Funds that support Brookens Library
GENERAL FUNDS
Library Enhancement Fund
Library Fund
Friends of Brookens Library Fund
Brookens Library Collection Development and Management Fund- FUNDS FOR LECTURES
Holtz Memorial Endowment Fund - FUNDS FOR SPACES
Brookens Library Fund
Brookens Library Lounge Fund
Brookens Library Special Places Fund
Ruth and Lester Friedman Reading Lounge Fund - FUNDS TO ENHANCE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Archives Fund
David Everson Memorial Fund For Capital Scholars Library Materials
Howarth Family Archives Fund
Jacqueline Jackson Children's Book Fund - FUNDS FOR THE CENTER FOR ONLINE LEARNING, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE
Grace Brorstrom Oakley Scholarship
Ray Shroeder Online Learning Scholarship Fund
Brookens has many targeted funds for you to choose from. You can give safely online by using the Give Now button at left. You can also send in your gift by mail.
GENERAL FUNDS
Library Enhancement Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund are used to acquire works for the permanent library collection at UIS.
Library Fund Donate
Unrestricted fund for Brookens Library to meet extraordinary needs or take advantage of extraordinary opportunities.
Friends of Brookens Library Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund support Brookens Library at UIS. Donors to this fund become Friends of Brookens Library and are invited to special events, trips, and other opportunities throughout the year. For more information on becoming a Friend of the Library, go here.
Brookens Library Collection Development and Management Fund Donate
To help Brookens Library expand and flourish in the resources it offers students and the University community.
FUNDS FOR LECTURES
Holtz Memorial Endowment Fund Donate
This supports an annual lecture.
FUNDS FOR SPACES
Brookens Library Fund
Gifts to this fund enhance the special places in the library, including lounges, study corners, and other spaces.
Brookens Library Lounge Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund help enhance the lounges at Brookens Library.
Brookens Library Special Places Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund provide special places, study corners, etc. at Brookens Library.
Ruth and Lester Friedman Library Reading Lounge Fund Donate
For the enhancement and continued upkeep of this reading lounge.
TO ENHANCE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Archives Fund Donate
Providing unrestricted support for Brookens' Archives and Special Collections.
David Everson Memorial Fund for Capital Scholars Library Materials Donate
This fund was established in memory of the late David Everson, associate chancellor and professor of political studies at UIS, who wrote some half-dozen political murder mysteries before his death in 1999. Gifts to this fund provide library materials for the Capital Scholars program at UIS.
Howarth Family Archives Fund Donate
In 2009, Professor William Howarth, of Princeton University, donated his extensive collection of scholarly works to UIS. Dr. Howarth is an authority on the history and literature of travel, places, and nature. Co-author with Anne Matthews of the well-reviewed novel Deep Creek, Howarth served as editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, chaired The Center for American Places and, in over forty years at Princeton, explored nature-culture conflicts in courses ranging from pre-colonial America to postmodern fiction. As historian and critic, he specializes in trans-Atlantic romanticism, literary nonfiction, and the environmental humanities. The Howarth Family Archives Fund helps to maintain the collection of his works within the Brookens Library Archives.
Jacqueline Jackson Children's Book Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund provide children's literature materials for Brookens Library. This fund is in honor of Jacqueline D. Jackson, Professor Emerita, English. She has written numerous books for children and books on creative writing such as Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail, The Endless Pavement, and The Round Barn. In the picture at right you can see her with one of her former classes--they were reading Lord of the Rings, and they were on a quest.
FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CENTER FOR ONLINE LEARNING, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE
If you would like to support UIS' award-winning online program, you can give to one of the funds below. Your gift will help us serve students around the world.
Grace Brorstrom Oakley Scholarship Donate
Grace Brorstrom Oakley dedicated much of her time to encouraging women and economically disadvantaged persons to achieve a secondary education. Before terminal illness claimed her life in the early’ 90s, Ms. Brorstrom Oakley had been instrumental in establishing several scholarships for this target population. The Grace Brorstrom Oakley Scholarship was established in 1994, by her son, UIS Research Profesor, Burks Oakley, II. Applicants for the scholarship must be part- or full-time, academically sound undergraduate students enrolled in an online degree program. In continuance of Ms. Oakley’s life mission, preference is given to single mothers who have returned to college after being out for a period of time.
Ray Schroeder Online Learning Scholarship Fund Donate
Ray, by the way, is our award-winning, world renowned director of UIS' online program.
You could also give in support of the following teaching award, which honors the high standard that our UIS faculty have set for online teaching. The award goes to a professor who has done a particularly good job teaching online.
