College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Giving

Your generous, tax-deductible support of the School of Kinesiology is more critical than ever. Your support gives our students and faculty the resources to improve areas of health and wellness, movement science, and sports. Gifts of any size allow us to maintain our world class institution by:

  • Enrolling and supporting the brightest students, regardless of financial circumstances
  • Attracting high-caliber faculty and providing them with resources to perform critical research
  • Providing our students with up-to-date equipment and technology
Professor emeriti, Mary Jo Kane, PhD, is shown here, second from left with Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women Sport friends and colleagues who helped create the David and Janie Kane Endowed Tucker Center Director Fund.

Mary Jo Kane, PhD, professor emeriti and second from left, with Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women Sport friends and colleagues who helped create the David and Janie Kane Endowed Tucker Center Director Fund.

Professor emeriti, Mary Jo Kane, PhD, is shown here, second from left with Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women Sport friends and colleagues who helped create the David and Janie Kane Endowed Tucker Center Director Fund.

Priority funds

"I know few people are fortunate enough to have the mentors, leadership, and advice which I have been provided, and the scholarship is my way to give back."

Linda Wells MA '84 Wells Future Coach Scholarship Founder

All School of Kinesiology funds

    Research

    Research

    Women and Sport Leadership

    This fund provides a flexible source of financial support for Tucker Center research, and educational activities and community outreach in areas/issues that examine women and sport leadership.

    Media Coverage of Female Athletes

    This fund provides a flexible source of financial support for Tucker Center research, educational activities and community outreach in areas/issues that examine media coverage of female athletes.

    Equipment and resources

    Equipment and resources

    Kinesiology Sport Management Fund

    This fund supports the School of Kinesiology's sport management program, which prepares students to learn about the exciting and multi-faceted business of sport.

    Tucker Center Operation Fund

    This fund is used for general operational needs of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport.

    Kinesiology International Education Fund

    This fund supports School of Kinesiology initiatives through its students, faculty, research and teaching that seeks to enrich the quality of human life by expanding, applying, and disseminating the body of knowledge germane to physical activity, recreation, sport, and their applied systems.

    Kinesiology Strategic Initiatives Fund

    This fund supports School of Kinesiology initiatives through its students, faculty, research and teaching that seek to enrich the quality of human life by expanding, applying, and disseminating the body of knowledge germane to physical activity, recreation, sport, and their applied systems.

    Jean K. Freeman Endowment for the Women Coaches Symposium

    This fund supports the Women Coaches Symposium, an annual event hosted by the Tucker Center, to provide high quality educational programming and professional development, networking, community for women in the coaching profession.

    Undergraduates

    Undergraduate students

    Edith Mueller Memorial Fund

    This fund seeks to reward participation and enthusiasm of undergraduate students pursuing a program in sport management.

    Graduates

    Graduate students

    Dorothy McNeill Tucker Fellowship Fund

    This fund is for graduate students working with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport for the payment, partially or fully, of tuition.

    Eloise M. Jaeger Scholarship at the Tucker Center

    This fund ensures the best students in the nation are able to participate in significant education and research initiatives designed to improve the lives of girls and women, their families and their communities.

    All students

    All students

    Linda M. Wells Future Coach Scholarship

    This fund provides financial support to students studying towards physical activity and human movement, exercise science, or sport management, and who demonstrate an interest in becoming a future coach within the high school sport, collegiate sport or professional sport industry.

    Eloise M. Jaeger Scholarship at the Tucker Center

    This fund ensures the best students in the nation are able to participate in significant education and research initiatives designed to improve the lives of girls and women, their families and their communities.

    Giving is easy

    • Use your credit card to make a gift online. Our secure website encrypts all your personal information so that it cannot be read over the Internet.
    • Send a check or money order made payable to the University of Minnesota along with a letter designating the recipient of the gift to:
      University of Minnesota Foundation
      P.O. Box 860266
      Minneapolis, MN 55486-0266
    • Call our secure credit card hotline at 612-626-8560. Leave your full name and phone number, type of credit card, card number, expiration date, amount of your gift, and designated recipient, if any.
    • Payroll deduction is a convenient way for University faculty and staff to make a gift. Complete a payroll deduction form to make arrangements.
    • Employer matching increases the impact of your gift. Each year, more than 400 companies have matched gifts made by their employees to the University of Minnesota. Some companies may also match gifts from spouses and retirees. Search our online database or call your personnel office to see if your company has a matching-gifts program.