Your Gifts Build Vital Academic Programs

Purchase College’s unparalleled programs are only possible because of the wonderful support from donors like you, which allows us to supplement state assistance and tuition dollars. Your donations enable the College to strengthen and expand existing undergraduate academic programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional training programs in the arts, as well as graduate studies.

Curriculum and Course Development
Providing an interdisciplinary curriculum connecting the liberal arts and sciences with performing and visual arts demands exceptional planning. We strive to meet overwhelming student demand for courses that address technological advances and emerging fields, such as New Media and Arts Management. Support for curriculum development allows us to create courses to stimulate young minds and integrate the very best of the arts and liberal arts.

Faculty Development
Purchase College’s academic excellence relies on its extraordinary faculty, who are renowned scholars, researchers and performers in their various fields of study. Comparative salary studies demonstrate that Purchase’s faculty salaries have not kept pace with other public institutions. We urgently need resources to recognize, reward and retain outstanding faculty. Support from donors to the Purchase College Foundation allows us to offer distinguished professorship stipends and pedagogy awards.

Technology
The rapidly evolving 21st century workplace demands advanced skills, as technology’s role grows in virtually every field of endeavor. State-of-the-art computer labs are essential to keep current with the business world, while interactive course software allows faculty to post course material on the network, facilitate classroom preparation, and communicate with students through email and message boards. Your technology gift invests in the future by updating computer labs and software in both academic and residential spaces.

Scientific Instrumentation
Donations provide critical matching funds for large grants to purchase and maintain specialized scientific instrumentation for our science programs. Purchase has been favorably cited by the National Science Foundation for offering hands-on laboratory research experiences for all science students, and Purchase College ranks in the top 7% of all liberal arts colleges for the number of its graduates who go on to earn PhDs.

Library Acquisitions
The Library offers essential print and electronic study resources. Donations help to keep pace with the demand for new books, publications and the proliferation of electronic information, including acquisition of specialized databases particularly for students in the sciences and in the arts. To meet the needs of the future, the Library relies on donor support to provide a vibrant information center for faculty and students.