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College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of History

Giving

Your support opens doors to study abroad, internships and other rewarding student experiences. It boosts our degree programs and empowers our researchers.

Support Our Department

State-appropriated funding supports our core mission of teaching and, to a lesser extent, our research and engagement. Still, we must generate external support through grants, fellowships, and donations to address a myriad of other critical needs in the department. We have existing giving opportunities and are open to new funding ideas and approaches.

Make an Online Gift

Please consider a gift to the History Enhancement Fund. Gifts to this fund can be used by the Department of History in whichever area has a particular need. 

The following is a list of specific opportunities for giving.

History Enhancement Fund
Gifts to this fund can be used by the Department of History in whichever area has a particular need.

Michael and Lyn Green Fund for Jewish Studies
Initiated by Michael and Lyn Green of Fayetteville, this fund supports course development and programming in the history of Jewish life. Our goal is to build up an endowment that will enable us to sponsor an annual lecture.

Public History Enhancement Fund
Begun with contributions from alumni of our Graduate Program in Public History, this account provides support in programmatic areas for which state-appropriated funds may not be used. For example, a student without a graduate stipend or assistantship is ineligible for travel support with state funds. We use this account to support their travel to research sites and to present the results of their research at professional conferences.

Mary Lee and Luther W. Barnhardt Memorial Scholarship Endowment (Graduate Support)
Generously created by the Barnhardt family, this scholarship provides a annual scholarship for a graduate student.

History Emeriti Faculty Award
Started by History alumni to recognize Emeriti Professors John Riddle and Joe Hobbs, this fund currently supports an annual prize awarded in the name of Joe Hobbs to the graduating senior who has consistently demonstrated the highest level of historical curiosity. The department seeks to increase the fund to the point that it will continue to support an annual undergraduate scholarship in honor of our emeriti faculty.

John David Smith Award
Named in honor of the former faculty member who established the Public History program, this prize is awarded each year to the outstanding graduating M.A. in Public History.

Scholarships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The John Hester Scholarship
Scholarship for students majoring or minoring in History

Remmey Family Scholarship
Scholarship for students majoring in History

Weiler-Evans Teaching Scholarship
Scholarship for students enrolled in a CHASS major with a concentration in Teacher Education

Endowed Lecture Series
Endowed lecture series permit the department to invite leading historians to NC State to present talks that are accessible not simply to faculty but also to the community at large. Such occasions raise the department’s profile professionally and in the community, thereby helping us to attract faculty and students.

Giving resources

Contact Us

Contact our college’s development office to talk about your gift or opportunities for giving.

Other Ways to Give

In addition to online payments, gift types include endowments, planned gifts, securities and matching gifts.

Faculty and Staff Payroll Deductions

NC State faculty and staff can make a monthly contribution to the area of their choice via payroll deduction.

To History and Beyond

History alumnus James Sorrell spent his 38-year career documenting the state’s history through photographs, audiovisual materials, military papers, maps and more as head of special collections at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. Through a bequest to the department, he’s now giving back to the place he got his start and helping public history students forge their own paths.

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