opportunities to enhance the university as a whole
The following funds support the university as a whole.
For funds that benefit certain colleges or departments, please begin your investigation here. This will lead you to the specific colleges and departments' How You Can Help pages which list all the funds that support each.
Supporting Academics
- Academic Affairs Fund for Excellence
- Ambassador Luncheon Series Fund
- Carrol C. Hall Fund
- Chancellor's Funds
Unrestricted and
Chancellor's Fund for Excellence - Global Experience Program Funds
Use this link to learn about why Global Experiences are so important and about the many study-abroad connections we can offer students. - Graduate Student Recognition Fund
- Julia Henderson Award Fund
- Oakley Online Teaching Award Fund
- Pearson Faculty Awards Fund
Supporting Facilities
- Art Acquisitions Fund
- Friendship Garden
- Dr. Joyce Griffin Memorial Garden Fund
- Housing Improvements Fund
- Japanese Garden-Ensel Fund
- Landscape and Garden Fund
- Patton Park Fund
- Plaque and Memorial Fund
- Student Union Expansion
- UHB Lobby Improvement Fund
You can support any of these funds by using the Give Now button and using the link entitled Funds that Enhance the University. Thank you!
Supporting Academics
Academic Affairs Fund for Excellence Donate
An unrestricted fund available to the Provost to meet unexpected needs and take advantage of unforeseen opportunities to enhance academics at UIS
Ambassador Luncheon Series Fund Donate
A fund to support local students’ attendance at the Ambassador Series luncheons and to help ambassadors who might not be able to pay all their expenses to come to Springfield.
Carrol C. Hall Fund Donate
Support for a lectures series on capitalism.
Chancellor’s Unrestricted Fund Donate
Chancellor’s Fund for Excellence Donate
Three unrestricted funds available to the Chancellor to meet needs and take advantage of opportunities that come to UIS.
Graduate Student Recognition Fund Donate
Gifts to this fund are used to strengthen graduate education at UIS through support of activities such as award programs for outstanding research conducted by graduate students, research support grants made to graduate students, and promotion of graduate student involvement in the life of campus.
Julia Henderson Award Fund Donate
Dr. Henderson, who distinguished herself through her academic success and public service, including many years working at the United Nations, created this fund to support fellowships, forums to encourage intelligent discourse in support of controversial but important ideas, and concern for methods to improve the analysis and delivery of vital governmental services. Most recently, the fund has supported UIS' Earth Day celebration in April, 2010.
Oakley Online Teaching Award Fund Donate
The Burks Oakley II Distinguished Online Teaching Award recognizes UIS faculty members whose performance exemplifies the institution’s commitment to excellence in online teaching.
Pearson Faculty Awards Fund Donate
This fund gives us a way to recognize excellence in teaching at UIS. Our faculty—their commitment to their students and their academic fields—is one of the strongest advantages that we offer students. Help us celebrate this excellence by adding to this fund.
Supporting Facilities and Gardens
Art Acquisitions Fund Donate
This fund provides for the acquisition and careful maintenance of public art for the UIS campus.
Friendship Garden Donate
Gifts are used to maintain the Women's Friendship Garden at UIS. This fund pays for the commemoration we place in the garden each year to honor the annual recipient of the Naomi B. Lynn Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Environment for Women at UIS. We also use this account for on-going perennial plantings. In Spring 2005 we planted a Yellow Bird Magnolia that will grow to 40 feet tall with a 25-foot span--a thing of beauty for our campus for years to come.
Dr. Joyce Griffin Memorial Garden Fund Donate
Gifts provide for benches and trees in the area of the Dr. Joyce Griffin Memorial Garden on the UIS campus.
Housing Improvements Fund Donate
This fund allows us to repair and improve campus housing facilities. We currently house over 1100 residents within one of the 32 apartment buildings and two residence halls—seven distinct residential communities. Residential Life fosters personal and academic growth in each resident, while providing diverse, progressive, and collaborative developmental environments which are integral to a premier, liberal arts education they receive at UIS. The residential life department provides intentional campus life experiences and inclusive traditions which complement, support, and enhance the residential living/learning communities. You can contribute & thereby support the provisionofquality facilities to UIS residents that is crucial to their retentionand eventual graduation.
Japanese Garden—Ensel Fund Donate
Gifts help maintain the UIS Japanese Garden, established through a gift from Mrs. Lee Ensel.
Landscape and Garden Fund Donate
Unrestricted support for langscaping on the UIS campus.
Patton Park Fund
Upon her birth in 1904, Kathryn was one of the original enrollees of the Cherokee Nation, federally recognized and the second largest Indian tribe in the United States with a jurisdictional area in Oklahoma. She married Fred Patton in 1953, six years after he formed the Illinois Meter Company.Along with their early support of UIS (then Sangamon State University), Mrs. Patton and her husband established a fund to beautify UIS’ campus with Patton Park, the three hexagon-shaped pastoral areas north of Brookens Library. Today, both the granite stone of Patton Memorial Park endure as tangible evidence of one couple’s undiminished service to UIS, its students and its future.
Plaque and Memorial Fund Donate
Supports the funding of campus memorials which honor the memories of departed individuals who contributed greatly to the success ofUIS.
Student Union Expansion Donate
A fund that will one day lead to a new Student Union at UIS—greatly needed, much anticipated.
UHB Lobby Improvement Fund Donate
This fund provides for improvements in the University Hall Building Lobby. Since this is one of the first places that prospective students come on campus, we are committed to making it attractive and comfortable. Stop by, check it out, and then help us keep it nice by giving to this fund.
Questions?
Please feel free to contact one of our gift officers or to Send Us A Question, using the links at left. You may also contact our office directly.
