The College of Human Sciences and Education, a new college that will comprise six current college units, will open July 1, and plans are already in place to raise money for scholarships and endowments.
Wayne Miller, senior director of development in the College of Education, is spearheading fundraising for the college. He has been at the College of Education for a little more than four years, and this role is an expansion of his work, he said.
Miller is meeting with appointed directors from each of the separate merging units to plan strategies for meeting possible donors. Their goal is to identify potential donors and connect them back to the units for which they have passions, Miller said.
“It’s not going to be one size fits all,” he said. “It’s going to be directed at each individual donor or alum’s passion for their college.”
Miller plans to have these strategies in place by the time of the college’s opening, he said.
Jeff McLain, vice president for development for the LSU Foundation, said his office is actively seeking potential donors because people rarely come to the University to give monetary gifts anymore.
“We’re out there actively engaging alumni and donors to join us in making LSU the best place it can be,” McLain said.
The College of Human Sciences and Education won’t be all that different from the way its units function currently, but it will offer more options for students, McLain said.
Miller said the ultimate goal and top priority is to find donors who will make endowments.
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