Generosity from within

Generosity from Within: 2016 faculty support exceeds $257,000

Due largely to the University’s For All Bicentennial Campaign, PBS received a tremendous and unprecedented boost in support this year.

“It’s been a truly remarkable year for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,” said chair Bill Hetrick. “We have received an unparalleled outpouring of support for the department—especially from current and former faculty and their spouses.”

As described below, the gifts are intended to substantially support the department’s teaching and research mission, ensure faculty and student diversity, and honor PBS staff who are the backbone of the department:

Professor Preston Garraghty and Lori Garraghty

established the Audrey Newcomb and David Garraghty Staff Recognition Award

Professor Julia Heiman

established an endowed graduate student fellowship fund to support sexual science

Professor Emeritus Kenneth Heller

established a fund to support graduate student diversity, especially underrepresented minority students

Professor Emeritus Joan Lauer

whose late husband Donald Lauer served on the PBS faculty from 1951 to 1982 while Joan served on the psychology faculty at IUPUI, established an undergraduate fellowship fund to support first-generation college students from Indiana

Professor Emeritus George Rebec

established the Rebec Family Fellowship, which will name Rebec Fellows in the Program in Neuroscience each year as its recipients, providing them with a higher stipend

Professor Linda Smith

established a research and teaching enrichment fund

Former PBS Chair Joseph Steinmetz

(currently Chancellor of the University of Arkansas) and Sandra Steinmetz established the Joseph & Sandra Steinmetz Translational, Clinical and Neuroscience Fund

An anonymous faculty donor

established the Third Century Fellowship in Psychological and Brain Sciences to support graduate training

In each case, the gift was intended to establish endowed accounts to which other faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends may contribute, thereby further increasing the impact of these gifts.

Donors also took advantage of an ongoing matching program in which the interest income from large gifts will receive annual matching funds from the University equal to 4.5 percent of the gift amount. The matching funds effectively double the impact of the gifts, based on current market rates, and are open to current and former faculty, as well as alumni.

It’s been a truly remarkable year for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. We have received an unparalleled outpouring of support for the department—especially from current and former faculty and their spouses.
Department Chair, Bill Hetrick

Those interested in likewise contributing to this program should contact Travis Paulin, Executive Director of Advancement for the College of Arts and Sciences (tpaulin@indiana.edu). Or contact PBS Professor Emeritus Steven “Jim” Sherman (sherman@indiana.edu).

Generosity from within