Give to SLIS

Presents for SLIS (pdf)

Do you want to give a special birthday present to SLIS to help celebrate our 75 years? We have sixteen scholarships and fellowships, and we want to help them grow to meet current tuition levels. We would like to have new scholarships established, too. We need funds to help us actively recruit new students, to develop new programs, to enhance our computer labs, and to improve our facilities.

We know you value your SLIS education, and we look forward to your generous support of our efforts. If we get a check from each alum, just think what we can do!

• ___$1,500
• ____ $750
• ____ $500
• ____$ 150
• ____$75
• ____ other

Your check should be made payable to LSU Foundation. Please mail your contribution to

75th Anniversary Fund
School of Library & Information Science
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Note: Please write your name, address and email address for book keeping and correspondence.

Please use my donation for

• _____ Existing SLIS Fellowship Funds

  Our scholarships and fellowships help us to recruit the best graduate students. We have awards for full-time and part-time students, some for those who have a specific career interest and others that are more general.

  • Anna Burns Fellowship
  • Ollie Burns Scholarship
  • Donald D. Foos Scholarship
  • Mary Marguerite Hanchey Fellowship
  • Jimmie H. Hoover Scholarship
  • Suzanne Hughes-Francis Scholarship
  • Friends of Lafayette Parish Public Library Fellowship
  • Jane Lambremont Fellowship
  • Lewis Mack Fellowship
  • Florinell F Morton Scholarship
  • Charles Patterson Scholarship
  • Richard W. Peck Scholarship
  • John and Hester Slocum Fellowship
  • Sidone Lawrence Walker Scholarship
  • H.W. Wilson Scholarship
  • Nettie Puckett Wilson Scholarship

• _____A new fellowship

  We can help you to set up a new fellowship for SLIS students.Please contact SLISDonors@lsu.edu for details.

• _____ A travel fund for SLIS students who present papers at conferences

  We have had several students present papers at regional and national conferences in recent years, but we have no dedicated travel funds to help pay their expenses. This new fund will make money available for air fare, hotels, and other expenses.

• _____ Faculty support

  We have two endowed professorships in SLIS, thanks to generous donors. These funds provide additional research support for our faculty. If you would like information about how establish such an endowment, please let us know at SlisDonors@lsu.edu

• _____ SLIS Development Fund

  This fund is used for recruiting, to enhance computer resources, and to improve resources

• _____ Estate Planning

  I would like information about how to remember SLIS in my estate planning. SLIS Alumni have made plans to donate to the school, establish new awards, or even to endow a chair. We can help you to work with the LSU Foundation to make plans to provide a lasting contribution to the School.

• _____ Matching Donations

  If you or your spouse work for a company such as ExxonMobile that will match your donation, please enclose their matching form. These companies want their employees to select where their funds will go, and we hope you will select SLIS. Our SLIS scholarships received more than $15,000 in matching funds this year and we look forward to more in the future.