emeriti faculty and staff, and other friends. The College of Arts and Sciences supplements that support, focusing primarily on collaborative efforts among departments and programs.
Your gift to any of the following initiatives will enhance student learning experiences, provide valuable faculty resources and support long-term development of the academic environment at UW-Eau Claire. The amount in parentheses indicates the annual amount required to meet desired goals. Naming opportunities exist for major gifts.
- An awards program to recognize outstanding faculty and staff teaching, research mentoring and/or advising ($4,000 annually, with the goal of an endowed program).
- Interdisciplinary programs, including developing and teaching team-taught interdisciplinary courses; symposia and seminars; and faculty-student collaborations ($10,000 annually).
- Community-building activities within the College of Arts and Sciences and relationships with the local, regional and state communities — for example, annual campus-community discussions, a proposed community lecture series, collegewide faculty and staff events (gifts of any amount).
- Need-based study-abroad scholarships for students in the College of Arts and Sciences (gifts of any amount).
- Diversity initiatives on campus, including a fund for faculty and student recruitment, support for the work of the Arts and Sciences Diversity Advisory Committee, and other efforts (gifts of any amount).
- Student travel to participate in scholarly conferences (gifts of any amount).
- Supplementary funds for faculty travel to present their scholarly and creative work at international conferences (gifts of any amount).
- The College of Arts and Sciences Advancement Fund, used by the dean to further multiple initiatives including supplementing state funding and outside grant support for innovative faculty and student work, equipment acquisition, facilities renovation and other academic enhancements (gifts of any amount).
Thank you for considering a gift to benefit the College of Arts and Sciences at UW-Eau Claire. All gifts are recognized as contributions to the Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence campaign.
For more information about the College of Arts and Sciences, contact Donald Christian, dean, at 715-836-2542 or visit the college's Web site.
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