Make a Gift
Make a gift to the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures online through the University of Minnesota Foundation.
For more information on ways to give, contact:
Jill Kane
CLA External Relations
220 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-mail: kanejm@umn.edu
Phone: 612-625-3504
For other giving options, visit the U of M Foundation.
You Make Us Great
In this first decade of the 21st century, Asian nations are poised to exert enormous influence on the world. Here at the University of Minnesota, the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures encourages critical understanding of the histories and cultures of Asia’s geographic regions and their roles in the world.
Your tax-deductible contribution provides our students with encouragement and financial support. It gives our faculty the resources to advance our knowledge of Asian languages, literatures, and cultures. It helps to maintain the department’s distinguished reputation.
What Your Gift Can Do
Your generous support for the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures is more critical than ever in helping us attract and retain the very best scholars and students.
Your contribution allows us to ensure:
- A distinguished faculty
Creating endowed chairs and professorships and supporting interdisciplinary research centers and programs will help us recruit and retain outstanding faculty.
- Excellence and competitiveness of our graduate program
We need to ensure the excellence and competitiveness of our graduate programs so that we can compete for the best faculty and brightest students.
- A diverse and engaged undergraduate student body
Although we are attracting better students than even before, too many outstanding students choose other institutions—often for financial reasons. Merit and need-based scholarships are essential for recruiting these talented students.
Choose a Fund
To remain competitive, we need your support for graduate student fellowships and faculty research funds. We have several funds that may interest you.
- The Asian Languages and Literatures Graduate Fellowship Fund
- The Asian Languages and Literatures Annual Fund
- The Asian Languages and Literatures Scholarship Fund
Sustaining the excellence of the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures is critical to the University, our local community, and the world. Your gift can help support the next generation of leaders and thinkers.