Funding & Naming Opportunities

Endow a Professorship - $2.5 million minimum each
Endowed professorships are crucial for bringing the best scholars, researchers, and innovators to St. Lawrence. An endowed professorship exists in perpetuity at St. Lawrence, supporting salaries and providing an annual research stipend to stimulate new teaching and learning opportunities.

Endow a Head Coach or Program Director – $1.5 million minimum each
Today, more than 90 percent of our students participated in high school athletics, and one-third of them play on a varsity team. By endowing coaching positions, you recognize the importance of leadership on and off the field. Your support enhances our competitive advantage, elevates our programs’ reputations, and provides an educational environment that embraces a campus-wide approach to wellness. Program director positions outside of athletics can also be endowed.  A recent example includes the endowing of the director of Health and Counseling Services position.

Endow a Scholarship – $150,000 minimum each (unrestricted scholarship)/$200,000 minimum each (restricted scholarship)
To attract promising academic talent, we must stay competitive with our financial aid. We remain committed to providing access to all students, regardless of their economic status.

Endow an Experiential Learning Fund - $150,000 - $200,000 minimum each
From internships and student-faculty research, to travel abroad and community service, endowed funds can be established to support experiential learning.

Appleton Arena

Women’s Hockey Team Suite - $1,000,000
Players’ Lounge - Inside Men’s Team Suite - $150,000
Players’ Lounge - Inside Women’s Team Suite - $150,000
Production Studio - Production technicians use this state-of-the-art control room to remotely operate the Arena’s lights, sounds, video, cameras, and other equipment to enhance the experience of watching Saints Hockey, in Appleton and around the world. - $250,000
Broadcast Booth - On the Red Line, perched on the Concourse level, this space has the view and technology to broadcast play-by-play content of Appleton games, via television, radio, and the internet. - $250,000
East Club – Facing Hall-Leet Stadium and Leckonby Stadium, this multi-purpose/conference room hosts Laurentian events and offers great views of St. Lawrence athletic fields. - $250,000

Karpus ’68 Athletic Center

Women’s Lacrosse Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for women’s lacrosse student athletes - $500,000
Field Hockey Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for field hockey student athletes - $250,000
Softball Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for student athletes on the St. Lawrence softball team - $250,000
Men’s Lacrosse Team Room - Locker rooms and team spaces for men’s lacrosse student athletes - $500,000
Rowing Complex - The all-new home for the Saints rowing program, this space includes the 16-station rowing tanks as well as erg machines and other tools for training on campus - $500,000

More space for more student collaborations
The University has made several upgrades to rooms in the Owen D. Young (ODY) Library. These renovations give students new spaces to study and collaborate on their academic work. The changes in ODY also provide an opportunity for donors to support our students and the University’s goals by making gifts that offset renovation costs. Donors can name these spaces after family members, mentors, friends or themselves.

‘The Yellow Pipe Room’ - $500,000

St. Lawrence has identified priority academic teaching and learning spaces that need renovation in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and sciences. Those spaces include flexible classroom spaces, lab/studio spaces and auditorium/lecture halls. Renovations include technology and furniture enhancements as well as structural changes, such as abatement, electrical and plumbing upgrades, as needed. A portion of each teaching and learning space gift will be placed in an endowment to support future needs, ensuring we are able to keep pace with evolving maintenance, design, and technology needs.

• $150,000 - $250,000 for Flexible Classroom Spaces
• $250,000 - $500,000 for Lab/Studio Spaces
• $500,000 - $1 million for Auditorium/Lecture Hall Spaces

SLU Connect - $4 million to fully endow the program; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
A behind-the-scenes glimpse at how businesses, organizations and government operate in different parts of the country.  The goal is to provide funding for six SLU Connect programs each year including student financial assistance, transportation, hotel and meeting space, a networking reception, cultural experiences, and a student intern.

Laurentians Investing in Networking and Careers (LINC) - $2 million to fully endow the program; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
The program is designed to match sophomore students with an alumnus/a or parent who serves as a professional mentor, with the goal of developing the student’s networking and industry skills.

Endow Multiple Internship Awards - $100,000 minimum for each
We aim to guarantee that every student who seeks an internship opportunity will not only get one but will also be provided institutional financial support.

St. Lawrence University Public Interest Corps (SLU PIC) - $4 million to fully endow the program; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
A paid 10-week summer internship, this program partners students with local service organizations.  The goal is to increase the number of summer undergraduate interns at North Country organizations from eight to 12 interns and to create up to five, one-year post-baccalaureate opportunities.

St. Lawrence University Public Interest Corps (SLU PIC) - $4 million to fully endow the program; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
A paid 10-week summer internship, this program partners students with local service organizations.  The goal is to increase the number of summer undergraduate interns at North Country organizations from eight to 12 interns and to create up to five, one-year post-baccalaureate opportunities.

Community Engagement & Service Trips – $2 million in endowment needed; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
Increase student involvement and engagement with our local community with a goal of 33 percent participation rate by students.  Increase support for service trips, annual large community service events, transportation, supplies, and administration.

Sophomore Boot Camp - $400,000 would fully endow the program; Named endowed funds starting at $100,000 each
A two-day series of workshops, presentations, and panels intended to foster a culture of early career engagement and deliberate career planning among sophomores.  Funding is needed to support student participation, travel for panelists, follow-up mini camps, and additional internship opportunities.  Our goal is to increase the number of sophomores and panelists participating in the program.