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 You
can make
a difference!
The OU Health Sciences
Center has become increasingly successful at recruiting top
senior faculty members who arrive on campus with considerable
experience as well as significant grants for continuing their
clinical or basic science research. At the same time,
we have been able to retain our faculty despite recruitment
efforts by rival institutions. How can we successfully
recruit and retain some of the top faculty members in the
country? The answer is simple: The generous support
of our alumni and friends. Following
are a few of the ways you can help:
Endowed
Chairs and Professorships:
Endowed chairs and professorships allow the
OU Health Sciences Center to use the income to supplement
the salary of the faculty member, provide funds for the faculty
member's scholarly research or allow the faculty member to
develop special programs.
- Endowed
chairs are created with an endowment of at least
$1 million, which typically involves a private gift of $500,000
matched by the Oklahoma State Regents. Endowed chairs
enable us to recruit and retain faculty members of national
prominence whose experience and expertise make an exceptional
contribution to teaching and the health care of the people
of Oklahoma.
- Professorships
are endowed with at least $500,000, typically
with $250,000 in private gifts and $250,000 from the state
regents' program. A professorship can be converted
to a chair as additional contributions to the endowment
reach $500,000.
Presidential
Professorship: A $150,000 endowment
creates a Presidential Professorship, one of President Boren's
cornerstone initiatives to recognize and reward merit.
Four-year stipends of $5,000 are awarded for assistant and
associate professors, and $10,000 for full professors.
Nominees are chosen in a highly competitive process.
Named
Faculty Fellowships: These fellowships
are created with a one-time gift of $5,000 to $10,000 or an
endowment of $100,000 to $150,000. These fellowships
usually provide the recipients with two-year annual stipends
that reward outstanding teaching and research.
Named
Scholarship Endowments: A scholarship
endowment fund may be established with a gift of $25,000.
Student
Fellowships: A student fellowship
may be created with a $100,000 endowment gift. Students
chosen to participate in the program receive $1,000 a year
for working 10 hours per week as a research or teaching fellow
for a tenured or tenure-track faculty member.
Planned
Gifts: Those who use their estate
plans to benefit the University for generations to come become
members of the George Lynn Cross Heritage Society.
These gifts, which may be bequests, charitable remainder trusts
or life insurance, strengthen the future of the University
while creating an enduring legacy for donors.
Undesignated
Gifts: Undesignated gifts to the College
of your choice provide funds for special needs or projects
that enhance the educational experience of our students.
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