Inspire and Impact Good Things: GivingTuesday
Celebrate the "We Are" spirit and power of generosity on GivingTuesday by making a gift to support Penn State engineers. Your generous donations will help fund programs within our college that advocate for students’ success by providing them with the tools they need to excel academically and enhance their overall experience at Penn State.
Early giving starts on Monday, November 18 at 8:00 a.m. We hope that you will consider making a gift or becoming an advocate, or offering a challenge or match to help us lead the way this GivingTuesday.
The University’s tenth GivingTuesday celebration will officially launch at 6:55 p.m. ET on December 2—or 18:55 in military time, a nod to the year of Penn State’s founding—and run until 11:59 p.m. ET on December 3. Any gift, large or small, is greatly appreciated by the students, faculty, and staff in the College of Engineering.
Learn more about the giving opportunities for 2024 below.
College of Engineering
For more than 125 years, the Penn State College of Engineering has pioneered as a leader in engineering research and emerging programs. We continue to uphold our land-grant mission to create a positive impact and make a difference in our local communities across Pennsylvania and around the world.
Gifts to the Penn State Fund for the College of Engineering provide flexible support where it's needed most. These gifts support student recruitment activities, unique educational and professional development opportunities, and scholarships; empower the work of our faculty; and support cutting-edge engineering research in countless areas.
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Department of Architectural Engineering
Founded in 1910, the Department of Architectural Engineering (AE) at Penn State is the oldest continuously accredited architectural engineering program in the United States. Gifts will support the Scholarships and Academic Excellence Funds, allowing the department to continue its tradition of excellence by supporting current and future architectural engineering pioneers. Donations are essential to providing financial opportunities to students in the architectural engineering family as they strive to succeed in their academic careers. Your generosity could be used to support student society memberships, provide financial assistance to students taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, and more.
Engineers in Action
The Penn State chapter of Engineers in Action (EIA) travels to developing nations to build pedestrian bridges. This summer, five students from Penn State Engineers in Action (EIA) are set to travel to Eswatini for a seven-week mission to help construct a suspended footbridge. During the rainy seasons, rural communities in Eswatini are often cut off from larger towns and essential resources due to dangerously flooded rivers. The chapter's goal is to provide these communities with access to critical markets, health care, and education by building pedestrian footbridges. Funds raised during GivingTuesday will help to cover the cost of materials and travel and offer this once-in-a-lifetime experience to the team.
Engineering Leadership Development Program
The Engineering Leadership Development (ELD) program provides a challenging, relevant, dynamic cross-cultural experience that further engages students in their education while preparing them for leadership roles in a technical environment. Program courses provide students with an understanding of individual, team, and organizational leadership; global competencies and multicultural awareness; innovation; and management. Support to ELD will directly offset student expenses for international travel to South Africa and Switzerland.
Global Engineering Engagement
The Global Engineering Engagement Scholarship Fund helps to place transformative international experiences within reach for Penn State engineering students. A global experience is an eye-opening, first step in becoming a change-maker, but for many students, it's also an experience that comes with financial hurdles.
Your gift on Giving Tuesday will help to increase the amount of support we have available to connect students with global experiences that will shape who they are and what they're capable of achieving.
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Engineers Without Borders
The Penn State chapter of Engineers Without Borders builds a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs. The group consists of a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate students who aspire to apply what they are learning in the classroom in order to give back to our communities both near and far.
Your gift on GivingTuesday will provide support for our students to continue to provide engineering services to communities in deep need.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
In the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME), our faculty and students are innovating today to find solutions that will impact tomorrow's energy, homeland security, biomedical devices, and transportation systems' needs. A gift of $200 to our department's Academic Excellence Fund provides one student with a specialized kit that helps them to excel in their third- and fourth-year mechanical engineering degree program classes. These kits include an Arduino microprocessor, sensors such as accelerometers and thermocouples, and output devices like lights and motors.
Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Endowed Scholarship
The Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS) provides guidance and support to college leadership, sponsors student programs, awards student scholarships, and recognizes faculty and staff excellence. In 1998, a gift from the members of the PSEAS board helped to establish the PSEAS Endowed Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students in the College of Engineering. Without the kindness of our donors, the road to a degree would likely be much more difficult.
Engineering Summer Bridge Program
Engineering Summer Bridge is a signature academic summer program through the Multicultural Engineering Program that helps incoming first-year students prepare for their engineering major. The program also includes structured social and cultural events that encourage students to build relationships with each other and relate in-class activities to out-of-class experiences. Participants are guided toward academic success to give them a head start in the challenging yet rewarding fields of engineering. By making a gift to the program during GivingTuesday, you will help to ensure that students have the resources they need to explore their passions and thrive in their studies.
2024 Giving Opportunities:
- College of Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering
- Engineers in Action
- Engineering Leadership Development Program
- Global Engineering Engagement
- Engineers Without Borders
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Endowed Scholarship
- Engineering Summer Bridge Program
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