The Parents Fund

supports leadership, service and career programs

An interactive, energizing, and unique learning experience that identifies, develops and delivers an extensive set of leadership skills. It is a six day program

of non-stop self discovery and learning for 60 UO students are who selected each spring to participate in the fall program. Funds will provide scholarship opportunities for participants and would allow the UO to expand the amount of sessions for students.

Alternative Break Experiences

Dedicated to providing students the opportunity to explore the most pressing social issues facing communities throughout the nation. Trips occur in locations throughout the country and focus on a variety of topics, including poverty, illiteracy, youth development, cultural exploration, sustainability and humanitarianism. Additional funds will allow the Service Learning Program to expand the Alternative Break Experience and create new locations, allow for more students to attend, and will provide scholarships for participants in need.

Service Learning Program

Funds will enable students to learn and develop intellectually through the combination of traditional classroom work and structured community service. Contributing to this fund provides the support and resources necessary to empower University of Oregon students to actively engage in service, volunteerism and community based work throughout their college experience and beyond.

The Parents Fund supports

health and safety programs

Progressive Career Planning Program
Includes Discover Your Strengths (sophomores will be led in small and large group events to identify their strengths and align with appropriate majors); Knowledge and Skills in Action (juniors will focus on internships and/or service learning to test their skills and develop an understanding of the world of work); and Launch Your Future (seniors will package their skills and experience, interact with employers in networking events and plan and implement a job search- training sessions would be offered in a variety of delivery models). Fundraising support for increased staffing, event sponsorship and intern scholarships would allow these program elements to be designed and implemented.

The Parents Fund supports engagement programs

Club Sports
Club Sports is a co-ed, competitive, recreational program for students, faculty, and staff. It is designed as an athletic alternative, bridging the gap between existing intramural and intercollegiate programs. Club Sports maintains a strong tradition at the UO and thousands of UO students have participated during the past 30 years.

Outdoor Program
For more than three decades the Outdoor Program (OP) has been a place where motivated individuals have gathered to learn, share and enjoy a wide variety of outdoor adventures. The program at the U of O is recognized as one of the first and most unique outdoor adventure programs in the country.

Cultural Forum
The Cultural Forum sponsors a broad range of music, fine art and contemporary events throughout the year. Cultural Forum events are conceived of, initiated, negotiated, booked, promoted and managed by the Cultural Forum's 10 student coordinators. Hundreds of events take place each year that enrich and strengthen the campus community.

Community Conversations Series
Serves as a forum for intellectual inquiry and discussion offering the campus and community opportunities to discuss and explore the political, cultural and economic trends and issues that shape and affect our communities today. Speakers are invited to give a lecture, eat dinner with students beforehand, and meet with students during the day in a class, workshop, or in an informal setting.

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