VP-Student Affairs Funds

Student Engagement Fund

The Student Engagement Fund provides support for various activities of Student Affairs units within the Division of Student Affairs. The fund may also be used to provide additional resources to support outreach, student and staff professional development, scholarships, necessities for students experiencing hardships due to crisis situations, ...

Campus Recreation Sport Clubs

The Campus Recreation Sport Clubs Fund helps to enhance programs and services provided to Campus Recreation Sport Clubs at Illinois State University.

LGBTQ+ Student Support Fund

The LGBTQ+ Student Support Fund provides emergency financial assistance for students who lose the financial support of their family due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Funds may also support programs which serve to educate students about the issues uniquely facing LGBTQ+ students.

Student Access and Accommodation Services Fund

The Student Access and Accommodation Services Fund provides support for the programs and services offered by the Student Access and Accommodation Services department at Illinois State University.

Student Success and Excellence Fund

The Student Success and Excellence Fund provides programming and support for the retention of students who identify as first-generation, low income, or underrepresented.

Additionally Supports: Rick Lewis Inspriation Award

Student Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Fund

The Student Affairs Diversity and Inclusion Fund provides resources so that students may have the opportunity to improve academically, participate in opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them, and provide programming which maximizes their development as engaged citizens. The fund may also provide support for professional ...

Steve and Sandi Adams Legacy Hall of Fame Endowed Fund

The Steve and Sandi Adams Legacy Hall of Fame Endowed Fund was established in April 2011 by family, friends, and colleagues as a tribute to the legacy of retiring Vice President Steve Adams and his wife, first lady of the Division for Student Affairs, Sandi Adams. Steve spent his entire 35-year career in higher education at Illinois State ...

Student Affairs General Scholarship Fund

The Student Affairs General Scholarship Fund provides student scholarships under agreement with individual donors or as designated by the Department of the Vice President for Student Affairs.

Additionally Supports: Alpha Psi Lambda Annual Scholarship, Schermer Student Leader Award

Campus Recreation Excellence Fund

The Campus Recreation Excellence Fund helps enhance the programs and services provided by Recreation Services at Illinois State University.

Dean of Students Enhancement Fund

The purpose of this fund is to conduct activities essential to the support and enhancement of the programs and services provided by the Dean of Students Office at Illinois State University.

Additionally Supports: Alpha Psi Lambda Annual Scholarship, Black Heritage Scholarship

University Program Board Enhancement Fund

The purpose of this fund is to conduct activities essential to the support and enhancement of the programs and services provided by the University Program Board at Illinois State University.

Leadership Initiative Fund

The Leadership Initiative Fund supports new leadership initiatives and programs designed to help students learn to be engaged, compassionate leaders committed to moving individuals, teams, organizations, and ideas forward. Students are given opportunities to participate in leadership training, seminars, conferences, and other cutting edge ...

Billy Quigley Memorial Endowment Fund

William "Billy" Quigley Jr., born October 6, 1987, was a dedicated student leader who earned a position on the executive board of the University Program Board as the director of membership and began "Making Redbird Moments." Billy was majoring in business and finance at Illinois State University when he was involved in a fatal car accident on ...

Michael D. Schermer Student Leader Excellence Endowment Fund

The Michael D. Schermer Student Leader Excellence Endowment Fund was established by Michael D. Schermer '73, M.S.E. '78. The purpose is to fund two initiatives: an award to be presented annually to the Illinois State Outstanding Student Leader of the Year as selected by the Dean of Students Office, and a scholarship recognizing an incoming ...

Career Center Excellence Fund

In an increasingly competitive job market, many students, particularly first-generation, returning military, and other nontraditional students need more than just a quality education. The Career Center Excellence Fund provides the resources necessary to serve both students and potential employers by providing mentors, résumé review and writing ...

Student Counseling Services Enhancement Fund

The Student Counseling Services Enhancement Fund provides support to enhance the programs and services provided by Student Counseling Services to Illinois State University

Illinois State University Police Enhancement Fund

The Illinois State University Police Department strives to maintain peace and harmony, to protect life and property, to prevent crime, to apprehend criminals and to recover lost or stolen property. The purpse of the ISU Police Enhancement fund is to enhance the programs and services provided by the campus police department to the University campus.

Health Promotion and Wellness

The purpose of this fund is to enhance the programs and services provided by Health Promotion and Wellness to Illinois State University.

Will to Succeed Award Endowment Fund

The Will to Succeed Award Endowment Fund provides funds to conduct activities essential to the support and enhancement of the programs and services and promote awareness of students with disabilities provided by the Student Access and Accommodation Services unit at Illinois State University. Since 2004, additional gifts to the fund have been ...

Bone Student Center Excellence Fund

The purpose of this fund is to support the enhancement of programs, services or facilities at the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.

Greek Arete

The Greek Arete - Greek Leadership Fund was established in 2018 by Eric and Karin Burwell to highlight and elevate the excellence and virtue affiliated with the Illinois State University Fraternity and Sorority Life experience while honoring the history and foundation of fraternal organizations. The fund supports initiatives that call for ...

Additionally Supports: Greek Areté - Greek Leadership Fund

Friends of Braden Auditorium

The Friends of Braden Auditorium Fund helps ensure Braden Auditorium continues to provide the best in Broadway shows, touring companies, concerts, ballets, conferences and much more.is to support the enhancement of programs, services or facilities in Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University. Braden Auditorium is well-known across central ...

Student Health Services Excellence Fund

The purpose of this fund is to enhance the programs and services provided by Student Health Services to and on behalf of Illinois State University, which may include student student support and staff recognition.

University Housing Services Excellence Fund

The University Housing Services Excellence Fund supports the activities, programs and services provided by University Housing Services at Illinois State University.