Giving Tuesday 2023

Giving Tuesday

This year, Kent State’s most generous annual tradition includes seven Featured Funds housed with the College of Arts and Sciences. Help us create a legacy of brilliance that will make the world forever brighter.

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College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship

Arts and Sciences students are global citizens and the next generation of entrepreneurs, policymakers, scientists and discoverers. Your support for this scholarship will provide students with the help they need to pursue their degrees and go on to make a difference in the world.

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Ina Environmental Studies Fund

Established in 2017, the Environmental Studies Program has become the center for environmental education at Kent State, serving hundreds of students eager to learn more about the natural world and how we can conserve it. This fund supports tuition fees, undergraduate research projects, conference travel and more.

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Jewish Studies Program

The Jewish Studies Program was introduced in the fall of 1975 and has proudly served the students of KSU with quality academics and engaging programs in the decades since. Your support helps to fund scholarships, the faculty-led spring break trip to Poland to learn about the Holocaust and trips to other historically important destinations.

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Phares Endowed Study Abroad Scholarship

Kent State values global citizenship and is among the top three percent of universities in the nation that send students abroad. Your gift will help these students become well-rounded individuals who can appreciate the perspectives of those from different backgrounds and cultures.

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Scholar at Risk Program

Around the globe, scientists and researchers are targeted by authoritarian governments, harassed and attacked by armed groups and endangered by conflict. The Scholar at Risk Program helps these academics in their time of need. Your gift will provide a place for them to safely engage in their important work while teaching students about their research and experiences.

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The Wick Poetry Center

Since 1984, the Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices through readings, publications, workshops, and scholarship opportunities, and promoting creative projects and interventions where practice intersects with healing, social justice, and the environment. Now in its 40th anniversary year, your support will help the Center continue to bring poetry to people’s everyday lives.

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Professor Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series

Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Jerry M. Lewis, served as a faculty marshal in 1970, and witnessed the May 4, 1970 shootings firsthand. He has since devoted time to researching, memorializing and lecturing on the events of that day. Established in honor of his work, the Professor Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series works to advance the scholarship of May 4, 1970, and the Vietnam War era. Your gift will help us support this series and continue to honor Professor Lewis' legacy at Kent State.

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Giving Tuesday

College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship

Ina Environmental Studies Fund

Jewish Studies Program

Phares Endowed Study Abroad Scholarship

Scholar at Risk Program

The Wick Poetry Center

Professor Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series

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