Our students are why we are in business. They are the lifeblood of this institution, so it should go without saying that they are our ultimate priority. But how we, and you, support them takes many different forms. Your support can help fund a scholarship, make way for structural improvements or give a faculty member the much needed resources to implement a new, bold academic program. It all though, flows directly to our students and helps shape their experience here at CSU. Read below to find out more about where you can give.

Scholarships
Competitive funds to keep the brightest students in Cleveland and to give graduate students support while carrying out their research and writing their dissertations. Each year a black-tie dinner is held in support of the Moses Cleaveland Scholarship Fund. Click here to learn more about the scholarship.

Wolstein Scholarship Challenge
Through her generous $6.25 million commitment, Iris Wolstein is challenging others to support much-needed student scholarships and ensuring support for the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and its students through future generations. Mrs. Wolstein has agreed to match, up to $1.25 million, every dollar raised for the Bert L. and Iris S. Wolstein Endowed Scholarship Fund. If you would like to follow her lead and support the Wolstein Scholarship Fund, please call 216.875.9837 or email giving@csuohio.edu.

Academic Programs
Funds are used to strengthen existing programs and to support new programs, centers, the library and distance learning.

CSU Identifies Centers of Excellence Focused on Health and Sustainable Communities
Cleveland State University recently identified and submitted to the Ohio Board of Regents three Centers of Excellence, developed in response to the University System of Ohio Strategic Plan for Higher Education which required all institutions to identify their distinctive strengths within the University System. "Our Centers were identified after broad-based faculty, academic, and administrative participation, discussion, and forums. The University's Board of Trustees and its Academic Affairs Committee have carefully reviewed and discussed these Centers of Excellence and endorse them as CSU's signature academic strengths," said CSU Provost Mary Jane Saunders. "Our Centers of Excellence respond directly to the state's economic priorities and societal needs, will advance the state’s economic prosperity and quality of life, and provide strong mission differentiation for CSU within the University System of Ohio." Click here for more information.

Faculty and Staff Development
Funds are used to attract and retain the best and brightest faculty and staff, and to support visiting professorships and/or rotating distinguished professorships. Funds also allow for sabbaticals to give professors time to immerse themselves in new technology, research, and teaching techniques.

CSU Installs Prototype Wind Tower
Cleveland State University hoisted its first wind tower amplification system atop its Plant Services Building. The system, designed by Dr. Majid Rashidi of CSU’s Fenn College of Engineering, is a wind deflecting structure with small-scale turbines that can generate power at low wind speeds. Prominently displayed, the 25 foot in diameter cylinder - adorned with the Cleveland State University logo - sits on a 30-foot tall base. Four turbines, six feet in diameter, will soon be anchored to two arms that can rotate as the wind direction changes. A standalone turbine will also be erected and used as a control to measure the difference in power capacity of the traditional turbine versus Dr. Rashidi’s system. Read more here.

Technological Upgrades
To help the University remain competitive while graduating students ready to advance the ever-growing, technologically savvy work force.

The 'Luxury' of CSU's Music Composition Resource Center
When Andrew Rindfleisch, professor of music, became head of music composition studies, he oversaw the creation of a music center that would make any composer envious. "Along with a bold curriculum and opportunities for students to hear their music performed and recorded by noted guest artists, [the composition program at Cleveland State University] includes a Music Composition Resource Center unlike any in the nation," said the Plain Dealer's Donald Rosenberg. Read more about the lauded program here.

Facilities and Equipment
Enhance and upgrade classroom and lab renovations and new equipment, green space on campus, and student residences.

New College of Education and Human Services Building
Scheduled to open in January 2010 the new building for the College of Education and Human Services will be located on the north side of Euclid Avenue, to the east of Fenn Tower. The building will serve as the eastern gateway to the campus and is being designed by the architectural firm of NBBJ (see their website at http://www.nbbj.com/). The 95,000 square foot building, costing about $36 million, will be three stories tall. Its unique shape will provide garden space between it and the Health Science Building to the north, and between it and Fenn Tower to the west. Click here for more information.

For additional information, contact the Development Office at 216.875.9837 or giving@csuohio.edu.