Support Your Passion | Faculty
The foundation of any world-class university is its faculty.
The best laboratories, libraries and facilities are meaningless without distinguished professors to use them to inspire students and contribute to our wealth of knowledge.
Endowed professorships help the University of Kansas attract and retain its outstanding faculty. These distinguished, teaching and research professorships are supported with funds established by private donors just like you.
Thanks to these donors, more than 80 members of the KU faculty hold such professorships. In the past year, these professors have:
- Studied the role of melting polar ice sheets in rising ocean levels;
- Researched children's language problems;
- Examined how communities can address substance abuse, violence and other problems.
Private gifts pay for research equipment, graduate assistants, salary stipends, travel and provide other forms of assistance to a professor.
Any gift — large or small — can help. A modest gift can be combined with other donations to create or support a professorship. A large gift can establish a professorship in your own name or in someone else’s name.
Help the KU faculty do great things. Give now to support a professor in the discipline of your choice.
Visit the academic unit of your choice to learn how to support the faculty of KU. Our development staff will be happy to help you establish a professorship or make a gift to an existing professorship. We can answer your questions, assist you in creating an endowed fund, help you set up a planned gift or make another kind of gift.