College of Engineering and Applied Science
The University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) strives to provide the knowledge and skills graduates need to excel in today's global economy.
One of the College’s greatest challenges is to provide superior education at an affordable cost. Technological training requires a considerable investment in equipment, much of which rapidly becomes obsolete.
CEAS must ensure that students have scholarship assistance in addition to hands-on experience with the most up-to-date equipment so that, upon graduation, they will make immediate contributions in their chosen fields.
CEAS looks to individuals and alumni who understand the world’s dependence on technology and the critical need for leaders with knowledge and advanced skills. Please consider supporting CEAS and make an annual, endowed or planned gift to the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science. Each gift makes a difference.
Applied Science Funding Opportunities
Scholarships
Many scholarship funds exist at the College, and you may choose to contribute to a specific department’s scholarship fund. A contribution to scholarship funds like the Barbara Barkley Memorial Scholarship Fund, Theodore H. and Mary Meyer Memorial EET Fund or The Forest D. and Gail Atkins Scholarship Fund will help CEAS attract high-quality students and open doors for students at CAS.
Dean’s Discretionary Fund
The Dean’s Discretionary Fund supports lab upgrades that keep CEAS in step with industry advancements and maintains the College’s leadership role. It is also used to support conferences, symposiums, field trips, student competitions and other experiential learning programs that prepare CEAS students for their careers.
Student Emergency Fund
The Student Emergency Fund was created to assist students in good academic standing who experience emergencies or have short-term financial needs not met by federal and state loans and grants. Often these students' financial obligations and difficulties prohibit them from purchasing books and materials and even from attending classes. This fund will allow them to continue achieving in their educational endeavors at the College, regardless of their financial situations.
Endowments
You may also choose to endow a fund to support a scholarship or other initiative for CEAS. Named endowment funds can be created and named to honor or commemorate someone. A minimum gift of $25,000 endows a fund.
The CAT Reading Room Fund
The Center for Access and Transition has received a grant to open an on-site Reading Room stocked with a wide variety of fiction books. The Reading Room is meant to increase CAT students’ access to books, raise the amount of self-selected reading they do and contribute to their development as readers. Additional funds are needed mainly to buy books and maintain the Reading Room. Make a gift to the CAT Reading Room Fund.
The CAT Scholarship Fund
The CAT Scholarship Fund serves students who are achieving academically, but are in need of money for education costs not covered by their financial aid or income. Make a gift to the CAT Scholarship Fund.
The Faculty Development Fund
The Faculty Development Fund provides money necessary for CAT faculty in all departments to excel in teaching and research. Make a gift to the Faculty Development Fund.
Contact Information
Anthony Ricciardi
Director of Development
513-556-4221
2220 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206-2839
anthony.ricciardi@uc.edu
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Engineering Funding Opportunities
Funds are currently being raised for Engineering student scholarships and fellowships; endowed chairs, research funds, and professorships; programs and centers that support collaboration between the College, business and industry; and unrestricted funds that provide the Dean and Department Heads the flexibility to respond to opportunities as they arise.
Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships
The College’s first funding priority is undergraduate scholarships. Their goal is to recruit and retain students and to aid those who are in great need of financial assistance. Your gift can directly impact the individual learning experiences of both undergraduate and graduate students. Fellowship funds support student research, travel, supplies and classroom instruction.
Department & College Scholarship Initiatives:
- Aerospace Engineering 75th Anniversary Scholarship Fund supports scholarships to benefit students in Aerospace Engineering
- ACCEND Program Scholarships provide assistance to students enrolled in our intensive 5-year BS/MS Degree programs
- Civil Engineering Alumni Scholarship fund provides financial assistance to entering freshman in the Civil Engineering discipline
- General Scholarship Fund provides need-based scholarships to students enrolled in the College of Engineering
- Emerging Ethnic Engineering Program (E3) Pioneers’ Scholarships provide scholarships to African American, Hispanic and American Indian students enrolled in the College’s Emerging Ethnic Engineering Program, a model retention program for UC
Annual and Discretionary Fund
The College could not continue its outstanding work without the ongoing annual support of alumni and friends. The annual fund and Dean’s discretionary funds are essential to the operation and growth of the college. The annual fund is the College's greatest resource, allowing the college to supply funds for emergency scholarships, student travel or seed money for projects students do for real world experience. You likely were a recipient of annual funds as a student and may not have even noticed! Your gift will have an immediate impact. If every alum helped in a small way, the results would be substantial.
Alumni Engineering Learning Center
The College is constructing a state-of-the-art learning center in Rhodes Hall that will be the academic home for engineering students during their freshman and sophomore years. This is a gift from current alumni to future alumni.
Designed with input from engineering students, the Alumni Engineering Learning Center will be a pre-eminent teaching and learning facility, complete with:
- classrooms, open study areas, and faculty offices
- immediate access to faculty in their offices as well as math and science instructors
- accommodations for 175 students with mobile tables and chairs
- an experimental classroom where students will provide immediate feedback to the instructor using "clickers"
- ample white boards
- an inviting coffee-café area
- a central administration kiosk housing a receptionist for scheduling
- 24-hour access to students
Click here to experience a virtual walk through and to learn more about the center.
Diversity Programs
The College's Diversity Programs include the Emerging Ethnic Engineers Program (E3), the Rowe Center for Women in Engineering, and the WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) Program. These programs support both recruitment and retention initiatives for minority and women engineering students, a historically underrepresented population in engineering and science.
Department and Discipline Needs
Many alumni feel a great connection to a certain department in the College and may wish to direct their gift as such. Your gift may also be directed to specific programs within the department.
Endowed Chairs and Faculty Support
With numerous and diverse areas of study, The College of Engineering and Applied Science has many needs for the creation of endowed chairs and support for current positions. You may also choose to support faculty research. There has been a great increase of faculty and student projects focusing on world issues at hand in the United States and abroad.
Building and Renovation Projects
As the College grows with new areas of study, new faculty and an expanding student body, there is a great need for new and updated buildings, classrooms, lecture halls and meeting facilities. Naming opportunities become possible with larger gifts that can make these projects a reality.
Recognition
The Baldwin Society
The Baldwin Society is the College’s recognition society for all engineering gifts totaling $1,000 or more in a twelve month period. Established in 1994 by a group of (then) College of Engineering Alumni, the Baldwin Society strives to encourage private philanthropic support for the College of Engineering. Baldwin Society members are recognized on the College’s Annual Honor Roll of Donors, receive invitations to special Baldwin Society and College events and a bi-annual newsletter, as well as membership in the Charles McMicken Society.
Contact Information
Janet Ransom
Associate Director of Development
College of Engineering and Applied Science
513-556-6270
janet.ransom@uc.edu
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