School of Social Work Award Funds
School of Social Work
The School of Social Work attracts excellent, diverse students and our nationally recognized faculty effect change daily through their teaching, research, and community engagement. Our goal is to increase our fellowship and scholarship opportunities by $1.4 million. Help us to support the important efforts of our students and faculty by contributing to one of our many worthy and distinguished awards.
To give a gift to today, please visit the University of Illinois Foundation by clicking on the link below. To make sure that your gift will be credited to the fund you wish to support, please indicate that the gift should be given to the Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work and the name of the designated fund. For additional information about any of these awards, please contact Carol Brumer Gliksman at the School of Social Work Advancement Office at 217.244.1064 or cbg@uiuc.edu.
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Support MSW Students
Ranked among the nation’s elite, our Master of Social Work program empowers students to become true leaders in the field of social work, helping people across their lifespan. Please help us to support these emerging leaders by contributing to one of the awards or funds benefiting each of our five specializations.
Adah Hopkins Aime Award: designated for a current student who is balancing many obligations while attending graduate school and for whom the award would assist them in meeting the educational demands of graduate school.
Becca Nimmer Marcus Fund: awarded to a student planning to practice in the field of mental health.
Frank Itzin Award: given to a student who excels in field placement.
Marietta Stevenson Award: for a student seeking higher education in the field of Social Work.
Mark Hale Award: supports students demonstrating outstanding scholarship.
*** Mary Louise Kaulfuss Endowment: will be for a student specializing in School Social Work or a campus and community student. This scholarship was formerly known as the Moreland Ollr Stroud Scholarship Fund.
Patchner-Ramanathan Award: for a student specializing in health care or service for the elderly.
Ron Moorman Award in Child Welfare: support for a student specializing in child welfare.
*** Ruppert Downing Field Education Award in Community Organization and Advocacy: will support a student in a community organization/advocacy field placement.
*** Samuel and Ruth Blinick Memorial Award in Geriatrics: will be awarded to a student planning to specialize in work with the elderly.
Shirley Wattenberg Fund: awarded to a student specializing in health care or mental health.
Social Work Educational Opportunity Award: awarded to full-time students who are members of a federally recognized Indian tribe, African-American or Latino heritage.
Support PhD Students
Our doctoral program prepares the next generation of researchers and policy analysts. The program also prepares students for the rigors of university level teaching. Contributions toward these awards will support the important process of preparing our candidates and providing important opportunities for their growth as researchers who will impact the lives of our most at-risk populations.
Cynthia Bell Fund: supports a second-year PhD student specializing in child welfare and/or law.
Daniel S. Sanders Fellowship: for PhD students specializing in international social development.
*** Ernie Gullerud Dissertation Award: will support PhD students specializing in mental health/substance abuse and whose emphasis will be on chronic mental illness.
*** John Poertner PhD Fellowship in Child Welfare: will support PhD students specializing in child welfare.
***Doctoral Research Fund: will provide financial support for PhD students.
Support Faculty
These awards have been established by generous donors to support both the research and teaching efforts of our faculty. School of Social Work faculty members are consistently recognized by the university as teachers ranked excellent by their students. And outside of the classroom, this distinguished group has been recognized nationally for its research as one of the most productive social work faculties.
Anthony Halter Award in Teaching Excellence: award for teaching excellence and innovation in the classroom.
Monkman Research Fund: research grants for School of Social Work faculty.
***Margaret M. O’Donoghue Rawles Endowment: will provide support for excellence among the school’s faculty.
Nancy Weinberg Fund: research grants related to the terminally ill and people with disabilities.
Support the School
The education of our students and the greater community doesn’t end with the classroom. Our continued excellence is strengthened by our dedication to providing enrichment activities for students, faculty, and the greater Illinois community.
Annual Fund: supports initiatives that create opportunities for our students.
School of Social Work Building Fund: provides for new facilities. Naming opportunities are available.
The Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Lecture Fund: supports an annual campus-wide lecture on peace and social justice issues.
The Madeline Forman Award: funding for school programs and activities.
The Jill Doner Kagle Building Fund: funding for equipment or structural amenities that would not otherwise be available, to benefit faculty, students and academic programs as part of the School’s new facility, slated for completion in 2009.
June Henderson Memorial Fund: is a general fund to honor faculty, staff, alumni and/or students at the Dean's discretion.
The Brieland–Korr Fund: supports an annual visiting scholar in child welfare and mental health.
***These funds are currently under development. Your gift, along with those of others, will increase their value to the endowed level to begin funding for our students and faculty.
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Leaving a Legacy
Planned GivingThe term planned giving refers to charitable gifts that are arranged with forethought and planning and are executed over an extended period of time or in the future. There are a variety of planned gift opportunities, from simple bequests in a will or an estate plan, to annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, pooled income, life insurance and life estates.
The Planned Gift Officers of the University of Illinois Foundation can help you to explore these and other gift types to the School of Social Work. They will also assist you in assuring that your gift will be designated for the UIUC School of Social Work. You may also wish to visit the planned giving section of the University of Illinois Foundation website at www.uif.plannedgifts.org for additional information.
Endowments and Current Use Funds
An endowment can be created through an outright gift, through a bequest in a will, or through a life income gift such as a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder trust. The minimum amount required to establish a separate, permanent endowment account is $25,000. This gift is then invested by the University of Illinois Foundation on behalf of the School of Social Work. The earnings from these investments then help fund the donors cause. Donors interested in giving lesser amounts can establish a Current Use Fund, which is usually expended for a specific purpose over the period of a few years.
Sound planning can provide financial security for your family as well as assure the continuation of UIUC School of Social Work programs. For more information about how you can create a planned gift, endowment or current use fund, contact Carol Brumer Gliksman at the School of Social Work Advancement Office at 217.244.1064 or cbg@uiuc.edu.