Give to LBC

Giving: Philanthropy Changes Lives

The heart of our work at Lyman Briggs College is to empower and support students in their development as scientists. Impactful experiences like small courses and labs, undergraduate research, education abroad, and learning assistantships are possible because of the support of people like you. Your support helps us provide each Briggs student with a life-changing experience. Below you'll find several ways to give to Lyman Briggs.

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Ways to Give

Giving To MSU

Charitable gifts from our alums, friends and partners support scholarships, groundbreaking research and high impact educational programs at LBC and MSU. Find a guide to the many ways you can contribute to supporting LBC through financial gifts.

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Types of Giving

  1. Give to an annual fund. This year's featured fund is the High-Impact Learning Fund. 
  2. Support an existing fund (list to be posted in late November)
  3. Endow your own fund. Contact Christina Thelen.
  4. Give as part of your estate. Contact Christina Thelento start the conversation.
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Annual Funding Priorities

LBC Strategic Initiatives

Help LBC achieve the goals of its 2032 Strategic Plan. Your support provides flexibility to advance high-priority initiatives across the college, creating opportunities for students and strengthening LBC's impact for years to come.

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High Impact Learning

Through research with faculty, peer leadership, global experiences, mentoring, and a close-knit learning community, LBC students engage in educational experiences that have been shown to deepen learning, strengthen belonging, and prepare graduates for life after college. Gifts to this fund extend high-impact experiences to more LBC students.

High Impact Learning journey in LBC. Graphic shows multiple learning experiences that are life-changing at LBC like study abroad, learning assistants, first-year seminars, and undergraduate research

Faculty Success

Gifts to the Hanni Nichols Innovation Fund help faculty innovate in their classrooms, in their scholarship, and to pursue new opportunities that increase impact. This fund creates a lasting way to honor a colleague’s legacy while helping today’s faculty thrive and shape the future of the college. Additional opportunities are available to name a faculty position, directorship or deanship a deanship, which recruits and retains excellent faculty and leaders. If you are interested, please email Christina Thelen.

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Foundations for the Future

Holmes Hall was built in 1965, and maintaining an aging building comes with significant and ongoing costs. This fund supports the maintenance, repairs, and improvements needed to keep Holmes Hall safe, functional, and welcoming, preserving the spaces where generations of Briggs students, faculty, and staff learn, connect, and grow.

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Give to meet our greatest needs

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Contact LBC's Associate Director of Development

Christina Thelen

Christina Thelen

LBC Associate Director of Development

Phone: (425) 773-2635

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