Overview
Driven by our pride, our spirit, and the needs of our community, The Ignite Campaign celebrates ten years of outstanding faculty & staff philanthropy.
As a faculty and staff member at FIU, your gift to Ignite creativity, discovery, and innovation, demonstrates that we are united in a common goal: making FIU the best it can be, now and in the future.
Faculty and staff contributions do more than provide funds for programs and scholarships. Our Ignite giving rate is an impressive statement to alumni, corporations, and foundations that FIU depends on for large gifts and grants.
You can designate your gift to any college, school or program and you may conveniently choose to divide your gift over time through payroll deduction. To donate via payroll or credit card visit ignite.fiu.edu/give-now and explore the funds to make your selection.
Please consider donating to the Human Resources funding opportunities:
Berta D. Villares Book Scholarship Award
The Berta D. Villares Book Scholarship Award is in honor of Berta D. Villares, former Associate Director of Benefits Administration. Berta served our FIU community with relentless dedication and passion, helping many faculty and staff members make sound decisions with important benefit options. The Berta D. Villares Book Scholarship Award will provide eligible faculty and staff currently using the FIU Tuition Waiver Policy, with a one-time cash award. The award is designed to help offset the expenses associated with the purchase of required course textbooks.
Student Employee of the Year Scholarship
Approximately 35% of our FIU workforce is comprised of student employees. They are often the first faces our future and new students see. There are also many who are behind the scenes supporting faculty, research, and staff.
Celebrating our student employees is the culmination of a week of recognition for student employees who have demonstrated service excellence in their respective departments, while maintaining a strong academic record and gaining job experience that is valued by future employers looking to build a pipeline of talent in their organizations.
This project will help to fund the Student Employee Scholarship for the winner of the Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) Awards.
University Hardship Fund
The TLC University Hardship Fund is sponsored by the Tender Loving Care (TLC) Brigade and coordinated through the Office of Employee Assistance (OEA). We recognize that faculty and staff may experience hardships that require emergency financial assistance.
The Hardship Fund is not a loan, rather it is a program available to assist eligible faculty and staff (Full-time benefits-earning, faculty [9 month or 12 month] or staff, who have worked at FIU for at least one year) who are experiencing a “qualified” emergency and who have exhausted all avenues for obtaining assistance.