Giving Options - Endowments

Endowments offer donors an opportunity to establish funds today that will carry their vision to future generations.  A gift of $10,000 or greater, payable over as many as five years, creates a fund that will generate annual income in perpetuity to support the purpose you designate now. 

WHY DOES SVSU NEED ENDOWMENTS?

  • Endowments enable SVSU to be on the cutting-edge in research and program development.
  • Income from endowments provides a stable source of revenue and a buffer against economic changes.
  • As the student population at SVSU continues to increase, so, too, does the need for scholarships.
  • Endowments support many of the University's most distinctive intellectual and cultural programs.

WHY SHOULD I CONSIDER ESTABLISHING AN ENDOWMENT?

  • Your endowment carries your vision into the future, administered by guidelines you help develop now.
  • Your gift lives forever in a fund that touches many future generations in your name.
  • You can add to your endowment at any time, or consider providing for it in your estate planning.
  • Your annual gifts are eligible for generous state and federal tax exemptions.

HOW DO I ESTABLISH AN ENDOWMENT?

A member of the SVSU Foundation Staff will work with you to design an endowment plan that suits your giving needs and preferences.  Please  E-Mail or call the SVSU Foundation at (989) 964-4052.

WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF EXISTING ENDOWMENTS AT SVSU?

ENDOWED CHAIRS

Top scholars who engage SVSU students and faculty in cutting edge research, teach classes, and interact with the area community in their areas of expertise.

Andersen/Lange Clinical Professor in Nursing
Jane Barnsteiner, R.N, Ph.D., F.A.A.N. 

Dow Chemical Company Centennial Chair in Global Business
George Puia, Ph.D.

Herbert H. Dow Chair in Chemistry
David Karpovich, Ph.D.

The Malcolm and Lois Field Endowed Chair in Health Sciences
Jeffrey S. Smith, Ph.D. 

James V. Finkbeiner Chair in Ethics
Drew Hinderer, Ph.D.

Carl A. Gerstacker Endowed Chair in Education
David M. Callejo-Perez, Ed.D.

The Clifford Spicer Endowed Chair in Engineering
Alan D. Freed, Ph.D.  

Charles J. Strosacker Chair in Engineering
Christopher Schilling, Ph.D.

The Harvey Randall Wickes Chair in International Business
Said Elfakhani, Ph.D. 

 

 

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PROGRAMS & EVENTS FUNDED BY ENDOWMENTS

  • Barstow Excellence in Teaching Humanities Seminar
  • The Albert J. Beutler Forums on Ethics & Practice
  • Center for Family Business Endowment
  • Edwards Lecture in Philosophy & Religion
  • Entrepreneurship Institute Endowment
  • Ken Follett Archive Endowment
  • The Ralph and Marilyn Frahm Agricultural Research Endowment
  • Rhea Miller Concerts
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Endowment
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Member Endowement
  • The Thomas & Hilda Rush Distinguished Lecture
  • Vitito Study Abroad Seminar
  • Wickson-Nickless Lectureship
  • Dow Visiting Artists & Scholars
  • The Endowed Lecture in African American Culture

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ALL ENDOWMENTS AS OF APRIL 2010

The year the Endowment was signed or established is indicated in parentheses.
*An asterisk indicates a fund functioning as an endowment.
(SCF) indicates a fund held at the Saginaw Community Foundation

Chairs

  • Frank & Lucille Andersen/Crystal M. Lange Clinical Professorship in Nursing (2006)
  • Dow Chemical Company Centennial Chair in Global Business (1997)
  • Herbert H. Dow Endowed Chair in Chemistry (1993)
  • The Malcolm and Lois Field Endowed Chair in Health Sciences (2005)
  • James V. Finkbeiner Endowed Chair in Ethics (1999)
  • Carl A. Gerstacker Endowed Chair in Education (1998)
  • Clifford Spicer Endowed Chair in Engineering (2005)
  • Charles J. Strosacker Endowed Chair in Engineering (1998)
  • Harvey Randall Wickes Endowed Chair in International Business (1996)

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

College of Arts & Behavioral Sciences

  • Maynard D. and Goldie Bartha Allyn Scholarship (1995)
  • William and Sally Bowen Scholarship (1998)
  • Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner Endowed Area Scholarship (2008)
  • Richard Castro Jaime Endowed Scholarship (2009)
  • Donahue/Capital Group Companies Scholarship in Political Science (SCF)
  • Dow Corning Public Service Scholarship (2008)
  • Jerry & Terry Drake Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • Marc A. Gordon Scholarship in Acting (2008)
  • James K. and Rosemary Hill Scholarship in Music (2007)
  • William S. Hoffmann and John R. Willertz Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • Barbara Lee Mitchell Endowed Scholarship in Vocal Music (1999)
  • Samuel D. Marble Memorial Scholarship (1991)
  • Musical Artist-in-Residence (SCF)
  • Patsy Hill Schwartz Endowed Music Scholarship Fund (1984)
  • Seitz Creative Writing Scholarship (2005)
  • Sims Awards for Excellence in Public Speaking (1999)
  • Raymond E. Tyner Writing Excellence Award and Memorial Endowment Fund (1991)
  • Voices in the Valley Endowment (2004)
  • W. Leslie Whittaker Memorial Scholarship (2010)

College of Business & Management

  • Shiv Arora Business Scholarship (2006)
  • Andrews, Hooper & Pavlik Accounting Scholarship Fund (1995)
  • Shelly Berger Endowed Scholarship Fund (1997)
  • Scott & Nancy Carmona Endowed Business Scholarship Fund (2002)
  • Chemical Bank Endowed Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • Construction Financial Mgmt Assn-Saginaw Valley Chapter Scholarship (1999)
  • The Gerald C. Francis Endowed Scholarship (2006)
  • Garb-Ko, Inc./7-Eleven Endowed Scholarship (2000)
  • David & Jacqueline Hall Opportunity Scholarship (2001)
  • Keipinger Memorial Business Scholarship (1998)
  • Lamson and Humphreys Scholarship Fund (1997)
  • Gladys and Samuel Marble Graduate Business Scholarship Fund (1997)
  • National Association of Purchasing Managers Endowed Scholarship (2004)
  • Sara Louise Jackson-Nearing Accounting Scholarship (2010)
  • Patricia Orr Endowed Business Scholarship for Women (2010)
  • Elizabeth D. Paulick Endowed Scholarship Fund (2002)
  • Saginaw Bay Underwriters Employees Scholarship in Honor of Kurt Ewend (2001)
  • Saginaw Enterprise Entrepreneurship Scholarship (2000)
  • Henry E. Schwartz Memorial Business Scholarship (1989)
  • SVSU Alumni Endowed MBA Scholarship (1998)
  • SVSU College of Business & Management Scholarship (1998)
  • SVSU Department of Accounting-John A. Clinkenbeard Scholarship (1999)
  • Dean Paul J. Uselding Endowed Scholarship in Family Business (2005)
  • Jean Davis Warrick Scholarship (1997)
  • Stephen and Dena Wirt Endowed Scholarship Fund (2000)
  • Wolohan Lumber Company Endowed Scholarship (1995)
  • Lloyd and Judy Yeo Endowed Business Scholarship (2008)

College of Education

  • Ida Mae Anderson Endowed Scholarship (2009) 
  • Jean E. Brown Endowed Scholarship in Education (SCF)
  • Sally Edgerton-Netke Memorial Scholarship in Early Childhood Education (2007)
  • Theresa Lundsted Memorial Scholarship (2003)
  • Larry Engel Memorial Scholarship (2001)

College of Science, Engineering & Technology

  • Hamza Ahmad Memorial Scholarship (2007)
  • James B. Arnold Engineering Scholarship (1995)
  • Biology-Chemistry Endowed Scholarship Program (1984)
  • Robert J. Black Engineering Scholarship (1985)
  • Richard & Ann Blazejewski Endowed Scholarship (2007)
  • CPI Engineering Services, Inc. Scholarship (1993)
  • Scott & Nancy Carmona Endowed Engineering Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • Gerald L. Decker Math and Science Scholarship (2002)
  • Delphi/General Motors Scholarship in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (1997)
  • The Berner J. Gorden Endowed Scholarship in Organic Chemistry (2005)
  • Gougeon Brothers Science Scholarship Fund (1997)
  • Eldon Graham Engineering Scholarship (1997)
  • Huntley Scholarship for Women in Science & Mathematics (2001)
  • IEEE Endowed Engineering Scholarship (1996)
  • Mary C. Kato Endowed Scholarship for Women (2001)
  • Thomas E. Kullgren Endowed Scholarship in Engineering (2009)
  • Francis X. MacKenna Endowed Chemistry Student Research Fund (2000)
  • The Marx Family Endowed Engineering Scholarship (2006)
  • J. William Miller Endowed Engineering Scholarship (1999)
  • Multi-Cultural Engineering Scholarship Opportunity Fund (1997)
  • Owsley/Yang Endowed Award Fund (2002)
  • Harry E. Rappa Memorial Engineering Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • Jeffrey L. Roberts Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry (1999)
  • Spence Brothers Scholarship for Engineering (1998)
  • Charles J. Strosacker Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • SVSU Science Research Scholarship (1990)
  • Gerald R. Trudell (Northern Tube) Memorial Scholarship (1997)
  • Donald & Barbara Weyenberg Science Scholarship (2001)
  • Wolgast Corporation Endowed Scholarship (1996)
  • Gene and Karen Yang Endowed Biology Scholarship Fund (2001)
  • Suk Koo Yun Natural Science Award Endowment (1997)
  • The Douglas Zielinski Memorial Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering (2008)

Crystal M. Lange College of Health and Human Services

  • Barbara A. Divine Endowed Scholarship (2004)
  • Field Neurosciences Institute Scholarship for Neuroscience Nursing (2008)
  • Grace Goetz Memorial Nursing Scholarship (1995)
  • Drs. Ravi & Rashmi Goyal Endowed Scholarship (SCF)
  • Patricia A. Hansel Memorial Nursing Scholarship (1999)
  • Jurgens Nursing Scholarship Fund (2007)
  • Mary Walker Nursing Scholarship (1981)
  • Ann L. Wintermyer Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Nursing (2008)

Multiple Academic Disciplines

  • The Emma and Martin Block Endowed Scholarship (2006)
  • Scott L. Holman Baycaster Scholarship (1998)
  • Dow Corning Employees Scholarship (1998)
  • The Frederick Douglas & Natalia Ruth Horak Memorial Scholarship (SCF)
  • Walter T. James Memorial Scholarship (1999)
  • Don C. Law Memorial Scholarship (1986)
  • Merlyn Mondol Endowed Scholarship (SCF)
  • Monitor Sugar "Big Chief" Scholarship Endowment Fund (1998)
  • Ronald Schlicker Endowed Scholarship (2007)
  • Abou Traore Student Scholarship (2007)
  • The Weinlander Fitzhugh Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • Jerry A. and Marcena C. Woodcock Endowed Scholarship Fund (1997)

International Study Abroad

  • Gilbertson Award for Study Abroad (1997)
  • International Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship (1993)
  • The Independent Bank Endowed Scholarship (2007)
  • The Mridha Endowment in support of Scholarships for International Students (2006)
  • The George and Lynn Puia Endowed Scholarship for International Studies (2006)
  • The Sebastian and Ida Ramet Endowed Scholarship for the Study of Foreign Languages (2006)
  • Donna J. Roberts Fellowship Endowment (1996)
  • The SVSU Endowed Scholarship for Students from India (2006)
  • Student Association Student Study Abroad Endowed Scholarship (2002)

Leadership & Community Service

  • ARA Services Scholarship (1991)
  • Robert W. Bierlein/Bierlein Companies Endowed Scholarship (1992)
  • Chase Bank Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • John A. Fallon Award for Leadership (1997)
  • Marilyn Hausbeck Memorial Scholarship (2008)
  • Leopold J. Kantzler Endowed Leadership Scholarship Fund (1997)
  • Herbert H. Lyon Scholarship (1991)
  • Michigan Sugar Company "Pioneer Tradition" Scholarship (1998)
  • Harold M. & Norine L. Rupp Endowed Scholarship (1999)
  • Robert W. Sidney Endowed Scholarship (2000)
  • Student Association Community Improvement Endowed Scholarship (2000)
  • Wolverine Bank Endowed Scholarship Fund (1999)

Intercollegiate Athletics

  • Matt Baraghan Scholarship (1998)
  • Bay Area Marine Dealers Association Golf Scholarship (1998)
  • Bay Area Marine Dealers Association Women's Soccer & Softball Scholarship (2007)
  • Bob Becker Endowed Scholarship (1998)
  • John "Jack" Brooks Endowed Scholarship (2008)
  • Thomas H. Busch Memorial Golf Scholarship (1996)
  • The Dr. Richard H., R. Scott, & Alma W. Gilmore Endowed Scholarship (SCF)
  • Thomas Hetherman Memorial Scholarship (1999)
  • The Art and Gladys (Benjamin) Kackmeister Memorial Endowed Scholarship (2007)
  • Jason Liddell Scholarship (1995)
  • Edward B. "Ted" Morley, Jr. Memorial Endowed Athletic Scholarship (2000)
  • Ruth and A.R. O'Connor Memorial Endowed Golf Scholarship Fund (2000)
  • James E. O'Neill Jr. Scholarship (1991)
  • Jeffrey Sexsmith Memorial Scholarship (1994)
  • Al Watrous, Watrous Family, Marty Stark Endowed Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • Richard Burdette White Memorial Scholarship (1989)

Scholarships Open to All Fields of Study

  • American Lebanese Community Scholarship (1998)
  • Barnes & Noble Book Scholarship (2007)
  • Barstow Foundation Scholarship (1990)
  • Archibald A. Boyce, Sr. & Mary E. Boyce Memorial Scholarship*
  • Richard L. Campsmith Endowed Scholarship (2008)
  • W.R. Collings Fund (1966)
  • Fred C. and Joyce Cook Endowed Scholarship (SCF)
  • Cox Communications Saginaw, Inc. Scholarship (1996)
  • Currie Kendall Polasky Meisel Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • Linneaus C. Dorman Scholarship in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1997)
  • Phae H. Dorman Scholarship in honor of Rosa Parks (1997)
  • James Gerity Jr. Fund*
  • Virginia Groening Memorial Scholarship (1990)
  • Mayme Hamilton Award for Excellence in Tutoring by Students (1997)
  • Albert S. Harvey Fund*
  • Elizabeth Wickes Harvey Fund*
  • Hispanic American Community Scholarship in Memory of Dr. Victor Luis Castellanos (1999)
  • Joseph H. & Gladys M. Hoern Endowed Memorial Fund (1984)
  • Jay Hornsby Scholarship (1993)
  • The Dr. Elston R. "ER" Huffman Memorial Scholarship (2004)
  • I.B.E.W. Local 557 Endowed Scholarship (1997)
  • Oscar W. Kloha Scholarship (1992)
  • Herbert H. Lyon Endowed Scholarship (1991)
  • The Maurovich-Todd-Warner Endowed Scholarship (2003)
  • Morley Travel Scholarship (1991)
  • Claire and Toivo Myllykangas Endowed Scholarship (1999)
  • Donald F. Nash Memorial Textbook Award (SCF)
  • Oscar P. & Louise M. Osthelder Scholarship (1982)
  • Ernest E. Paulick "Presidential Piper" Endowed Scholarship Fund (2000)
  • Howard Lynn Rephan Fund (1986)
  • Dr. Roosevelt Ruffin Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund (1998)
  • SVSU Alumni Endowed Scholarship (1991)
  • SVSU Faculty Association Endowed Scholarship Program (1984)
  • SVSU Faculty Association "Chrysallis" Scholarship Fund (1999)
  • SVSU Memorial Scholarship Fund (1986)
  • Maynard Smith Trust (SCF)
  • Shannan Marie Thompson Memorial Scholarship (1994)
  • Triskelions Scholarship Endowment Fund (1983)
  • Daisy Margaret van Benschoten Memorial Scholarship (1989)
  • Walter E. Walpole Memorial Scholarship (1989)
  • Weinlander Fitzhugh Endowed Scholarship (2002)
  • Jack & Alice Wirt Scholarship (1985)

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PROGRAMS AND AWARDS

  • Allen Foundation Research Endowment Fund (2002)
  • Frank and Lucille Andersen Professorship in Nursing (1996)
  • Mary H. Anderson Adjunct Faculty Award (2000)
  • Barstow Humanities Seminar*
  • Albert J. Beutler Forums on Ethics and Practice (1995)
  • Arnold and Gertrude Boutell/Citizens Bank-Saginaw Executive in Residence (1997)Ruth and Ted Braun Awards for Writing Excellence (1997)
  • Braun Fellowship Program (SCF)
  • Cardinal Sins Magazine Endowment (2007)
  • Dow Corning Foundation Endowed Professorship in Education (1998)
  • Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Visiting Scholars/Academic Development Fund (1996)
  • William and Julia Edwards Lectureship*
  • Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Conservation Endowment (1992)
  • Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Exhibition Endowment (2007)
  • Rosalind C. Fredericks Educational Trust (1994)
  • The Gerstacker Fellows Program (2005)
  • Gilmore-Williams Memorial Fund*
  • Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature (1996)
  • House Family Award for Teacher Impact (1989)
  • Franc Landee Award for Excellence in Teaching (1970)
  • Crystal M. Lange Post-Graduate Incentive Award (1999)
  • Ludington Fellowship in Public Policy and Service (2007)
  • Hunter Maxwell Memorial Basketball Camp Scholarship Endowment Fund (2001)
  • Rhea E. Miller Music Department (1998)
  • Harold Peterson Award for Excellence (1985)
  • Thomas and Hilda Rush Distinguished Lectureship (1998)
  • Saginaw County Child Development Center for the Professional Development of Early Childhood Educators (1998)
  • Carol M. Shuler Mathematics & Science Camp Scholarship Fund (1998)
  • Charles J. Strosacker Engineering Equipment Endowment Fund (1998)
  • SVSU Athletic Endowment Fund (2001)
  • SVSU Outstanding Leader Award (2005)
  • SVSU Foundation Resource Fund*
  • Venture 21 Entrepreneurship Curriculum Development Fund (SCF)
  • Earl J. Warrick Award for Excellence in Research (1986)
  • Wickson-Nickless Distinguished Lectureship in Business (1992)
  • Lloyd & Judy Yeo Business Development Endowment Fund (2001)

BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN TRUSTS

  • Donald & Iva Mary Bellinger Trust (Nursing Scholarships)
  • Rhea E. Miller Music Education Trust (Concert Series & Scholarships)