Whether you're an alumnus or alumna, parent, friend, or advocate, your gift to CLAS supports student success and innovative research.
Ways to support the College:
Undergraduate Scholarships
Scholarships give many deserving CLAS undergraduates the resources they need to pursue a quality liberal arts education, discover and nurture their passions, and realize their potential for a successful career.
“My scholarship made a huge difference because my family had just moved here from India in 2016. As a transfer student from a community college, it allowed me to explore campus and get involved with the Transfer Connections House. I’ll be the first in my family to finish college. I know it will make my parents proud.”
-Ruhi Patel ’20 (CLAS)
Statistics major; supported by the CLAS Undergraduate Scholarship
Graduate Fellowships
Graduate fellowships help brilliant young scholars and researchers just starting out in their careers to develop their own new ideas, pursue their research passions, and bring new knowledge to the undergraduates they teach.
“Next semester I will teach a lecture on globalization, and what the government needs to do to address the air pollution problem and create air pollution mitigation policies. My research will be a part of the course because air quality and public health are pressing issues facing the business world.”
-Xueke Li
Ph.D. candidate in Geography; supported by the CLAS Graduate Fellowship Fund
Faculty Endowments
Endowed professorships and chairs help the College attract top faculty and create opportunities for professors to expand their research and innovative teaching approaches. View our endowed chairs.
“I am deeply honored and grateful to the Draper family for their generosity and commitment to the humanities. I envision this chair making invaluable contributions to and enhancing teaching and research of history at the University.”
- Manisha Sinha
James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History.
To discuss options for contributing to a CLAS faculty endowment, please contact one of the College’s development officers.
Dean’s Fund
The CLAS Dean’s Fund provides institutional resources for need-based financial aid, travel abroad for students and faculty, pre-professional advising, visits by distinguished scholars, faculty research, and more.
In 2018, CLAS students traveled to Katowice, Poland to take part in the COP24 conference on climate change. Student travel was made possible in part by support from the CLAS Dean’s Fund.
