Electrical & Computer Engineering
DONORS & SPONSORS
Be the Spark for Change
$1-500
Starving Student Fund
$100-500
Senior Lab Kits
$1,000-3,000
Sophomore/Junior Lab Kits
$1,500-3,000
Freshman Lab Kits
$1,000-5,000
Scholarship Fund
Support the Next Generation
The ECE Department has worked hard to lower the cost of lab fees and equipment, while maintaining the best quality hands-on learning experience. However, the financial cost of college creates a barrier for some students. Please consider making a small donation to support ECE students. All donations will go directly to supporting the student experience.
How to Donate
Upon receiving your donation, your name or organization will be recorded on the donor wall and website, as well as course syllabus and/or lab kits for recognition. Select one of the following options and leave a note detailing how you would like your donation to be applied:
Unrestricted support for students & research
Direct financial support for individual students
Be sure to look for the Match your Gift section at the end of the form. Many companies offer matching donations, if your employer does, please indicate so. Doing so can potentially double your donation!
Have questions or ideas? Please contact John Bolke
Sponsorship Levels
All donations will go towards improving and maintaining facilities for student success
PLATINUM
$250,000
- Sponsored ECE Lab Space
- Invitation to yearly ECE Advisory Council
- First choice of premium table space at ECE events
- Sponsorship of 5 senior clinic projects (25 students)
- Lab kits for ECE 1900 Intro to ECE ($10,000 for 125 students)
- All lower-tier benefits
SILICON
$100,000
- Article spotlight published in ECE magazine and website
- Premium table space at ECE events
- Sponsored wall mural
- Sponsorship of 3 senior clinic projects (15 students)
- Lab kits for ECE 1050 Matlab and ECE 1245 Circuits ($7,000)
- All lower-tier benefits
GOLD
$50,000
- Sponsorship of 2 senior clinic projects (10 students)
- Credit on Merrill Engineering Building Donor Wall
- Sponsored department newsletter
- Lab kits for ECE 3710 Computer Design and ECE 3500 Signals & Systems Labs
- All lower-tier benefits
COPPER
$25,000
- Pay course fees/lab sponsor for up to 2 courses of choice and 3 named scholarships ($5000/ea)
- Presentation to students in junior and/or graduate seminars
- Sponsored ECE social hour with table presence
- Lab Kits for ECE 3810 Computer Organization ($2,300)
- All lower-tier benefits
IRON
$10,000
- Sponsor course of choice by paying lab and 1 named scholarship ($5000)
- Sponsored presentation to ECE students during social hour
- Sponsor name/logo added to donor list and relevant track webpages
Want alternatives? Talk with us to customize options according to what you can give. Please contact John Bolke
Senior Projects
If you want to have a team of five talented senior-level engineering students working diligently on your research project, contact us for more information on sponsoring an Engineering Clinic Program project.
Top 10 benefits of sponsoring an Engineering Clinic Program project:
- Find future employees. A clinic team is a year-round recruiting tool. Sponsoring a project annually means you have an ongoing pipeline of future fulltime employees recruited from Utah’s flagship institution of higher education.
- Test-drive the talent. Why worry about whether a new employee can gel with your current team or your company’s way of doing things? You can accurately assess your team members informally during their participation on your project.
- Attend campus events. Clinic sponsors can present seminars to students, attend on-campus student presentations, and enjoy having an ally on campus.
- Increase productivity. Take your side projects off the back burner and let a student team give you an extra set of hands to accomplish more creative tasks.
- Enhance perspective. New, young people bring with them novel perspectives, fresh ideas, and specialized strengths and skill sets. Imagine what having five students work on your project can do for jump-starting the creative process.
- Take advantage of faculty advisers. Each team is assigned a faculty adviser with interests in the research field. The adviser will contribute their personal insight, experience, and supervision to your student team.
- Give back to the community. You rely on community support to do business in the greater Salt Lake City area. Sponsoring student programs on campus is an excellent way to give back locally and pay it forward to the next generation of engineers.
- Support students. Student participants on your team will get both tangible benefits (scholarship support, research funds, graduation requirement fulfillment) and intangible benefits (work experience, skill development, professional connections).
- Receive comprehensive final reports. Students will deliver their final results in the late spring semester of their senior year. Sponsors are invited to participate in the open house. They also receive a copy of the final report.
- Benefit your small business. When looking for full-time work, top students are often recruited by big-name engineering companies. But for senior research projects, learning is the leading draw. Many students are attracted to the more hands-on projects and mentoring opportunities with smaller organizations. Form a relationship with students before they even begin looking for post-graduation employment to ensure that you can recruit the best.
Donor Resources
Give by Credit Card
You may contribute using our
Online Form any time of day,
or by calling Josh Grant, Executive Director, at (801) 585-7173 during regular business hours.
Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm MST/MDT
Give by Mail
Send a check or money order to:
John and Maria Price College of Engineering
University of Utah
72 Central Campus Dr, #1650
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Other Ways to Give
Visit the John and Maria Price College of Engineering's Ways to Give website for information on matching gifts, planned giving, gifts-in-kind, and other ways to support the mission of the ECE Department.
ECE Alumni
Alumni are encouraged to keep in touch
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Attend a seminar
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Corporate and Industrial Partners
Engineering Clinic Project
Sponsor an Engineering Clinic Project for a research partnership with our brightest students
Power Engineering Program
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