Supporting WCEE

The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) works in common association with the Center for European Studies-European Union Center (CES-EUC), Center for Russian and East European Studies (CREES), and Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED) at the University of Michigan International Institute. It is dedicated to enhancing interdisciplinary knowledge about, and public engagement with, the institutions, cultures, and histories of Europe and Eurasia. Your gifts to WCEE are vital to the ability of our Centers to support scholarship on, and the involvement of students and faculty, in the region. A donation to one of our gift funds is the most significant way you can help us secure the University of Michigan's leadership in the field of European, Eurasian, and democratization studies.

Gifts may be made to WCEE and are deductible as allowed by law. Gifts may be made with cash, checks, or credit cards; matching gifts (please include the appropriate paperwork from the matching agency with your gift); and securities (stock gifts). A life income plan may provide immediate tax advantages and generate annual income streams for you or other named beneficiaries. The University of Michigan will help you select the plan that is best for you and your situation. Call toll-free 1.886.233.6611, email <giving2@umich.edu>, or visit the website at <www.giving.umich.edu>.

WCEE endowments help support internships, faculty and student travel, visiting lecturers, and special courses related to Europe, Eurasia, and historical, contemporary, and prospective transformation from authoritarian rule to democracies in these regions. We hope that you will help build the future financial security of our regional studies programs by contributing to one of the funds listed below:

1. The Center for European Studies Fund
The Center for European Studies is seeking to build an endowment to sustain and improve our interdisciplinary efforts. We wish to expose U-M students to the best scholarship and teaching on Europe, to help students from Europe to study at U-M and U-M students to spend time in European institutions, and to aid faculty who wish to do research in Europe. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

2. The Center for Russian and East European Studies Endowment
The CREES Endowment was established in 1987 with a challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The endowment supports faculty and student travel grants, student internships, visiting lecturers, conferences, special courses, and other regionally-specific projects. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

3. Czech Studies Fund
The Czech Studies Fund support lectures, conferences, film screenings, and other activities featuring Czech culture and society. Funds may also be used to make student travel awards and support the teaching of courses on Czech culture and history. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

4. The Nicolaus Copernicus Endowment
The Nicolaus Copernicus Endowment was established at the University of Michigan in 1973. The principal goal of this effort is to provide support for Polish programming and fellowships for students in Polish studies. Income from the endowment supports the Annual Copernicus Lectures and other public programming dedicated to advancing a deeper understanding of Poland, its people, and its culture. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

5. The Southeast European Studies (SEES) Fund
The SEES Fund is dedicated to strengthening the study of Southeast Europe at the University of Michigan. Gifts will support language instruction; special courses; lectures, conferences, and film screenings; as well as research visits and internships by U-M students in the region. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

6. The Weiser Strategic Fund
Gifts to the Weiser Strategic Fund support student fellowships and internships, faculty initiatives, international collaboration, courses, conferences, lecture series, and other projects that enhance interdisciplinary knowledge about, and public engagement with, emerging democracies in Europe and Eurasia, past and present, as well as the institutions, cultures, and histories of these regions more broadly. For additional information and to make a donation, click here.

For more information on the various ways you can support the programs of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, contact:

Marysia Ostafin, Program Manager
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
University of Michigan
1080 South University Ave., Suite 3668
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Phone: 734.647.2237
Fax: 734.763.4765
Email: mostafin@umich.edu