Your generous gift helps advance learning and research in the MSU Department of Anthropology. Donations can be directed to any of the following funds and initiatives:
- Department of Anthropology – This is a general fund used to support undergraduate and graduate student travel and research, bring in visiting scholars for lectures and workshops, and support other learning events across the sub-disciplines
- Alumni and Friends Expendable Fund in Archaeology – This fund supports a competitive archaeology student research enhancement award and visiting archaeology scholars that provide public lectures, visit classes, and provide student workshops.
- Forensic Anthropology Lab Fund – Special equipment needed for the lab as well as forensic student research and learning support is provided with this fund.
- Department of Anthropology Memorial Fund – Used occasionally to collect donations in honor of a recently deceased member or friend of the department. Families of the deceased typically help decide how the memorial funds are used, usually a scholarship related to the individual’s work.
- Archaeology – This is a general archaeology fund that can be used to cover lab and field equipment, student support for conferences, research, or teaching needs.
- Lynne Goldstein Fellowship Fund – Provides fellowships to graduate students in any of the sub-disciplines who have worked with the Campus Archaeology Program.
- Patricia A. Gilman and Paul E. Minnis Endowed Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students and provides funding for learning opportunities in archaeology or bioarchaeology.
- Peter J. Bertocci Anthropolgy Scholarship: This scholarship supports graduate students with a primary preference for those interested in cultural anthropology, and a secondary preference for first-generation college students and/or those with demonstrated financial need.
- William A. Lovis Research Fund in Environmental Archaeology: This scholarship supports graduate students conducting interdisciplinary environmental archaeological research that bridges anthropological archaeology with the natural, physical, biological, and earth sciences. It is intended to underwrite and enhance investigations into human-environment interactions during deep time periods prior to Euro-American colonization worldwide.
To donate to the Department of Anthropology, visit https://givingto.msu.edu/gift/index.cfm?sid=701 and choose any of the funds above.