Making a Gift
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Making a Gift

The staff of both the Department of Communication and Journalism and at the University of New Mexico Foundation are available and accessible to help you make a gift that best matches your interests and the needs of our students. Our commitment is to be available to help you make a difference through your generosity.

Different Ways to Make a Gift

Gifts from individuals come in many forms. Checks, credit card payments and payroll deductions are common. So too are gifts of stocks, securities and property. Because The University of New Mexico is affiliated with the United Way and the Combined Federal Campaigns, you make designate your gift to the C&J department through payroll deductions or direct gifts through these organizations as well. A description of the different kinds of gifts and the way they can be given are explained on a UNM Foundation gifts page.

  • You can buy a Remembrance Brick for the "Alumni and Friends Pathway" at the historic C&J building, memorializing your family or a deceased loved one. Details on the Remembrance Brick project can be found here.
  • You may receive a giving envelope from the Department of Communication and Journalism, which allows you to make a general gift to the Departmental Enrichment Fund, to be used at the Chair's discretion for unbudgeted needs or emergencies. Details are available by calling the C&J Department at (505) 277-5305 and also on-line here.
  • You may designate your gift to benefit departmental scholarships. Details on the Everett M. Rogers Memorial Scholarship are available on-line here, and details on the Graduate Student Development Fund are available on-line here.
  • You may wish to make a gift by mail, using our prepared donor cover sheet. Please click here for a form that can be printed and mailed with your gift today. (Donor Cover Sheet in Adobe Acrobat format)
  • You can make a gift right now, by accessing the UNM Foundation's secure online giving page. If you wish for your gift to come to the Department of Communication and Journalism, please make certain to note your intention.
  • You may be able to double – or even triple – your gift through your company’s matching gift program. Click here to see if the company you work for will provide a matching gift, thereby increasing the value of your donation even more.
  • You may need to learn more about the benefits of a planned gift. Visit the main UNM Foundation site and click on the "Planned Giving link.
  • Visit the UNM Foundation site for information on gifts, giving societies at the university, a newsletter for donors, and other information.

Your giving level may bring you into the Chair’s Council at C&J (a commitment of $1,250 per year for three consecutive years) or the President’s Council at UNM (a commitment of $5,000 per year, with the ability to designate half to a particular college or unit of the campus community). While these giving clubs are important in recognizing our major donors, every gift is valued and appreciated!

For personal attention and assistance in making a gift, please contact the C&J Office at (505) 277-5305 or via email by contacting the chair, .