Contributions to this fund support all of the goals listed above, and help us excel as one of the nation's top-rated geography programs.
Your donation to Geography & GIS can make all the difference! Generous alumni and donor support has immediate impact on our students' experience, faculty research, and the facilities that make Illinois a top-ranked destination to study and teach geography. Your gift to the department helps:
- Ensure future generations will have access to top-rated undergraduate and graduate education
- Offer scholarships to academically strong undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to those with financial needs
- Recruit and retain outstanding faculty members and scholars
- Provide our students with educational and professional development opportunities
Please contact our Department Head Prof. Shaowen Wang (firstname.lastname@example.org) if you have questions or would like to return to campus and visit our department in the beautifully renovated Natural History Building.
LAS Annual Fund for Geography & GIS
Geography Graduate Fellowship and Scholarship Fund
This fund provides much-needed financial support to our graduate students working toward advanced degrees.
Charles S. Alexander Geography Graduate Student Support Fund
This fund was created in 2020 to honor Dr. Alexander’s legacy of mentorship and generosity, providing support to geography graduate students working toward advanced degrees and careers in the discipline.
Joseph and Marion Russell Fellowship Fund
Created in 1989 to honor the contributions of the Russells to the department over four decades. Professor Joseph Russell was the first Head of the newly-established Department of Geography in 1945.
Donald L Johnson Field Research Fund
The Donald L. Johnson Field Research Fund was established to provide resources for graduate students to conduct field research in physical geography.
Natural History Building Renovation Fund
The Natural History Building Renovation Fund was established so that you may contribute to the completion of our state-of-the-art teaching and research facility.