Get Involved!!

Discover

• Sign up for email updates and learn more about the initative as it progresses.
• Attend a SPH informational meeting.
• Registar for a class in public health- for more information see existing educational programs
• Keep up with the news- whether its the newspaper, television, or radio stay current with the news on public health issues.

Share

• Help spread the word!  Circulate email updates and pass along links to online features to keep your friends, family, and co-workers informed.            

• Provide input and share your expertise.  Become involved in the planning process by helping with      cirrculum and programmatic development.

• Let us know of your interests and concerns.

Give

Private giving supports and strengthens excellence in public health research, education, and service/outreach. Gifts for general or unrestricted uses are very valuable because they give us flexibility to respond to a variety of areas of need. Donors also may choose to support any specific purpose or program in the initiative with gifts for current use that immediately strengthen programs or through endowments which provide a base for long-term support.

When giving to the initative, an important piece of your decision is your gift designation. In other words, what program do you want your gift to help develop and advance? Examples of popular gift designations include graduate student scholarships, faculty research support, and teaching and research facilities.

I.   Gift Designations

1. Current use funds, generally for scholarships or research
2. Endowed scholarships or endowed research funds
3. Endowed chairs which are permanently-funded faculty positions 
4. Building funds for renovation or new construction, grounds, equipment and furnishings
5. Special purpose funds to organize and host programs such as symposia, conferences, student activities, to provide for international outreach and to underwrite the activities of our initative.

II.  Ways to Fund your Gift Plan

Once you have decided which type of gift you wish to give, the estimated amount of your gift and to which program you wish to give, there are many options for funding your gift. All offer tax or estate planning advantages that may be attractive to donors. Some donors use only one method of gift funding; others use several in combination to create a more sophisticated gift plan over their lifetime.  Options to fund your gift plan include:

1. Cash
2. Securities
3. Real Estate
4. Life Insurance
5. Personal Property or Equipment
6. Estate Gifts and Bequests
7. Life Income Arrangements

For more information on funding opportunities please contact us