What Your Gifts Do

Enriching minds and communities

Every gift benefits our students and faculty and the many people and communities they serve. When you give to the graduate school, your investment pays dividends far beyond the here and now as our students take their education and experiences out into the world.  

How far does your gift go?

Meet just some of our students, faculty, and alumni to see how your support is transforming lives throughout our region and the world.

• On her blog, Ready, Set, Teach, Mollie Dickson offers an honest glimpse at what it’s like to prepare for one of the world’s most complicated professions, and describes the challenges and minor miracles she encounters along the way.
• Professor of Education Zaher Wahab worked with Kabul Education University this year to create Afghanistan’s first master’s degree program for teacher educators. See a slideshow of his work or read his blog entries from his current trip.
• Kindergarten teacher Tess Miller, M.A.T. '07, has been named Oregon’s American Star of Teaching for her success in teaching reading. The annual award is given to one teacher in each state. For more about Miller’s remarkable classroom, read the Oregonian’s profile.