Giving to PTFE
For almost 120 years, Georgia Tech's School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering (originally Textile Engineering), has been a front-runner in education and research in the textiles industry. Ever changing with the times, the School recently added Polymer to its name and has recruited several top polymer researchers and faculty to its roster.
From the old textile mills of the past to new discoveries for fabrics to the polymers now being designed for nano- and bio-technology, the School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering (PTFE) has always been on the cutting edge of technology.
The School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering's success in raising over $10 million in gifts and pledges designated for programs within the School during the five-year Campaign for Georgia Tech that concluded on December 31, 2000, will be remembered as one of the major milestones in the School's history. We're proud of the progress we made in such a short time; however, we have the potential to do even more and more we must do! In today's fast-paced world, if you are standing still, you are going backwards.
Private support is essential for the School to continue to provide its students with access to the best faculty and programs available. The School has many needs for the coming years. Key among these needs are:
Permanent Endowments
Named Endowment Fund — From $25,000
The Institute encourages school-based unrestricted endowments to provide maximum flexibility in meeting pressing needs and to provide support for new initiatives. There are several opportunities for recognition, including the naming of the endowed fund.
Endowed Faculty Support
Chaired Professorships — From $1,500,000
Income from these named endowments will be used to support outstanding faculty in PTFE to seed research projects, and for travel, equipment, and student research assistants—all consistent with the overall needs of the School. These professorships will ensure that such individuals, who have already made their mark in the field, possess the resources to remain at the forefront of their fields, and lead teaching and research efforts in areas important to the future of polymer, textile, and fiber engineering. The visibility and stature of senior faculty chair holders will draw outstanding students to the program, stimulate innovative research, serve as mentors for younger faculty, and aggressively seek leveraged funding from government and industrial sources. Endowed chairs may be named to recognize their donors or a designee.
Endowed Student Support (named)
Undergraduate Scholarships - From $100,000
Graduate Fellowships - From $500,000
Undergraduate Research Awards - From $50,000
Quality students are measured by more than just SAT scores. Georgia Tech places a premium on attracting students with the character, determination, and intelligence necessary to meet the demands of a first-rate technological education and use that education to improve the world around them. To recruit the most promising undergraduate and graduate students to Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering, we must compete against universities that offer considerably more financial support than Georgia Tech—even with Georgia's HOPE scholarship. Funding a named undergraduate scholarship or graduate fellowship is the best way to ensure that the best of the best are excited to attend Tech, and challenged by their education. Georgia Tech must be in the position to assure that no qualified student is denied an education.
Naming Opportunities
From $25,000
There are many opportunities still available for the naming of classrooms, conference rooms, and student meeting areas. These funds are then used at the discretion of the School chair for programs and initiatives that are in need of additional funding, or for establishing new cutting-edge programs.
Current Operations
Unlike endowments, current operating funds are available for use in the year they are received. Gifts and grants designated to the School but unrestricted therein support core academic and programmatic needs as well as provide seed funds for emerging academic initiatives. Restricted gifts and grants may support a variety of initiatives within the School, including but not limited to: faculty research, undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, faculty enrichment, upgrade of facilities and equipment.