Philanthropy drives innovation and impact in the College for its students and faculty. Dean Matthew Ando has identified areas of opportunity your personal philanthropy could increase impact in the highest areas of need for the College:
- Supporting Students – The ability to distribute scholarships to CAS students increases recruitment and retention among our twenty College departments and programs. With a 12% increase in enrollment within the College over the past 4 years, there are more students needing scholarship support.
- Experiential Learning - Experiential Learning encompasses the application of classroom learning to life-changing opportunities like internships, research and creative activity, study abroad/away, leadership, and community service. With increased costs of living around the world, philanthropy can further a student’s educational experience by removing financial barriers that interfere with these important external opportunities. To share an example, a student had to decline an internship in Washington, D.C. because they couldn’t afford to live there on the stipend offered and philanthropic support could have provided the student access.
- Investing in Faculty– Faculty are the catalysts for the student experience within the College. Mentorship, advising, and research opportunities are ways faculty serve CAS students beyond the classroom teaching that is expected of them. Support for faculty empowers them to establish new initiatives to create more transformative learning experiences for students to prepare them for a competitive job market.
College-Wide Priorities
View some of our primary college-wide priorities that you can support today with an online gift.
If you prefer to support a specific academic department, visit their department website and check out their individual giving opportunities under the “About Us” section.
You can also view all College of Arts & Sciences Funds to browse all our giving opportunities.
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General Support Fund
Your gift to the Arts and Sciences General Support Fund offers flexibility for the college to fund our most pressing needs like student and faculty research/travel, bringing speakers to campus, new technology to enhance learning, or other needs that may arise.
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Emergency Scholarship Fund
Every year, current students face a one-time emergency that threatens their ability to stay in school. For some, it is a $500 car repair keeping them from making it to class/work. For others, it is choosing between paying an emergency medical bill or making their tuition payment for next semester. Some students have lost their job and don’t know how they will pay rent for the remaining semester. The College of Arts and Sciences Emergency Scholarship Fund offers one-time grants to students in need.
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Experiential Learning Fund
A gift to the College of Arts and Sciences Experiential Learning Fund enables our students to gain real-world skills that help prepare them for their career. $500 can help a Biology student travel to Cleveland to present their research at a conference; $1,000 can help a History student travel to search archives for their research; $2,500 can allow a student to accept an unpaid internship without worrying about how to pay rent; these are just a few examples of how experiential learning can enhance a student’s education.
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General Scholarship Endowment
Financial need continues to be one of the biggest barriers to accessing higher education, and we know that scholarships between $1,000-4,000 can remove the barrier and help more students choose to earn their degree from OHIO. Your gift to the College of Arts and Sciences General Scholarship Endowment helps us attract, and retain, the best and brightest students like senior Missy Pedulla:
“Ohio University has always been my dream school and because of my scholarships I have been able to live my dream for the past four years.”
Would you like to pair your philanthropy with volunteer opportunities within the College? Learn more about engagement within the college
Contact
Are you interested in learning more about the philanthropic priorities of the College of Arts and Sciences? Contact one of the College’s gift officers to discuss your impact on the College:
- David Johnson
Senior Director of Development
johnsod7@ohio.edu
740.597.1604 - Amanda Blake
Director of Development
ablake@ohio.edu
614.693.5666