SUPPORT BOTANY
Department of Botany
at Miami University
As one of the best botany departments in the nation, we offer a modern curriculum, and our graduates are overwhelmingly successful in the profession. We effectively teach a broad range of courses in plant sciences including offerings for majors and non-majors, upper level classes, honors, and graduate courses. Our faculty members are recognized as fine teachers and excellent scholars by multiple measures. In addition, we take great pride in our commitment to mentoring both undergraduates and graduate student research and internships.
It is only through the wonderful generosity of donors to the Botany Department that this is at all possible. Please take a few minutes and consider how valuable a resource this is to our students and help us continue these efforts with a gift.
There are several ways you can help us.
Unrestricted Gifts
These gifts allow the Department of Botany to apply your gift to the area of greatest need.
Designated Gifts
- Internships or summer research fellowships to free students to explore educational and research ideas in botany and plant sciences
- Grants to offset the costs of establishing and executing research projects in botany and plant sciences
- Grants to support the participation of our students in regional, national and international professional meetings, especially for those who have completed research projects and are eager to present their findings
- Scholarships to recruit the very best students to attend Miami and to reward excellence at Miami
Equipment Gifts
Modern research in botany and plant sciences requires major instrumentation for laboratory and field work. We need to be vigilant in maintaining and expanding the state-of-the-art equipment that is required for undergraduates and graduate students to complete the high-quality research that is expected of Miami students.
Please contact Evan Lichtenstein at the Miami University Division of University Advancement at (513) 529-1263 to find out how you can provide support for these areas.
How To Make Your Gift
Please make your check payable to the Miami University Foundation, designate Department of Botany on the memo line, and send to:
Department of Botany
c/o Miami University
725 E. Chestnut Street
Oxford, OH 45056
or give online:
Visit Miami's secure, encrypted online giving form and then:
- Under Designations, enter the dollar amount of your contribution in the Other Fund box.
- Type in Department of Botany in the Other (please specify other fund for contribution) box.
Stock/Appreciated Assets
Donors may transfer donate assets such as stocks, bonds, mutual fund shares, or real estate as gift commitments. The benefits of transferring appreciated assets may include tax deductions and the avoidance of capital gains tax. Please contact Evan Lichtenstein in the Miami University Division of University Advancement at (513) 529-1263 for further information.
Estate or Deferred Gifts
An estate or deferred gift to the Miami University Foundation designated for the Department of Botany, can allow you or your advisors to incorporate future support for Miami University into your individual financial planning strategies. Please contact Evan Lichtenstein in the Miami University Division of University Advancement at (513) 529-1263 for further information.