Last year alone, more than 44,000 Annual Fund donors provided
over $25 million in vital support that helped the University:
- Attract and maintain world-class faculty in each department
- Create new and innovative curricula like courses offered with
the Focus Program, our extraordinary, interdisciplinary living
and learning experience that provides an unparalleled introduction
to University life (it has become a model for similar programs
around the country)
- Continue its commitment to need-based financial aid to meet
100% of each student's demonstrated need.
- Renovate our classrooms and laboratories- and equip them with
the necessary tools and supplies - to maximize our students'
learning experience
- Keep our residence halls comfortable and safe, and wire each
room for access to the information superhighway
- Renew subscriptions to scholarly journals, and keep our libraries
up-to-date with the information our students need to support
their educational experience
- Keep the campus buses rolling, the lights in the classroom
glowing, the heat in residence halls pumping, and meet many other
essential needs that make the Duke experience possible
| A
Gift of... |
Will
Fund... |
| $50 |
supplies for an art design class |
| $100 |
Software for an
Internet link for an in-class presentation |
| $250 |
An independent study project in arts leadership
in New York |
| $500 |
a scholarship to a special First-Year
Experiences program (Project BUILD, Project WILD, etc.) |
| $1,500 |
an Apple computer for foreign language instruction |
| $2,000 |
a balance for chemistry labs |
| $2,500 |
mediation training for peer
counselors |
| $3,000 |
a Focus program field trip |
| $5,000 |
MetaMorph software for genetics
classes |
| $10,000 |
a reconditioned microtome for
preparing electron microscope slides for the Psychology Department |
| $15,000 |
a Media 100 video editing system
for the Film & Video Program |
| $25,000 |
a Focus Program module |
| $50,000 |
computer, audio, and video equipment
for 28 language lab stations |
Simply put, as an Annual Fund participant,
you help Duke continue to grow as an incomparable place of higher
learning. |
