THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES CREATES FUTURES

Your support is essential to ensure that College faculty, staff, and students are able to continue to address our society's most compelling challenges and create the most extraordinary future.

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Annual Support

The College of Arts and Sciences' new interim dean, Ron Irving, is a firm believer in the importance of a liberal arts education and views maintaining excellence in undergraduate education as fundamental to the mission of the College. Private support helps advance college priorities such as:

• Strengthening the student experience beginning with the freshman year. When students feel more connected to the College from the outset, their academic and overall university experience is richer.
• Ensuring that students have access to innovative courses and extracurricular projects with real world applications-the sort of offerings they will likely later identify as turning points in their education and, often, in their lives.
• Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to work side-by-side with award-winning faculty, fostering expertise in understanding the complex parameters of real-world problems while building the teamwork skills to succeed in their field of choice.

Not only will your gift support the College's curricula and resources, but will also directly help students through scholarship and fellowship funding. Here are a few examples of how financial aid has made a difference in the lives of UW students:

• Exploration Seminars give students who don't have a lot of time or money the opportunity to study abroad in a four-week format. Helen Anne Gateley's ('06) trip to Belfast introduced her to people working to overcome decades of conflict. An aspiring journalist, she even met the President of Ireland. "This seminar was thought-provoking and left an everlasting impression on me," she says. "I'm very grateful for the scholarship that made it possible."
• By combining a Howard B. Woolston Award for Academic Excellence with student aid provided by the Friends of Sociology, Calandra Falacy, '06, traveled to Rome and used the city as her classroom. This valuable academic experience enabled her to produce a research paper that was accepted for a panel at the American Sociological Association conference.
• A triple major in Sociology, Mathematics, and Statistics, Jeff Eaton of North Seattle, '08, received a Venture Fellowship from the Mary Gates Endowment, an Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Award, travel funding from the Sociology Department, and a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. These awards will allow him to participate in field work activities abroad that will bring him into much closer proximity to his study of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

You can become a partner with Interim Dean Irving, the faculty, and staff in creating the best possible educational experience for College of Arts and Sciences students by making your gift to the A&S College Fund for Excellence today.

Campaign Goal for the College of Arts & Sciences: $240 million

Recognition Levels

The President's Club Annual gifts totaling $2,000 or more
The Dean's Club - $500+

Additional Information(in PDF Format)

Creating Futures in the College of Arts and Sciences
Ways to Give

Contact Information

To learn more about helping the College of Arts & Sciences, please contact:

Michael Podlin
Assistant Dean for Development and External Relations
College of Arts and Sciences
Box 353765
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3765
206.616.2464

For more information on the College of Arts & Sciences, visit our web site at http://www.artsci.washington.edu/