Gifts At Work

Private gifts received by the Foundation directly benefit the University of Northern Colorado. Gifts do not replace other sources of university revenue, but rather serve to help fulfill the mission of providing the best possible educational experience for students.

The university currently receives less than 10 percent of its funding from the state of Colorado. It is also easy to assume that tuition covers the cost to run a top-quality university. In fact, the cost to educate a University of Northern Colorado student far exceeds what is paid in tuition. Thus, private gifts are essential to keep tuition and fee structures at a level that does not restrict access to higher education opportunities for students from all economic backgrounds while maintaining a high quality learning environment.

What Your Dollars Can Do

Your gift of $40 could:

Cover the cost of a Northern Colorado student¹s lab supplies for a semester.
Provide a student teacher with a one-year subscription to iWebfolio, an online personal portfolio management system

Your gift of $100 could:

Provide a 15-passenger van for a day to take chemistry, earth science and physics students to a professional conference in Denver.
Cover the cost of an academic subscription (print journal or online
subscription) to be used by students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Your gift of $150 could:

Purchase a piece of music to be performed by a School of Music band, choir or orchestra.
Might fund statistical software upgrades for the Natural and Health Sciences student computer labs.

Your gift of $250 could:

Supplement printing costs for the Center for Urban Education, Tointon Institute for Educational Change or Bresnahan-Halsted Center in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.
Could supplement travel costs for an art student to study an exhibit at the Smithsonian.

Your gift of $500 could:

Supplement the costs of bringing a renowned guest lecturer to campus to speak and lead a workshop with business students.
Provide current technology upgrades such as high-tech projectors for classroom lecture delivery, Skills Lab equipment updates and High Fidelity Simulation (HFS) equipment for nursing majors.

Ways to give

You can support the University of Northern Colorado in many creative ways.
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Gifts At Work

What Your Dollars Can Do

Areas of giving include: