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Here are ways you can contribute to and support the College.  Click on any item below to see more detailed information:

• Annual Fund – Invest in our students and help the College grow even stronger
• Endowment Gifts – Endowment gifts such as scholarships, chairs, professorships, and research funds provide for support in perpetuity
• Planned Gifts – We can work with you to explore opportunities such as life income gifts, gift annuities, bequests, and more
• Faculty and Staff Campaign – For members of the ECU Community

Annual Fund

Support our more than 2,600 students and help the school grow even stronger.

Gifts to the College of Technology and Computer Science provide the dean with unrestricted dollars, which he uses to support key initiatives for the college, including, but not limited to, student support and faculty research. This funding falls into the category that is often the most difficult to raise, yet over and over again makes the most difference to the most people. We can never anticipate every contingency or opportunity that may arise. Yet, we need to be prepared.

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Endowment Gifts

Endowment gifts provide for support for the College of Technology and Computer Science in perpetuity of:

• Students – Scholarships
• Faculty – Department Chairs, Professorships, Travel Grants, Prizes, etc.
• Programs - Funds for Research, Conferences, Scholars and Executive in Residence, as well as Student Amenities

Endowments are invested in the market through the East Carolina University Foundation, and 4.5% of the earnings interest is distributed, with any additional interest earned reinvested in the fund to help grow its value.  The principle of your endowment gift will never be spent as this is a gift that will benefit ECU for centuries to come.

To discuss endowment gift opportunities, contact Michael Ward at (252) 328-9566.

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Planned Gifts

Planned Giving strategies can benefit your family, bring immediate and deferred tax advantages, and allow you to have a meaningful impact on the ECU beyond your lifetime and far into the future.

We can work with you and your financial advisor to explore opportunities such as:

Membership into the Leo W. Jenkins Society is conferred upon all benefactors who have included East Carolina University in their estate planning by means of a bequest provision in their will or living trust.

Contact Michael Ward at (252) 328-9566 or Greg Abeyounis at (252) 328-9573 for more information about Planned Giving.

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Faculty and Staff Campaign

As a member of the East Carolina University community, you play an important role in the evolution of this wonderful university. ECU is on track to becoming one of the nation’s top public universities, thanks in no small part to your dedication.

As students are bustling across campus, you and your colleagues are helping these individuals reach milestones in their lives. You share your passion for education with students every day in more ways than you can imagine:

• Financial Aid
• Course Selection
• On the athletic field
• Providing them with a hot meal

You ensure they live and learn in a clean and beautiful environment.

The East Carolina Faculty and Staff Campaign represents our true campus spirit and will eventually incorporate giving from the entire ECU community – including students. As we strive to create a culture of giving on our campus, your gift, no matter the size, shows your support of East Carolina. Every faculty member, staff member, and retiree is encouraged to make a gift and become a donor to the university. Consider making your contribution at any level today. Every gift counts.

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