Support Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Your gift to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence makes a tangible difference. From supporting our Dean’s Scholars program to helping CLAS departments promote events and develop projects throughout the community, your gift last year provided invaluable support for our students, faculty and our community. Thank you for your far sighted generosity and support.

Read below to learn more about how you can continue to make an impact at the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences today.

Your $1 becomes $2 when you give to the Science Building 2 Renovation Fund!

PSU’s science programs are bursting at the seams. Annual enrollment has doubled over the past ten years. Help give the over 18,000 students studying science a better education with a gift to help transform PSU’s Science Building 2 into the modern science facility they need and deserve.

Plus, give now and, thanks to the State of Oregon, any gift you make will be matched—so every $1 becomes $2!

Help save rare and endangered plants and your $1 becomes $3 by donating to the Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank Fund!

PSU is becoming home to the conservation program of the Berry Botanic Garden, one of the world’s foremost seed banks for native plants and an important contributor to regional plant restoration. The Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank Fund will help protect endangered and native plants in the Pacific Northwest and create unique and timely learning opportunities for students by helping to establish a conservation program at PSU for rare and endangered plants.

Give now and, thanks to the State of Oregon and a generous private donor, any gift you make will be matched—twice, so every $1 will become $3.

Give to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence and help support students today!

Gifts to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence help support programs like the Dean’s Scholars. They also provide critical funding for scholarships and enable us to invest in faculty development, public lectures and seminars, and meet the greatest needs of our students.


Join the Dean’s Circle! This year we’ve launched the CLAS Dean’s Circle giving program. You can become a member of the inaugural group with your gift of $500 or more to the Dean’s Fund for Excellence. Join the Dean’s Circle today and you’ll receive an invitation to meet our wonderful Dean’s Scholars at our Dean’s Circle Reception next spring. We look forward to thanking you in person!

Thank you again for your support.

Planned Giving

For information on including Portland State in your estate plans please visit PSU’s Planned Giving Website.