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College of Arts and Sciences
Join us in providing our students with opportunities for high-impact research and career-empowering education


As the largest and most diverse academic unit on the downtown campus, the College of Arts & Sciences is the heart of Georgia State’s learning environment. We offer nearly 70 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences across the humanities, the social and behavioral sciences, and the natural and computational sciences. Critical thinking skills, from biological sciences to languages and literature, build the foundation for every profession as they empower students to be informed, engaged citizens.  


Your support ensures that our faculty and students work to find solutions to pressing, global problems that affect everyone; challenges facing urban populations, immigration, access to clean water, transcultural conflict and violence, network infrastructure and data security, literacy and challenges to language acquisition, aging, obesity, and cancer detection and treatment. 


College of Arts & Sciences Funding Priorities



Departments and Programs




$500
Advancement Engagement Challenge
VP Jay Kahn will make a gift of $500 for every 25 gifts from University Advancement staff, up to $1,500.
75 / 75 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Baylen Challenge
Valerie and Jim Baylen will match dollar-for-dollar up to $1,500 for all gifts made to the Joseph O. and Louise P. Baylen Scholarship Endowment.
Completed
2
Match
Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora Challenge
An anonymous donor will match gifts dollar-for-dollar to the Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora, up to $1,500.
$1,500 MATCHED
Completed
$1,500
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Challenge
Dean Sara Rosen will give $1,500 once 100 gifts are made to any fund in the College of Arts & Sciences.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Friends of RCALL Challenge
Friends of RCALL will match dollar-for-dollar up to $1,500 for each gift made to the Center for Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy.
$1,500 MATCHED
Completed
$2,000
IEP Challenge
Generous donors will match any donation to the IEP Fund up to $2,000.
Completed
2
Match
Kim and Kerry Hixon Challenge
Kim and Kerry Hixon will match each gift made to the Lucille Adams Scholarship In Africana Studies dollar-for-dollar up to $20,000.
Completed
2
Match
Neuroscience Institute Director's Challenge
For this Director's Challenge, Dan Cox will match dollar-for-dollar up to $1,500 for all gifts to the Neuroscience Institute fund, which will support training for the next generation of neuroscientists.
$1,500 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Pritchett Challenge
Join Susan Pritchett in honoring her husband Peter M. Pritchett, M.D. on Georgia State Day. Susan Pritchett will match all gifts to the Premedical Science Study Abroad Scholarship up to $10,000.
Completed
Leaderboard
University-Wide Leaderboard: Highest Amount of Dollars Received
College, school, unit or program with the highest amount of dollars raised will be shown on the leaderboard for bragging rights only.
Rank Department Raised
1 College of Arts and Sciences $194,239.00
2 College of Education & Human Development $125,055.00
3 WomenLead $97,119.00
4 J. Mack Robinson College of Business $84,378.00
5 Student Success Programs $65,208.57
Ended
2
Match
Africana Studies Challenge
Jonathan Gayles will match all gifts to the Africana Studies Department dollar-for-dollar up to $2,000.
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
$2,500
Biology Challenge
An anonymous donor will give $2,500 when $15,000 is given to any fund in the Biology Department.
Completed
$1,500
Chemistry Challenge
Chemistry Chair Giovanni Gadda will give $1,500 to the Chemistry Department Endowment when 30 gifts are made to the department.
Completed
$5,000
Development Committee's Staff Challenge
The Development Committee of the Foundation Board will contribute $5,000 to the Staff Council Fund if 200 GSU staff make a gift to the area of their choosing.
200 / 200 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Friends of Religious Studies Challenge
Friends of the Religious Studies Department will match dollar-for-dollar for gifts made to the department, up to $2,000.
$2,000 MATCHED
Completed
$25,000
Kevin Brady Challenge
Kevin Brady will contribute $25,000 to the Kevin M. Brady Premedical/Prehealth Endowed Scholarship when 101 gifts are made to any fund in the Department of Biology.
Completed
2
Match
Martin Fraser Memorial Challenge
Join Carol Fraser in honoring the memory of Marty Fraser. Carol will match gifts dollar-for-dollar made to the Martin D. Fraser Endowed Fund for Graduate Student Travel up to $6,000.
Completed
$2,000
Philosophy Challenge
George Rainbolt and Eddy Nahmias will each contribute $1,000 to the George W. Rainbolt Fund for Excellence in Philosophy when 50 gifts are made to the Philosophy Department.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
University-Wide Leaderboard: Greatest Number of Gifts Received
College, school, unit or program with the greatest number of gifts will be shown on the leaderboard for bragging rights only.
Rank Department Gifts
1 College of Arts and Sciences 527
2 Student Success Programs 310
3 J. Mack Robinson College of Business 211
4 Perimeter College 170
5 Georgia State Athletics 130
Ended
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$900,000 and counting!
Sep 28, 2022

Another great Georgia State Day has come to a close! Thanks to thousands of donors, we received more than 2,000 gifts for a total of over $901,000, and we're still counting! 


Donors supported hundreds of university initiatives across Georgia State to provide support for our students, colleges, programs and centers over the last 1 day, 9 hours and 13 minutes. 


As we finalize counting your gifts, we will keep you posted on our final results. 

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