Make a Gift
Thank you for considering a gift to the College of Health and Human Sciences. As you think about investing in us, we invite you to explore these options to ensure excellence in teaching, research and outreach.
Options for investing in people to ensure excellence in teaching, research and outreach
An Undergraduate Research Award
Enhance the undergraduate experience by providing a student the opportunity to assist in important research with a graduate student or faculty mentor. $2,000 annual gift or $45,000 endowed gift. If you're interested in creating an Undergraduate Research Award, please contact Marie Jennings.
A Graduate Fellowship Award
Support a graduate student in their studies or research and provide funds to recruit exceptional graduate students to Oregon State University. $4,000 annual gift or $90,000 endowed gift. If you would like to support the research of graduate students by creating a fellowship, please contact Marie Jennings.
A Faculty Pilot Research Award
Fund the next big idea! Support that will allow faculty to begin ground-breaking work. $5,000 annual gift or $120,000 endowed gift. If supporting faculty research appeals to you, please contact Marie Jennings.
A Visiting Lectureship
Bring an expert to campus to share their knowledge, research, and experience with OSU faculty, students, and our community.$5,000 - $10,000 annual gift or $120,000 - $225,000 endowed gift. If you are interested in exploring the creation of a Visiting Lectureship for the College, please contact Marie Jennings.
A Research Assistantship
Bring the best graduate students to Oregon State University by providing support for a graduate student who is doing research in a field of your choice. $18,000 annual gift or $400,000 endowed gift. If you would like to consider supporting a Research Assistant in the College, please contact Marie Jennings.
A Professorship
Bring honor and prestige to Oregon State by supporting a professor to teach and conduct research in the field of your choice. $45,000 annual gift or $1 million endowed gift. If you are interested in supporting a professorship, please contact Marie Jennings.
An Endowed Chair
This is the most prestigious faculty position. Bring a senior faculty member to Oregon State University whose work will impact the world. $135,000 annual gift or $3 million endowed gift. :Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.
Options for investing in facilities to provide exceptional learning environments
Enhance a current classroom
Your gift of $10,000 to $100,000 enables us to improve a classroom – from a coat of paint to the latest technology. Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.
Name a laboratory
Your gift of $250,000 to $500,000 can bring a current laboratory up to state-of-the-art standards and help us attract exceptional graduate students and research grants. For example, you can name the Laboratory of Bone Health or the Laboratory of Bionutrition. Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.
Renovate a part of a building and name a center
Your gift of $500,000 to $5,000,000 will provide space for our increasing student enrollment and new faculty. Options include renovating the second floor of the Women’s Building to build a Center for Healthy Children, renovating the fourth floor of Waldo Hall for the Department of Public Health, building a Center for Sexual Health and improving Langton Hall for a Community Center. Please contact Marie Jennings to discuss the many opportunities for renovation projects!
Create a new wing for Bates Hall
Your gift of $5 million will create a home for our new Center for Healthy Aging Research to be housed with our Bates Family Policy Study Center and our Child Development Center, allowing for valuable interdisciplinary and intergenerational study and research across the lifespan. Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.
Allow us to choose an investment option for you
Your gift to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence is distributed at the Dean’s discretion to promote excellence in teaching, research and outreach within the College of Health and Human Sciences. Funds may support students and faculty, awards for outstanding achievements, and funding for special projects. Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.
Design your own investment in the College of Health and Human Sciences
You may design your own Legacy of Learning – for students, faculty and our learning environments. Tell us what where you want to make a difference for the College of Health and Human Sciences and we’ll work together so that your contribution strengthens our work and our future generations. Please contact Marie Jennings for more information.