Your Support This Giving Blueday Provides Access at the College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters. Access changes lives, and at CASL, it shapes futures.
At the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL), philanthropy is not an add-on, it is a catalyst. Donor support fuels access, discovery, and opportunity, ensuring that students can thrive while working toward graduation, faculty can advance knowledge, and learning extends beyond the classroom into the world our graduates will shape. Through five strategic funds here in CASL, this Giving Blueday addresses our student needs while investing in long-term academic excellence and regional impact.
Explore our Top Funds this Giving Blueday:
- UM-Dearborn CASL Student “Get to Graduation” Fund
Small financial barriers can have life-altering consequences. For many CASL students, an unexpected expense of just a few hundred dollars can derail progress toward a degree, forcing students to stop out or leave college altogether. The Get to Graduation Fund empowers the CASL Dean to provide timely, targeted support to seniors facing financial hardship, ensuring that money does not stand in the way of completing their degree. This important fund can help countless students cross the finish line and launch their careers, inevitably changing their lives and the world around us.
- UM-Dearborn CASL Faculty Research Support Fund
World-class education depends on world-class faculty. CASL faculty are advancing solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing our communities and our planet, while mentoring students through research, scholarship, and creative inquiry. This fund supports essential research activities such as conference participation, publication fees, seed funding, professional memberships, and access to specialized datasets. Support enables continued and prioritized faculty excellence across the college, while providing sustained, long-term investment in scholarly leadership, ensuring students learn from faculty who are actively shaping important conversations in science, policy, the arts, and culture.
- UM-Dearborn CASL Study Abroad Support Fund
Global learning is no longer optional, it is essential. Study abroad experiences broaden students’ perspectives, strengthen critical thinking, and build the intercultural competencies employers seek. Yet currently, only 2% of CASL students are able to participate, largely due to financial barriers. From France to Spain, Poland, Puerto Rico and beyond, students engage with different languages, cultures, histories, and belief systems, noting how these experiences broadened their worldviews, strengthened their confidence, and reshaped their academic and career goals, providing perspective that lasts a lifetime. Your support gives our students opportunity, “I would have never been able to travel outside of the U.S. if it weren’t for this program in CASL! I am so lucky and I feel like I got to see so much!”
- UM-Dearborn CASL Practice-Based Learning Strategic Initiatives Fund
Practice-based learning brings education to life by connecting theory to real-world application. Through this fund, CASL supports hands-on course projects, access to specialized tools and facilities, community-engaged learning, guest speakers, and innovative teaching practices. These experiences allow students to apply what they learn in meaningful contexts, whether conducting research, creating digital stories, analyzing data, or addressing community challenges, preparing them to enter the workforce with confidence and practical experience. Your support ensures transformative learning experiences remain central to a CASL education.
- UM-Dearborn SOAR Support Fund
The SOAR program serves nontraditional adult learners pursuing their first bachelor’s degree, students often balancing education with work, family, and financial responsibilities. SOAR provides holistic support, including academic resources, technology access, mentoring, and guidance tailored to adult learners’ needs. Students in SOAR frequently share that the program made college feel possible and that without this support, completing their degree would have been out of reach. SOAR ensures that returning and first-generation students are not navigating their journey alone.
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