Giving Opportunities

Visiting Artists & Lecturers

• Visiting lecturers and artists bring new perspectives and insights to students that help spur creativity.
• Master classes, demonstrations and lectures offer students opportunities to interact with outstanding role models in their academic fields.
• Departments annually submit requests for assistance to bring lecturers or artists to campus as enrichment programs that complement the campus curriculum.

Marilyn di Silva (center) a visiting artist in metalsmithing, conducted workshops for Art & Design students in 2003.

• The College of Arts and Sciences currently has the following recurring lectureships that would welcome alumni, parent, and community support:

- Fritz Marti Lectureship in Philosophy

- William J. Probst Memorial Lectureship in Chemistry

- Rayhill J. Hagist Lectureship in Biology

- William C. Shaw Memorial Lectureship in Physics

Dr. Virginia Trimble, Professor at the University of California-Irvine and the University of Maryland, is shown (left) with Mrs. Ruth Shaw (right), sponsor of the William Shaw Memorial Lectureship in Physics. Dr. Trimble was the featured presenter at a recent Shaw Lecture at SIUE.

Bringing a visiting artist or lecturer to campus requires a commitment of between $2,500 - $5,000.

Giving is easy: Contributions to the Visiting Artists and Lecturers Fund may be made by:

• Check made payable to the SIUE Foundation with the CAS printable mail-in form;

• Secure online credit card billing form (Discover, MasterCard, Visa accepted);
• Payroll deduction for SIUE employees.