College of Arts and Sciences Funding Priorities
The following are Northwest's funding priorities for Northwest's College of Arts and Sciences. For more information about any of these priorities or additional funding opportunities, please contact Teresa Macias Gustafson at teresa@nwmissouri.edu or (660) 562-1248.
Equipment and support for new degree programs in nanotechnology/ biotechnology
$2 million
Field laboratory at Mozingo Biology Research Preserve
$300,000
Discipline-specific scholarships
$10 million endowment
Endowed Professorships
$250,000 each
Department of Music Performing Arts Series
$300,000 endowment
Departmental and student publications
$20,000 to $100,000 or $250,000 endowment
Endowment to support internships, international study and student travel to national competitions
$150,000
Midwest Center for the Study of Writing and Literature
$1.5 million
Forensic team travel support to international competitions
$5,000 to $10,000
Art
Visiting Artists/Lectures in the DeLuce Gallery
$900,000 endowment
An endowment to support the Department of Art’s visiting artists series. The department invites six to seven artists a year to exhibit work and present a public lecture about their artwork. The department uses the visiting artist series as part of its educational programs for art students.
“Visiting Artists” endowment to provide workshops and lectures
$250,000
An endowment to support invitations to artists who would provide “hand-on” workshops and lectures for art students in the Department of Art. Workshops would run from a few days to several weeks and allow student participation and interaction with the visiting artists.
Chemistry/Physics
Software upgrades
$1,000 to $5,000
Geology/Geography
Handheld GPS units (10)
$300 each
Geology Field Trip Endowment
$20,000
to create annual funds to offset geology student costs for field trip opportunities. This would include day trips as well as multi-day field geology discovery opportunities.
Geography Field Trip Endowment
$15,000
to create annual funds to offset geography student costs for field trip opportunities. Geography field trips include day trips to urban centers and areas of cultural/economic significance.
Geology Mineral Separation Lab
$35,000
A mineral separation lab consists of equipment and supplies needed to create mineral samples for research opportunities with undergraduate students.
Interactive Weather Center
$35,000
A weather center could be housed in the Garrett-Strong science building to educate students and visitors using real-time data. It would be an extension of the GeoScience museum.
Music
New piano for practice room
$5,000
Double Bass with low C extension
$4,000
Piccolos for marching band (16)
$800 each
Bach 50b3 Stradivarius bass trombone
$3,500
Parade banner for marching band
$1,200
Conductor’s podium for concerts
$1,000
World percussion instruments
$1,000
Paid advertisements for concert events
$2,000
Sponsor a student string quartet scholarship
$2,000
Sponsor the Four-State Honor Music Festival
$1,000 to $4,000
String quartet in residence
$25,000
New choral risers
$18,000
Four-State Honor Music Festival endowment
$25,000
Studio pianos for student practice
$5,000 each
Theatre
Technical theatre computer lab
$7,000
Electronic keyboard
$5,000
Support/underwriting of a theatrical production
$5,000
Period costuming
$3,000 - $5,000
Computerized sewing machine
$2,500
Intelligent (computer-controlled) lighting fixtures
$15,000
Support for theatre program lab series
$2,500 to $5,000
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