Your generous contribution to the College of Arts and Letters provides support for the advancement of our programs. Every investment, no matter how small, makes a difference. Learn more about areas of need below.

Propel academically qualified, under-represented students, first-generation students, and students of modest means into a brighter future through the gift of opportunity.  Provides support for study abroad, research travel, internships, and more!  Invest here.

Invest in the future. Launch current and prospective students on a lifelong search for knowledge and understanding the human condition through rigorous scholarly inquiry. Your gift may go to support scholarships, research, instructional equipment and activities. Invest here.

Your gift supports JMU’s scholars and thinkers as they challenge students and welcome them into their lives. You can help as professors urge students to explore the expanse of human civilization. To ponder what it means to be human. To make the world a better place.

The financing of higher education has changed forever. State support has been decreasing for decades. Simply raising tuition isn’t an option either. You can help JMU retain that special kind of Madison professor for today’s students. Invest here.

Support your academic program, a specialized scholarship and/or student organizations within the college. Invest here.