Faculty Support
Donor gifts help NIU attract and retain world-class faculty members. In past decade, donors have funded professors and chairs in disciplines across campus.
Below is just a sampling of the stellar faculty members donors have brought into the classrooms and lives of our students:
Pam Smith, Gaylen & Joanne Larson Endowed Professorship in Accountancy, NIU Board of Trustees Professor Christine Mooney, Bill and Paula LeRoy Professorship in Social Entrepreneurship.
Following is a list of different types of faculty support provided by our generous donors.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS - GENERAL
College of Business Fund for Faculty & Staff Excellence
Bill and Paula LeRoy Professor in Social Entrepreneurship
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS - DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
Accountancy
Accountancy Alumni Professorship
Alta Via Consulting Professorship of Management Accounting
Burge Family Fellowship in Accountancy
Caterpillar Professorship
Crowe Horwath Professorship
Patrick R. Delaney Endowed Accountancy Scholarship
Deloitte & Touche Accountancy Professorship
The William F. Doyle Endowed Professorship in Accountancy
Dean and Brenda DuCray Excellence Fund in Accountancy
Grant Thornton Professorship in Accountancy
HSBC Professorship
Donald E. Kieso Endowed Chair in Accountancy
Donald and Donna Kieso Professor of Accountancy
KPMG Endowed Professorship in Accountancy
Gaylen N. and Joanne E. Larson Professorship in Accountancy
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Professorship of Accountancy
Michael and Patricia Strachan Excellence in Accountancy Scholarship
Finance
Jones, Diedrich, Mennie Endowed Professorship in Finance
Management
Audrey & Michael Southard Faculty Excellence Fund
Marketing
Enterprise Rent a Car Professorship
Kohl’s Corporation Professorship in Retail Marketing
White Lodging Professorship in Sales
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION - GENERAL
Marguerite F. Key COE fund for LEPF
Alyce Kramer Marcus Educator Award
The LD and Ruth G. Morgridge Endowed Chair in Teacher Education and Preparation
Christine K. Sorensen Endowment for Academic Excellence
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION - DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
Counseling, Adult & Higher Education
Phyllis M. Cunningham Endowed Social Justice Fund
The Dr. Orville Jones Memorial International Fund
The John and Muriel Niemi Endowed Professorship in Adult Education
Kinesiology and Physical Education
Elizabeth C. Lane Ph.D. and M. Nadine Zimmerman Ph.D. Endowed Professorship in KNPE Education
Leadership, Education, Psychology & Foundation
Jim and Helen Merritt Fund for Philosophy of Education
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES - GENERAL
The Health and Human Sciences Faculty Awards Endowment Fund
Mary Pritchard Faculty Development Fund
Peggy Sullivan Endowed Faculty Research Fund
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
Nursing & Health Studies
Helen A. Cearlock Distinguished Nurse Lectureship
Roseanne Krcek-Frank Award Fund
Joan E. Wood Award for Nursing Faculty Research
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - GENERAL
John Robert Hainds Distinguished Professorship
The Raymond G. and Patricia A. Smerge Endowed Dean’s Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
Biological Sciences
Avian Immunogenetic Research Expendable Fund
The David R. Layman Endowment for Science Lectures
Jerrold and Carol Zar Biology Faculty Research Excellence Fund
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Thai Teaching and Research Endowment Fund
Communication
Kenneth Smith Memorial Fund
Emeritus Professor Al Walker Visiting Professional Fund
English
Patricia L. Francis Award Fund
Jenefer M. Giannasi English Endowment
The Larry Johannessen Fund in English
Schriber Scholars in Women’s Literature and Language
Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Mobil Oil Endowment for Geophysics
History
Earl W. Hayter Graduate History Endowment
Mathematical Sciences
Sons Math Visitor Fund
Sociology
James Beaudry & Douglas More Memorial
COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS - GENERAL
Harry Castle Memorial Fund
The Sally Stevens Fund for Excellence in the Arts
COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS - SCHOOL SPECIFIC
Art and Design
The Elizabeth Allen Visiting Art Scholars Endowment
Music
Richard O. Ryan Endowed Chair in Violin
Theatre and Dance
The Richard L. Arnold Silver Endowment: Special Projects
GENERAL (NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC COLLEGE)
Intercollegiate Athletics
Laurel Liston Scholarship Fund
Library
The Horatio Alger Society Repository
The Gildemeister Library Endowment
University Wide
Cobb-Lillian Pauline Cobb Endowment Fund
Howard T. Lanan and Evelyn M. Lanan Endowment for Excellence
The Presidential Public Policy Lecture Series Endowment
David W. Raymond Grant for the Use of Technology in Teaching