When you give to the College of Social Sciences, helping students is the bottom line.

Our alumni and friends invest in the future of our outstanding students by preparing them for meaningful careers, advanced professional training, and an active role in public life.

Gifts to specific program areas that focus on important social, economic and public policy issues generate significant research by faculty and students that is introduced into the undergraduate curriculum and that of our graduate programs.

Here are a few examples of how private support benefits students, faculty, and the program as a whole.

Students

• Need-based student aid awards for Master's-level students in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning
• Graduate scholarship awards in the Department of Geography
• Funding for a Capstone course for top undergraduates in the Department of Economics
• An annual guest lecture in the Askew School of Public Administration & Policy
• Annual travel awards for International Affairs students to study in China
• A funded undergraduate research project in Sociology

Faculty

• 20 Eminent Scholar Chairs and Named Professors in six departments
• Funded research projects
• Travel awards for professional conferences and symposia
• An annual teaching award in the Department of Political Science

Programs

• 6 research institutes and centers, specializing in economic concerns, public policy, public health, and international affairs
• Technology upgrades for students, faculty, and staff, as well as computer labs for graduate and undergraduate students
• New course development and teaching materials, both print and web-based