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Name Description Type of Fund Designation Use Unit
UIS Nancy and Bill Simpson Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund This fund is used to provide need-based Student Aid to undergraduate student-athletes enrolled in any curriculum at UIS. Scholarship Student Aid Student Affairs
UIS Nancy Lanphier and Charles Armstrong Chapin Endowment Fund The fund shall be used to provide an award to a graduate student selected for distinction in completing an outstanding master's thesis or project and may also be used for travel expenses for the attendees to attend the award ceremony. If,… Gift Fund Student Aid Provost & VC Acad Affairs, Public Affairs & Education
UIS Nancy M. Hahn Fund As a student at UIS, Nancy Hahn learned about the Chartres Cathedral in a class called Medieval Art and Architecture, taught by Margaret Rossiter. She didn't really appreciate the cathedral, however, until she visited Europe and walked… Scholarship Student Aid Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Naomi and Robert Lynn Distinguished Capital Scholars Fund The Naomi and Robert Lynn Distinguished Capital Scholars Scholarship was established in honor of Naomi B. Lynn, Chancellor of UIS for nine years. Under her watch the university welcomed its first freshmen and sophomore students to the… Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Natural Sciences Division Fund This fund provides general support for the Department of Natural Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UIS. Gift Fund Academic Support Health, Science and Technology
UIS Necessary Steps Mentoring Program Fund This fund supports the Necessary Steps Mentoring Program, a living-learning community for first-generation students, who are among the very first in their families to attend college. Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Nelson and Mary Howarth Memorial Award Fund Nelson Howarth was a respected Springfield attorney and three-term mayor who was instrumental in convincing the Illinois General Assembly to establish the UIS (then Sangamon State University) campus in 1969. He later taught a course in… Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Nonprofit Management Certification Program Fund This fund provides unrestricted support for the Nonprofit Management Certification Program in the College of Public Affairs and Administration at UIS. Gift Fund Academic Support Public Affairs & Education
UIS Norm A. Aronfeld Scholarship Fund Student Aid from this fund shall be awarded annually to one to four full-time or part-time students that have academic merit or financial need. Each academic merit-based scholarship will cover the costs of two semesters of tuition, fees… Scholarship Student Aid Public Affairs & Education
UIS Northwestern Mutual, D. Patrick Scheina Scholarship Fund This fund provides scholarship support to an undergraduate student with a demonstrated financial need and a preference given for a student athlete in the College of Business and Management at UIS. Scholarship Student Aid Business and Management
UIS NPR Illinois Business Fund This is a gift account for underwriters to WUIS Radio. Gift Fund Public Service Center for State Policy
UIS NPR Illinois Business Gift-in-Kind Fund This fund is used to record Business Gifts-In-Kind for WUIS. Gift Fund Academic Support Center for State Policy
UIS NPR Illinois Fund The fund provides unrestricted use to NPR Illinois. Gift Fund Public Service Center for State Policy
UIS NPR Illinois Legacy Endowment Fund Your gift to this fund adds to the permanent funding of NPR Illinois. The principle of an endowment stays intact, with support coming from the interest paid on the endowment, so your gift will have a lasting impact on the future of NPR… Gift Fund Public Service Center for State Policy
UIS NPR Illinois Music Studio Fund Gifts to this fund are restricted to WUIS Music Studio gifts. Gift Fund Operation and Maintenance of Plant Center for State Policy
UIS NPR Illinois Quasi-Endowment Fund The fund will benefit NPR Illinois in the Center for State and Policy Leadership at UIS. Gift Fund Academic Support Center for State Policy
UIS Oblinger Scholarship Fund Income from this endowed fund is used for scholarships for students pursuing a master's degree in Human Services with preference to a student emphasizing or concentrating in Gerontology. Scholarship Student Aid Public Affairs & Education
UIS Observer Newspaper Fund The UIS Observer (https://uisobserver.com/) is the award winning, student-run, editorially independent online multimedia newspaper at UIS. Today, an ability to communicate--to tell a story and report… Gift Fund Academic Support Public Affairs & Education
UIS Office of Disability Services This fund provides support for the Office of Disability Services at UIS. Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Office of Disability Services Unrestricted Fund Donations to this fund provide support for the Office of Disability Services at UIS. Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Office of Electronic Media Unrestricted Fund This fund provides unrestricted support to the Office of Electronic Media. Gift Fund Academic Support Center for State Policy
UIS Office of New Student Orientation and Parent Relations Fund Gifts to this fund support UIS Center for First Year programs, which focuses on transitional/retention issues facing students that select UIS as their college of choice. Gift Fund Academic Support Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS OLAS-Organization of Latin American Students This fund benefits OLAS, the Organization of Latin American Students. It's an organization dedicated to bringing diversity and cultural awareness to the UIS Campus. Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Orion Lab Fund To support the Orion Lab at UIS. Gift Fund Student Services Health, Science and Technology
UIS Otis D. Morgan Award Fund Dr. Otis D. Morgan, who died in 1973, was a UIS (then Sangamon State University) charter faculty member. Dr. Morgan's primary instruction was in the Teacher Preparation Sequence. The Otis D. Morgan Memorial Scholarship, one of the longest-… Scholarship Student Aid Public Affairs & Education