College of Engineering
The birthplace of cooperative education, the College conducts the largest public mandatory cooperative education program in the nation. It has earned an international reputation through superior teaching and aggressive multidisciplinary research. The College of Engineering is home to 1,950 undergraduate students, 1,000 graduate students, 143 full-time faculty and 19,500 living graduates.
The College is organized into seven academic departments: Aerospace Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemical and Materials Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering.
Funding Opportunities
Funds are currently being raised for CoE student scholarships and fellowships; endowed chairs, research funds, and professorships; programs and centers that support collaboration between the College of Engineering, 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
- COE 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 CoE 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 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 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
513-556-6270
janet.ransom@uc.edu
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