C&J Needs
UNM
UNM UNM
UNM Lobo Department of Communication & Journalism

C&J Needs

The Department of Communication and Journalism is currently seeking individual, corporate and endowment donations that support the following needs:

Facilities and Capital Improvements

Our C&J building was extensively renovated at a cost of $5.8 million in the summer of 2007. Designed by the famous Southwest architect John Gaw Meem, the exterior of the 57-year-old building is an attractive anchor of the university's southern entrance. However, the exterior had become dilapidated and much of its interior space was not available for C&J use. The university approved plans for a major interior renovation that provided more efficient use of space, additional classrooms, a second computer lab, and replacement of the building's plumbing, heating, electrical, cooling and digital technology systems.

There is a great need for donors to come to the aid of the department to ensure that this renovation will be be of lasting benefit. Opportunities are available for classrooms, computer laboratories and even the entire building to be named in honor of donors. Please contact us if you are interested.

We'll always need your support to be able to afford to continue giving our students the best technological resources. For more information on how you can help, please contact the department's chair, .

Student Scholarship Support

Most of the department's approximately 625 students rely on scholarship monies to work toward their B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. This support is especially critical in New Mexico, where the cost of a university education is often beyond the reach of many families and students. You can help ensure the education of a needy student, and therefore the future of all of us, by providing a named scholarship or by donating to our general scholarship fund. For more information on how you can help, please contact the department's chair, .

For a sampling of some of our many existing scholarships, please visit our department's scholarship page.

Faculty Support

The Communication and Journalism faculty is consistently recognized nationally for excellence in teaching, publication and service. However, the salaries are well below national averages for our peer institutions, which is often a great challenge in attracting and keeping faculty at the university. The department relies on the generosity of donors to support academic research and travel. For more information on how you can help, please contact the department's chair, .

You can get acquainted with our current faculty and their many projects and interests by visiting the department's faculty page.

Graduate Student Research and Travel

Some C&J grad students show achievement plaques

It will come as no surprise that our M.A. and Ph.D. students in communication are always in needs of financial assistance. If you are one of our many graduate alums, you can remember your own days of scrambling for the next scholarship, grant or fellowship so that you could continue your research the travel needed to complete it. You can help our current grad students by donating directly to a scholarship set up to honor the memory of the late Professor Everett M. Rogers. The scholarship, known as the "Everett M. Rogers Memorial Scholarship," will be awarded to graduate students for such things as travel to conferences, tuition and research funding. For more information about this scholarship and how you can donate to it, please link to the C&J scholarships page.

Chair's Discretionary Fund
This fund is to help underwrite the costs of workshops and programs associated with the business and academic communities.