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Investing in People
The School of Humanities offers nationally renowned instruction and research that inspire cultural, historical, aesthetic, and philosophical understanding. Supporting the work of our students and faculty in our departments and programs is the number one priority for the School.

Outstanding humanities research depends not on highly expensive equipment, but rather on the ability of talented scholars to consult original sources, to work collaboratively with other scholars, and the dedicated time to developing new theses in their respective fields.

Listed below are suggested ways you can support this important work through your gift or pledge. Thank you for your interest in the Humanities!

Graduate Support
Graduate students are charged with both mastering and innovating their fields through original research that challenges assumptions and inspires new understandings. Our graduate students also bring the most recent scholarship to the undergraduate students they teach and mentor.

Outstanding graduate students attract the best faculty members who, through their research and instruction, continue to elevate UCI within the ranks of the nation’s best universities.

Named Endowed Fellowship $450,000 - $750,000
Named Term Fellowship $20,000/year
Named Travel / Research Award $5,000 / year

Faculty Support
An endowed chair is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a faculty member. By naming an endowed chair, a donor can instantly raise the national recognition of the Department while also making a permanent and important contribution to the School.

Named Chair $1,000,000

The endowed faculty fellowship will be used to draw the most promising scholars and teachers to UC Irvine. The strength of the School of Humanities attracts the very best scholars; endowed research funds ensure that the School is able to compete successfully with the packages offered by our peers.

Named Faculty Fellow $500,000

Undergraduate Support
Endowed scholarships allow the School to attract and retain the country’s best undergraduate students. Seventy-eight percent of our undergraduate students apply for financial aid to support their education. Endowed scholarships help us meet this need by providing annual support in perpetuity for our very best students.

Named Endowed Scholarship $150,000 - $450,000
Named Term Scholarship $10,000/year
Named Award $2,500 / year

Humanities Programming Lecture Series $350,000 endowed
$15,000 /year
The intellectual vitality of our campus is due in large part to those lectures that bring students, faculty, staff, and the community into interactions and conversations with each other. Both endowed gifts of $350,000 and annual gifts of $15,000 allow a donor to name a lecture series.

Investing in Bricks and Mortar
A new Humanities Building is scheduled to open in 2010. Plans for the building are well underway. With this new building will come much needed meeting and office space for the School as well as innovative “smart” classrooms that are equipped with the latest technological tools for instruction.

You can mark your support for the Humanities by naming one of the building’s new offices, libraries, classrooms, or auditoriums for yourself or someone you care about. Gifts recognized in the building will be used to fund fellowships and scholarships – the School’s highest priorities.

New Humanities Building Naming Opportunities*
Classrooms $100,000
Small Conference Rooms $50,000- $75,000
Screening Room $75,000
Departmental Library / Reading Room $50,000
Film Editing Room $40,000
Chair/Director Offices $30,000
Faculty Research Offices $25,000

(*These gifts can be pledged over three – five years.)

Departmental Fundraising Profiles Coming Soon!

University of California, Irvine | School of Humanities
Office of Development and Alumni Relations 
272 Humanities Instructional Building, Irvine, CA 92697  (949) 824-1342