Lyman Briggs College

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Renovation of the West Lower Lounge

Lyman Briggs College has come a long way since being established as MSU's second residential college in 1967. Growth in enrollment has created a cretical need for space to support the living/learning atmosphere that characterizes Briggs.

Dean Simmons has announce plans to reovate the West Lower Lounge into:

6 Faculty Offices to accomodate faculty peresently located outside of Holmes Hall
Senior seminar/conference room
Student Study and Engagement area

Please consider a gift in support of this project. Gifts of any size are welcome

Special donor recognition opportunities are available at the folowing gift levels:

$ 500 or more will be recognized on a special donor wall
$ 5,000 sponsorship gifts will be recognized on faculty offices
$ 25,000 gift will be recognized on the senior seminar room
$ 75,000 lead gift will be recognized in the student study and engagement area

To make a gift follow this link: West Lower Lounge Donation

For more information contact: Mark Johnston at (517) 353-4869, markcjoh@msu.edu

Giving to Briggs

Your generous giving plays a vital role in supporting Lyman Briggs College as a national model for undergraduate residential learning communities that interconnects Science, Mathematics and the History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (HPS).

Standing on our own as a college we need to secure the resources that will allow us to maintain excellence and innovation in instructional/research facilities, academic program and student scholarship support. Our ability to develop financial resources is a critical source of our future success.

Please stand with us by making a generous contribution to these major areas of need as established by the College.

Frederic B. Dutton Endowed Scholarship

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Honoring Dr. Dutton and meeting a critical need for scholarships for Briggs Students. The goal of this scholarship fund is to create an endowment fund of $100,000. The income will provide a perpetual scholarship award of $5,000 per year (depending on rate of return). View the scholarship agreement. Gifts of all sizes are welcome. Larger gifts will be recognized on a plaque honoring Dr. Dutton and listing donors under the following categories:

MAKE A GIFT TO THE DUTTON SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Lab Naming Fund for
Dr. Howard Hagerman & Dr. Mimi Sayed

For more than 30 years, Dr. Howard Hagerman's and Dr. Mimi Sayed's personal and professional dedication has helped to connect thousands of Briggs students to success. Now the College has begun an effort to thank them by naming a biology lab in their honor.

This is an opportunity to thank them for their dedication and service to Lyman Briggs.

The overall campaign goal is $250,000, the amount necessary to formally name the biology lab in their honor.
In addition to the naming honor, all gifts will directly benefit Briggs by helping to repay the cost of the major lab renovations completed in 2006.
Gifts of all amounts are appreciated. Gifts of $1,000 or more will receive donor plaque recognition.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND (.pdf)

MAKE A GIFT TO THE LAB NAMING FUND

Lyman J. Briggs Scholarship Fund

As a national research university, MSU has always sought to make excellent higher educational opportunities available and affordable. The Lyman J. Briggs Scholarship Society honors the spirit of our namesake and inspiration who discovered his love for the sciences in the class of 1893 at what was then Michigan Agricultural College.

Gifts to the Lyman J. Briggs Scholarship Society:

• Support student academic scholarships through new and existing endowments.

• Support study abroad/away academic opportunities that bring learning to life.

Information on the Lyman J. Briggs Scholarship Society

Katharine C. Briggs Dean's Fund

Contributions to this dean's discretionary fund are critical for the College as new and innovative ways are sought to enhance the integrity of our academic and performance programs, support research and retain the highest quality faculty. This Fund provides the dean with the flexibility to direct funds to areas of College priority.

Gifts to the Katharine C. Briggs Dean's Fund Support:

•Lab Renovations - All new gifts to this fund benefit the Lab Naming for Dr. Hagerman & Dr. Sayed. The goal of $250,000 is the amount needed to formally name the lab and to repay the remaining debt on the $5.8 million dollar lab renovations completed in 2006. Donor wall recognition naming opportunity available.

• Program, technology and curriculum enhancements.

• Funds for the direction of student involvement in faculty research.

Information on the Katharine C. Briggs Dean's Fund

Frederic B. Dutton Excellence Fund

Dr. Dutton chaired the committee that would ultimately launch Lyman Briggs College and served as its first dean. Dr. Dutton’s vision for LBC was to obtain the finest resources necessary to support professors, curriculum and facilities in bringing excellence to undergraduate education.

Gifts to the Frederic B. Dutton Excellence Fund support:

• Lectureships through new and existing endowments.

• Research grants for faculty scholarships.

• Development of excellence in curriculum and innovations in teaching.

Information on the Frederic B. Dutton Excellence Fund

Questions About Giving to LBC?

Please contact Development and Alumni Relations Office at: lbcadvan@msu.edu, or call (517) 355-3466.

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