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Make a Gift to the SJMC

The Bartikoski family with Rachel Sabelko, the 2009-10 recipient of the Thomas Bartikoski Memorial Scholarship.

A dynamic School of Journalism and Mass Communication is a valuable asset for the University, our local community, and the world. Your gift can help support the next generation of leaders and thinkers.
Make an online gift now

You Make Us Great

Storytelling is fundamental to human society. Although the vehicles of journalism and mass communication will continue to change, we will always need skilled professionals capable of effectively communicating information and ideas.
Generous financial support from alumni and friends has ensured the continued strength of our programs. We are deeply grateful for this support. In 2008, nearly $500,000 was given to the School by individuals and organizations who believe in the School’s mission of education, research, and outreach.

Your tax-deductible contribution helps to build and sustain a distinguished reputation for the School.

What Your Gift Can Do

Your generous support for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication is more critical than ever. Your contribution allows us to ensure:

• A diverse and engaged undergraduate student body
  The SJMC undergraduate program is the most popular major in the College of Liberal Arts. We attract exceptional students, although too many outstanding students choose other institutions when finances are the deciding factor. Merit and need-based scholarships are essential to our success in recruiting these talented students.
• Excellence and competitiveness of our graduate program
  Graduate students partner with faculty members, conduct research, teach courses, and mentor undergraduates. They are future faculty members, researchers, and leaders. Yet competition for graduate students is intense. To strengthen our ability to attract top students, we must increase the level of fellowship support we can offer.
• A distinguished faculty
  Faculty members are central to all three components of our mission: teaching, research, and outreach. Creating endowed chairs and professorships, and supporting interdisciplinary research centers and programs, will help us recruit and retain outstanding faculty.

Specific Giving Opportunities

We have several specific giving opportunities that may interest you.

• Mitchell V. Charnley Alumni Professorship in Journalism
• Hazel Dicken-Garcia Graduate Fellowship
• Journalism Library
• Journalism-Mass Communications Fund

Read more about these funding priorities.

Make a gift online through the University of Minnesota Foundation.

Ways to Give

For more information on ways to give, contact:

Mary Hicks
CLA External Relations
220 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-mail: hicks002@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-5541

Eva Widder
CLA External Relations
220 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-mail: ewidder@umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-5146

For other giving options,
visit the U of M Foundation.