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Make a Gift| Name | Description | Type of Fund | Designation Use | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UIS Kent Weber Scholarship Fund | This fund is used to provide Student Aid with the following selection criteria: The scholarship recipients shall be entering graduate or undergraduate students; the students' permanent residence shall be outside of the following counties… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Business and Management |
| UIS Kerins Family Endowed Scholarship | The Kerins Family Endowed Scholarship Fund shall support undergraduate scholarships within the Unit. Recipients shall be students pursuing a degree in teacher education. Preference shall be given to students studying early childhood… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Landscape and Garden Fund | This fund provides support for landscaping on the UIS campus. | Gift Fund | Operation and Maintenance of Plant | Facilities & Services |
| UIS Lawrence E. Williams/Dr. Larry Golden Illinois Innocence Project Scholarship Fund for Current Use | This fund is to provide support for students exonerated of a crime, who have had a criminal record expunged or who are on parole for a non-violent crime. | Scholarship | Student Aid | Enrollment and Retention Management |
| UIS Learning HUB Fund | Donations to this fund help the Learning Hub, which offers free help to students interested in improving their academic skills through both faculty and through a peer tutoring program. | Gift Fund | Academic Support | Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Lee Frost-Kumpf Scholarship Fund | An enthusiastic and vibrant presence on the UIS campus, the late Dr. Lee Frost-Kumpf was an associate professor of Political Studies who championed public policy issues in any way he could. He received the Spencer Award for public service… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Lee Humphrey Dodd Memorial Scholarship Fund | In 1994, Lee Humphrey Dodd, a Springfield-area attorney, became the first woman to be named first assistant state's attorney. Ms. Dodd was also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Springfield Junior League, American… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Enrollment and Retention Management |
| UIS Lee Milner Memorial Fund for Current Use | To support scholarships for students in the Public Affairs Reporting program in the School of Communication and Media. | Scholarship | Student Aid | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Lee Milner Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund | To support scholarships for students in the Public Affairs Reporting program in the School of Communication and Media. | Scholarship | Student Aid | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Legal Studies Program | This fund provides general support for the Legal Studies Department. | Gift Fund | Academic Support | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Leona Vollintine Accounting Student Aid in Honor of Donald Stanhope | When beloved Professor of Accountancy, Don Stanhope, decided to retire, his colleagues immediately purposed to establish some sort of worthwhile tribute in honor of the man they called the “founding father of the Accountancy department.”… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Business and Management |
| UIS Leonard Branson Accountancy Scholarship Fund | This scholarship was created in Dr. Leonard Branson's honor as he prepareds for his retirement. Dr. Branson has taught in the Accountancy Department at UIS for 30 years, including 17 years as Chair. He received the Faculty Excellence Award… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Business and Management |
| UIS Leroy Jordan Social Justice Scholarship Fund | This endowed scholarship at UIS honors an SSU/UIS alum who served this university, the city of Springfield and the State of Illinois to promote and model social justice. Leroy Jordan, an Illinois native, was the first black male elementary… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Levi, Ray & Shoup Computer Science Scholarship | Dick Levi, a prominent computer systems businessman, established the Levi, Ray… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Health, Science and Technology |
| UIS Liberal and Integrative Studies Fund | This fund provides money for special opportunities or extraordinary needs for the Liberal and Integrative Studies Department. That could include faculty and students traveling to a conference to present their research. Faculty can take… | Gift Fund | Academic Support | Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
| UIS Library Enhancement Fund | Gifts to this fund are used to acquire works for the permanent library collection at UIS. | Gift Fund | Academic Support | University Library |
| UIS Library Fund | This provides unrestricted support for Brookens Library to meet extraordinary needs or take advantage of extraordinary opportunities. | Gift Fund | Academic Support | University Library |
| UIS Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series | This fund provides support for the annual Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series. | Gift Fund | Instruction | Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Lincoln Studies Fund | This fund provides unrestricted support to the UIS Center for Lincoln Studies, so your gifts to this fund can be used with great advantage wherever needed. The Center opened in February 2021 and is expected to be a national base for… | Gift Fund | Academic Support | Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Loken Family Scholarship | The Loken Family Scholarship was created to help students who not only want to be classroom teachers, but educators of those pupils who may need significantly more patience, guts and innovation with their instruction. Dr. Mary Loken, an… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Public Affairs & Education |
| UIS Louise Hartman Schewe and Karl Schewe Professorship in Liberal Arts and Sciences | The income from this fund shall be used to supplement the funding of a faculty position in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Health, Science and Technology at the Springfield campus of the University of… | Gift Fund | Professorships | Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Louise Hartman Schewe Scholarship | Louise Hartman Schewe, a philanthropist and former teacher, was a long-time supporter of UIS and its mission to provide “an intellectually rich, collaborative and intimate learning environment for students.” Louise was a teacher and active… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Provost & VC Acad Affairs |
| UIS Luther W. Skelton Endowment for Energy Policy and Energy Research | Dr. Luther Skelton, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with master and doctorate degrees in political science, was a staunch advocate of energy research and resources. In 1984, he authored a book entitled The Solar Hydrogen Energy… | Gift Fund | Student Aid | Health, Science and Technology |
| UIS M'Lou Burnett-Dixon Fund | This endowed fund helps to fund thesis projects for Human Development Counseling graduate students. Their expenses might include travel, the cost of surveys, materials and resources, and other needs. As you can imagine, this fund has made… | Scholarship | Academic Support | Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
| UIS Mabel and Harvey Lynn Award Fund | The Mabel and Harvey Lynn Award was established in honor and memory of the parents and in-laws of Dr. Robert Lynn and former chancellor, Dr. Naomi Lynn. Dr. Naomi Lynn was the first Hispanic woman president of an American public university… | Scholarship | Student Aid | Enrollment and Retention Management |