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Please
contact OBU's development office (405-878-2703) if you have any
questions about these gift options. All of these options can be
created through a one-time gift or funded by multiple gifts over
a period of years. Please click on link at left to learn how to
make a gift.
Scholarships
An endowed scholarship requires a minimum corpus of $10,000. Earnings
from the corpus provide for an annual scholarship award. Scholarships
can be awarded based on a variety of factors (academic disciplines,
geographic area, financial need, etc.)
Lectureship
The lectureship is a temporary appointment, usually given to a
visiting scholar or speaker during a select visit to OBU. The
endowment required for a named lectureship is $50,000. These lectureships
can address certain academic disciplines, subject matters or other
areas of academic thought/discussion.
Professorship
The endowed professorship is an partially-funded post which is
awarded to a professor who is prominent in his or her field, an
outstanding teacher, and one who has demonstrated exceptional
ability in the selected academic discipline. The endowed academic
professorship can be endowed for $250,000 and named for or by
the donor. The endowment will be used to enhance salary, benefits,
and certain expenses, such as travel, research, or secretarial
assistance.
Chair
The endowed chair is similar to the endowed professorship in terms
of the assistance provided, except that it is the highest funded
endowed post. The faculty member holding this position is considered
to be one of the most distinguished faculty members on the University
campus. This position can be endowed for $500,000.
The
tradition of academic posts supported by special endowed funds
has existed for several centuries. The special distinction created
by endowed academic posts is often more enduring than bricks and
mortar projects.
Among
the oldest academic designations are the Regius Professorships
at Oxford University established in 1546 by Henry VIII. Today,
more than four centuries after their establishments, these posts
are among the most honored positions in English academic life.
In the United States, most colleges and universities of excellence
have endowed professorships, the first having been created at
Harvard more than 200 years ago by a London merchant, Thomas Hollis.
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