The College of Design (CDes) is fortunate to have many alumni and friends who are interested in its success. One of the ways you can help ensure a bright future for the new college is through your gifts. Private giving makes it possible for CDes to transform the lives of those who are touched by its teaching, research, and outreach.

There are numerous opportunities to make a difference through your investments. Here are a few:

Student Support

Gifts for undergraduate scholarship and graduate fellowships are truly gifts that transform lives. They help the college attract promising students and ease the burden of rising tuition. To strengthen our ability to attract top students, we must increase the level of financial support that we can offer.

With annual tuition for undergraduates nearly $10,000, and for professional and graduate students nearly $17,000, the need for student support exists across all degree programs in the college. We particularly need to increase scholarships for undergraduates in architecture and landscape architecture and for fellowships for graduate students in design, housing, and apparel fields. There is also a great need for funds to support students who would like to study abroad or travel to professional conferences and seminars. New programs, such as the M.S. in architecture, with an emphasis on sustainability, need student support funds to prepare practitioners to meet the growing need for sustainable design.

A permanent fund to support students can be named with a gift of $25,000 or more. These gifts may be eligible for matching funds from the University. Annual gifts to support scholarships and fellowships are also welcome

Annual tuition and fees of nearly $15,000 were offset, in part, for recent graduate Jess Roberts by the George Gorbatenko Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Architecture, an award for architecture students who have an interest in housing, urban design, or sustainable design.

Faculty Support

The quality of the college is directly related to the quality of our faculty and the support we are able to provide them. Endowed chairs and professorships increase the college's ability to attract top students and recruit and retain world-class faculty.

Gifts that add to existing funds-such as the H. W. S. Cleveland Endowment, Cass Gilbert Endowment, and the Biester Young Honors Lecture endowment- help us attract the finest visiting faculty from the nation as well as around the world.

Practitioners play a significant role in many areas of design education. The School of Architecture's Professor in Practice brings practitioners into the studio. A gift of $5,000 allows the architecture school to bring a practitioner into the studio for one semester.

Research and Outreach

The College of Design has numerous research centers, all of which benefit from private support. The centers focus on innovative solutions to design problems relating to architecture, apparel design, interior design, graphic design, housing, landscape architecture, and retail merchandising, and make up-to-date knowledge available in the classroom.

Among its centers, the college's Goldstein Museum of Design is an internationally recognized teaching museum and research center for interpreting the vital role of art in everyday life. Your gifts allow the Goldstein to attain excellence in its exhibitions and programming, enhance the education of undergraduate and graduate students, and assist the work of independent scholars.

Making a Gift

There are many ways to make a gift to the College of Design. Gifts are accepted from firms, corporations, and individuals; alumni groups and professional associations can join together to make a gift.

Gifts of cash or stocks, bonds, or mutual fund shares held more than one year, can often be the simplest way for you to provide immediate support. There are also gift plans that enable you to make a gift to the University and provide lifetime income for you and/or others.

Named Funds

Named, endowed scholarships and fellowships require a minimum investment of $25,000. Payments can be spread over five years. Annual gifts are also welcome.

The College of Design development staff welcomes your inquires. Please feel free to contact: