Endowment & Giving
MHC Endowment Fund
The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center is actively fundraising and has established an endowment fund. Launched in 2010, the fund was significantly enhanced by a generous alumnus who continues to provide annual support. Beyond the Center’s Endowment Fund, additional donors have created specific endowments affiliated with the humanities (see below). Collectively, donations total over $3,300,000 through May 2024. Gifts of all sizes contribute to our goal to build a permanent resource for the humanities at UMaine.
There are two ways to make a direct donation to the MHC Endowment Fund.
- Send a check made out to “University of Maine Foundation” with “MHC Endowment” in the memo line. The check should be mailed to:
University of Maine Foundation
Two Alumni Place
Orono, ME 04469-5792
For information and assistance about giving, please contact Matthew Mullen, Philanthropy Officer for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, about giving opportunities for the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center.
Matthew Mullen
207.581.5100
matt.mullen@maine.edu
For more on the programs and initiatives that these funds support, explore our Annual Reports.
Affiliated Funds
Affiliated Funds were established to support activities consistent with the mission of MHC and can be managed in collaboration with other UMaine units.
Susan and Philip Hamilton Humanities Fund, established by Susan Hamilton and Philip Hamilton ’85 to support humanities faculty and community engagement.
Sandy and Bobby Ives Fund, established by David Taylor ’74 and LeeEllen Friedland in recognition of the Ives’ contribution to folklife studies.
Alan Miller Fund for Excellence in Communication and Journalism, established by Anne Lucey ’81 in memory of her late husband.
Jeannine Emond Lucey Franco-American Program Fund, established by Anne Lucey ’81 in tribute to her mother.
Adrien Lanthier Ringuette Franco-American Centre Library Fund, established by Celeste Ringuette in memory of her late husband.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Scholarship Fund, established by Kathryn Olmstead to support meritorious students with a financial need in the arts and humanities.
The Sandra Merrill Peters and John G. Peters Humanities Scholarship Fund, established by Sandra Merrill Peters ’69 and John G. Peters ’69 to provide financial assistance to a deserving UMaine first-year undergraduate student majoring in a humanities field.
Echoes of Maine Humanities Fund, will support faculty and student engagement in research, events, lectures and collaborative activities that highlight the Echoes of Maine philosophy.
The Schmelzer-Livingston Center for Poetry and Poetics Fund, established by Henry Schmelzer ’65 and his wife, Cynthia Livingston, in recognition of the newly renamed Center for Poetry and Poetics at UMaine. The fund will support ongoing and new initiatives at the center.
Wickham Skinner “Making Things Better” Humanities Fund, will support an annual award to a faculty member whose recent scholarly accomplishment has contributed substantially to the humanities.
Eaton Family New Writing Series Fund, established by John T. Eaton ’66 and Linda Talbot Eaton ’66 to support innovative and adventurous literary programming through the New Writing Series.
Global Perspectives for Humanities Explorations Fund, established by Friends of the Salzburg Study Abroad Program in honor of Josef Roggenbauer, professor emeritus of German, the fund will provide support for faculty and students to benefit from opportunities that will expand their global views, ideas and experiences.
Richard Parks Anderson and Karin M. Anderson Music Composition Fund will provide financial assistance to the School of Performing Arts’ Music Division in support of the composition of musical works by UMaine students and faculty and performances by UMaine faculty and students of those works and other works by living composers.
Claire Labrie Strickland ’75 Scholarship, established by friends and family in honor of Claire’s retirement, to provide scholarship funding to upperclassmen in the humanities who have demonstrated financial need, with a preference for those who are the first in their family to pursue a post-secondary education.
Opportunities in Journalism Fund, established by Brian A. Naylor ’78, ’04 H and Barbara J. Van Woerkom. The fund is intended to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students majoring in journalism.
Dr. Robert M. and Jean W. Swan Humanities Scholarship Fund, established by the Swans to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students enrolled in health and related sciences who may wish to pursue additional studies in the humanities.
Brennan Family Scholarship, established by Michael Brennan, Ph.D. ’19 in memory of his mother, Tara Brennan O’Meara, to benefit students with demonstrated financial need who are majoring in any humanities disciplines.
Patricia S. O’Brien Humanities Fellowship Fund, established by Matt Mullen ’08 in honor of his mother to support a Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate fellow with a preference for a student who is majoring in History.
Wabanaki Student Support Fund, established by Barbara Bassler Keast ’63, to provide Native American students enrolled in the humanities disciplines short-term immediate financial assistance, to help ensure that they will have tools and resources needed to succeed in their pursuit of a degree.
David ’64, ’67G and Alison ’71 Wiggin Humanities Fellowship, established by David Wiggin ’64, ‘67G in memory of his wife, Alison, to support a Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow with a preference for a student who is majoring in English or Modern Languages from Southern Aroostook County.
Liam Riordan Humanities Fellowship Fund, established by Tim Garrity ‘14G and Lynn Boulger, in honor of History Professor Liam Riordan, to celebrate his 25th year on the UMaine faculty. It supports a Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow with a preference for a student who is majoring in History.
Global Exploration & Language Opportunities Fund, established by Charles Ryan ’84, provides support to students who wish to expand their global views through international travel to Central and South American countries.
Dr. Herbert E. Whiteley ’73 and Yvette Poirier Whiteley ’74 Fund, established by the Whiteleys to enrich the University community by providing support for visiting musicians and scholars in the humanities.