Giving to the International Center

Support the International Center

It is the International Center's mission to play a key role in facilitating the growth of international education on campus and in the community. It is also the International Center's top priority to ensure that international students, scholars and their dependents integrate successfully into campus and community life.

Ways to Give

There are many ways to support the International Center. Whether your gift qualifies as Annual Giving, Major Gift or Planned Giving, each type of gift makes an impact on current as well as future international students at Florida State.

Most donors make gifts and pledge payments by check, credit card, automatic bank drafts or even payroll deduction in the case of Florida State University faculty and staff. Others take advantage of tax savings that come from giving appreciated stocks, shares of mutual funds, or real estate. Donors can also contribute gifts-in-kind, such as works of art, antique furnishings or cultural artifacts and others. A growing number of alumni and friends incorporate gifts into their financial and estate planning.

The motivations of donors are as varied as the programs and colleges their gifts support. While unrestricted gifts allow the International Center the greatest flexibility to allocate funds where they are most needed, donors may designate their gifts to specific programs of the International Center.

The following are areas where philanthropy can make the greatest difference to international students, scholars and their dependents at FSU:

  • Scholarship Support
  • Speakers/Presentations
  • Cultural Awareness/Education Programs
  • Emergency Loan Funds
  • Graduate Assistantships

Make A Gift

Annual Telethon
The annual telethon is a telephone outreach program that was launched at the International Center in 2003 to coincide with the International Center's 10th year Anniversary. The FSU Phone Center contacts alumni and friends in late August or early September to provide them with opportunities on how to give a gift to the International Center within the $500 range. If you wish to be included in the annual telethon, please contact:

Shawn Mallet, Assistant Director,
FSU Foundation Phone Center
(850) 644-5459
E-mail: smallet@foundation.fsu.edu

Major Gifts/Planned Giving
If you are interested giving a gift in the $100K and above range and would also like to learn more about planned giving, please contact:

Chris Cannon, Director for Development
FSU Office of The Vice-President for Student Affairs
(850) 644-4364
E-mail: ccannon@foundation.fsu.edu

Online Giving
When using the online giving form, please make sure that you check:
___ OTHER (and indicate that your gift is for the) International Center.

» Click here to access the online giving form.