College of Education and Human Development

Family Social Science

Giving matters

Your generous support of the Department of Family Social Science is more critical than ever, helping us retain the very best scholars and students. Gifts for undergraduate scholarships help attract and retain promising students while easing the burden of rising tuition. Support for graduate fellowships enables the department to compete nationally and internationally for top graduate students, enhancing our research.

You make us great

The Department of Family Social Science continues to rank as one of the leading departments in the country. Advancing the traditions of innovative applied scholarship allows us to recruit the best young faculty and graduate students in the field, broadening the scope of our research while enriching both undergraduate and graduate education.

What your gift can do

Your tax-deductible support for the Department of Family Social Science helps us attract and retain the very best scholars and students even as state funding declines. It gives our faculty resources for enlarging knowledge and understanding in childhood trauma, citizen engagement, couple and family therapy, and financial well-being.

Quote from Chalandra Bryant

a professor in family social science

This fellowship provides me with an opportunity to meet with and talk with Dr. Boss on a regular basis about my work. I have been able to incorporate ambiguous loss in studies that I’m conducting.

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Learn more

To learn more about ways to give, email the CEHD Office of External Relations at cehdexrl@umn.edu or call 612-625-1310.