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Endowments

Endowments are a special kind of gift. They celebrate the lives of generous donors' families or friends, as well as corporations, foundations and other special groups, forever linking their names to the life and purpose of the College of Fine Arts. Each endowment is publicly recognized by a plaque hung in perpetuity within one of the College's four fine arts buildings.

Faculty Endowments

Faculty endowments enable the College to offer supplemental salary support to faculty and special funds to distinguished lecturers. They also support and reward faculty for exemplary research and scholarly efforts. In the College as in most arenas, excellence attracts excellence. Each outstanding faculty member an endowment helps attract or retain enhances the College's ability to attract the next outstanding scholar.

• Chair (Minimum funding amount: $1,000,000)
  Endowed chairs recognize deans, department chairs and senior faculty.
• Professorship (Minimum funding amount: $300,000)
  Endowed professorships are awarded to outstanding mid-level and senior faculty.
• Fellowship (Minimum funding amount: $150,000)
  Faculty fellowships support excellent teachers regardless of rank or tenure, including visiting scholars in residence.

Student Endowments

Student endowments encourage students to strive for excellence and they create opportunities for those in financial need. Because the College competes with other fine arts programs at top public and private universities for the very best student scholars, four new types of endowments have been added to the student endowment program to make the College more competitive. These endowments are indicated below by an asterisk (*).

• Endowed Presidential Fellowship * (Minimum funding amount: $100,000)
  Endowed presidential fellowships are awarded to graduate students based on merit and academic performance. Minimum award amount: TBA.
• Graduate Fellowship * (Minimum funding amount: $50,000)
  Graduate fellowships are awarded to graduate students based on greatest need within each academic department of the College. Minimum award amount: $500.Endowed
• Presidential Scholarship (Minimum funding amount: $50,000)
  Endowed presidential scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students based on merit and academic performance. Minimum award amount: $2,000.
• Graduate Research Endowment * (Minimum funding amount: $40,000)
  Graduate research endowments support research grants to graduate students based on greatest need within each academic department of the College. Minimum award amount: TBA.
• Undergraduate Scholarship (Minimum funding amount: $25,000)
  Undergraduate scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students based on greatest need within each academic department of the College. Minimum award amount: $500.
• Undergraduate Research Endowment * (Minimum funding amount: $20,000)
  Undergraduate research endowments support research grants to undergraduate students based on greatest need within each academic department of the College. Minimum award amount: TBA.

Program Endowments

• Program Support Endowment (Minimum funding amount: $25,000)
  Program endowments benefit specific areas and programs in the College by enhancing libraries, laboratories, art and history collections, research units, and academic programs.
• Endowed Book Fund (Minimum funding amount: $10,000)
  Endowed book funds, also a new endowment category, are designed to assist the College's libraries, the lifeblood for faculty, undergraduate and graduate student research. These funds will enable libraries to acquire new resources including books, periodicals and electronic materials. The College will place donors' and honorees' names in each book the funds purchase.

Annual Giving

• Dean's Associates (Annual gift of $100 and more)
  Dean's Associates gifts support programs and activities that allow students and faculty to excel. These unrestricted funds provide flexibility that allows the College to pursue its current priorities or take advantage of unforeseen opportunities. Members of this "giving group" receive newsletters and special reports detailing the usage of funds. Other benefits may include invitations to events, subscriptions, executive briefings, ticketing assistance, and more, depending upon giving level.

Planned/Deferred Gifts

• Bequest
• Charitable Remainder Trust
• Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
• Pooled Income Fund