Gift Opportunities
Secure online giving to the Urban Studies and Planning Program is available through philanthropy@maryland, the University’s development website.
To direct a gift to one of the funds in Urban Studies and Planning, simply type the name of the fund you wish to support in the “Specify Other Fund” field.
(Please note: If you select School of Architecture from the form’s drop down list and do not designate a specific Urban Studies fund, your gift will be credited to the school’s general unrestricted fund.)
For further information on these funds or for details on how to contribute by check, please call (301) 405-6790 or e-mail planning@umail.umd.edu.
Current funds that benefit Urban Studies and Planning include:
Urban Studies and Planning Development Fund
The Urban Studies and Planning Development Fund is directed to general program initiatives. In past semesters the department has contributed to student activities such as career development programs and professional development workshops, as well as contributing to other professional student events like planning conferences. The department also holds professional development classes and contributes to community outreach activities by faculty and students.
Contributions are welcome and should be made to the Urban Studies and Planning Development Fund, addressed to the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. On-line giving is available.
For further information on the fund or on how to contribute, please call (301) 405-6790 or email planning@umail.umd.edu.
Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lectureship Fund
The Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lectureship Fund was established in memory of a distinguished alumnus of the Community Planning program. At the time of his tragic death in 1987, he was Chief of Planning and Urban Design in the Department of Housing and Community Development, City of Baltimore. The purpose of the fund is to bring important practitioners and scholars to Baltimore each year to address issues of "The Neighborhood and the City." Recent lecturers have included Norman Krumholz, Robert Woodson, Kennedy Smith, Tupper Thomas, Rolan Anglin and Henry Sanoff.
Since the late 1980's, the University of Maryland's Urban Studies and Planning Program has sponsored the Ruskin Lecture. This is made possible by contributions from many individuals and organizations. Contributions are welcome and should be made to the Ruskin Lectureship Fund, addressed to the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. On-line giving is also available.
For further information, please call (301) 405-6790 or email planning@umail.umd.edu.
Melvin R. Levin Planning Leadership Fund
Professor Melvin Levin, 1924 - 1999, greatly contributed to the city
planning field and the University of Maryland's Urban Studies and
Planning program. Dr. Levin authored a dozen books on regional
planning, transportation, immigration, continuing education, and public
policy. He was a planning consultant in Massachusetts and Kansas,
principal researcher for the Mass Transportation Commission, president
of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Director of the AICP
commission, board member of the American Planning Association, Chair of
Planning at Rutgers University, and chair of the Community Planning
program at UMAB.
To commemorate these contributions and his
leadership in the planning field, the Levin Family and the Urban
Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland have
established the Melvin R. Levin Planning Leadership Fund. Dr. Levin's
leadership qualities were exemplified in his chairmanship of academic
city planning programs at Boston University, Rutgers, and the
University of Maryland at Baltimore, and his presidency of the AICP
from 1986 to 1988.
The Melvin R. Levin Planning Leadership Fund will support activities that promote leadership abilities among students in the University of Maryland's Urban Studies and Planning Program. This will include support for the University of Maryland's Academy for Leadership to conduct leadership training for all second-year students, and invite widely recognized national leaders in the planning field to participate. Our goal is to create an interest-bearing endowment with the University of Maryland Foundation.
We welcome your tax-deductible contribution to Melvin R. Levin Planning Leadership Fund to honor the memory of Dr. Levin. Please make your check payable to "The University of Maryland Foundation" with Mel Levin Fund written in the bottom left corner. On-line giving is also available.