Give a Gift and Create the Future of Wisconsin Political Science
Our sincere thanks to the many alumni and friends who have generously supported the University of Wisconsin's Political Science Department. Private gifts are increasingly critical to ensure that the Department maintains its stature as one of the nation's premier political science programs. Your donations help us to assist promising undergraduate majors and provide them with a range of extracurricular and leadership opportunities, host a stimulating series of talks and other scholarly activities, and attract and support the research and teaching of top faculty and graduate students. Gifts of any size are most welcome and gratefully received.
Selected Department Priority Funds
- Department of Political Science Annual Fund: Supports all aspects of our work including special opportunities for undergraduates, faculty research, graduate student research and training, and bringing in distinguished speakers. On the undergraduate level this fund has been used, for example, to support undergraduate journals, a parliamentary debate society, a political science honor society, undergraduate-run conferences, research assistantships, and many other opportunities. Give to this fund online
- Political Science Internship Support Fund: Provides students with stipends to allow them to take the opportunity of an unpaid internship during the summer as part of the Department's Wisconsin Summer Internship Program, our Washington, DC Summer Internship Program, or other internship opportunities organized or arranged by the Department. Give to this fund online
- Political Science Research Fund: This fund is used for the purposes of recruiting and retaining outstanding graduate students and junior faculty members in order to maintain the excellence of the Political Science Department. Give to this fund online
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The Great People Scholarship
The Great People Scholarship supports the upcoming artists, scholars, educators and scientists who will lead our economy with new ideas and technology. The campaign features a unique University of Wisconsin Foundation match for contributions to student scholarships, including a dollar for dollar match for gifts that will be granted to talented students pursuing any major. (Note: gifts to this fund receive a UW Foundation match) More info... |
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Political Science Need-Based Scholarship Fund
The Thomas L.W. Johnson Scholarship Fund provides an annual scholarship or scholarships of at least $500 in the memory of Thomas L.W. Johnson. The scholarship is based on need and given to a student who is from out-of-state, a Political Science major, and is a sophomore or higher. (Note: gifts to this fund do not receive a UW Foundation match) Give to this fund online |
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Additional Funds
- American Democracy Forum Fund: The ADF focuses on the study of the principles of the American founding and the continued place of those principles in the practice of democracy in the United States. The ADF Fund supports Forum activities including postdoctoral teaching and research fellowships, summer seminars for middle and high school teachers, conferences, speakers series, and undergraduate essay prizes. See www.adf.wisc.edu for more details. Give to this fund online.
Give by Mail
If you prefer to make your gift by check, please make your check payable to the UW Foundation/Dept. of Political Science, and send it to Beth Shipman, UW Department of Political Science, 1050 Bascom Mall, 110 North Hall, Madison WI 53706. Please indicate on the memo line if you wish your gift to go to one of the specific funds described above.
Major Gifts
For more information on making a gift of securities or including the Political Science Department in your estate plans, please contact: Ron Luskin at the UW Foundation. To discuss gifts that would, for example, endow a fellowship for graduate students, endow a named chair for a professor, make a major contribution to a new building, or contribute to or establish other projects, please contact Professor John Coleman.
Ron Luskin
University of Wisconsin Foundation
1848 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
ron.luskin@supportuw.org
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Professor John Coleman, Chair
Department of Political Science
University of Wisconsin
1050 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-1793
coleman@polisci.wisc.edu
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