People and Programs Your Gifts Support

• Technology: The annual cost of maintaining technology across campus is $800,000.
• Laboratory Supplies and Equipment: Each year Clarkson spends $114,000 on instructional laboratory supplies and scientific equipment.
• Library Acquisitions: Annually, Clarkson spends $830,000 to purchase new journals and software, used daily by students and faculty.
• Athletics: Unrestricted gifts take on great significance as they work to support and increase the competitiveness of Clarkson's Division I & Division III athletic teams, co-curricular sports, and intramural opportunities for all students.
• Projects which Support Exceptional Learning and Creativity: Opportunities abound to support initiatives like The Honors Program and projects which have earned Clarkson international recognition, like the three first-place finishes in IBM's worldwide Linux Scholar Challenge. Other advanced learning opportunities include Clarkson's Open Source Institute and Clarkson's Virtual Reality Discovery Lab.
• Faculty Support: Helping keep faculty current while balancing teaching and research, and at the same time providing students with greater access to team-based research opportunities.
• Colloquia, Seminars, and Executive-in-Residence Series: Providing varied learning opportunities which are integral to a Clarkson education.
• Curricular Development: Clarkson's curricular fluidity is key to keeping Clarkson competitive in a fast-changing technological world.
• Programming Development in the University's New Multidisciplinary Centers: The Shipley Center for Innovation, the Center for Global Competitiveness, and the Eastman Kodak Center for Excellence in Communication.
• Projects in Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive and Adaptive Technologies: A virtual reality wheelchair project, a machine to help people with paraplegia stretch their leg muscles independently, an off-road powered wheelchair to allow individuals with disabilities to become involved in outdoor sports, a special mobility device for disabled children called the Zoot-Scoot, an electronic walking stick for the blind, and a car seat for older individuals with severe disabilities.
• Dorm Renovations and Investments in Townhouses: Living accommodations for students on campus have received much-needed renovations and will require ongoing investments in the future.
• Student and Faculty Research Projects: The creation of some new methods, devices, materials and products which transform people's lives. Examples are tailoring designer particles to exactly the application needed to assist in producing things like artificial joints, and particles which help prevent artificial hearts from breaking down.
• Flagship Programs: Venture@Moorehouse and "Learning Business by Doing Business" or building a prototype of an innovative product through "Just-In-Time" learning.
• Team Project-Based Learning: Opportunities such as Clarkson's award-winning and internationally recognized cross-curricular program SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design).
• Financial Aid and Student Scholarships: With a Roundtable-level gift of $2,500 per year for four years, you can sponsor a student with a personal direct scholarship through Clarkson's new Share Clarkson Direct Scholarship Program.