A Beloved Campus Landmark, a Rare Opportunity—Place Your Name in the Rackham Building

When you make a new gift or commitment of $50,000 or more to Rackham by December 31, 2027, you will ensure that your name is permanently recognized.

Join us in shaping the future—and help advance research, support our talented graduate students, and affirm Michigan’s place at the forefront of global inquiry.

Eligibility

Thank you for your consideration of making a gift to commemorate 150 years of doctoral research at Michigan. Please take a moment to review our eligibility criteria for inclusion in the donor recognition installation:

• Eligible gifts include a minimum new gift or commitment of $50,000 towards a new or existing expendable or endowed gift fund by December 31, 2027. Gifts must be documented with a signed gift agreement, memorandum of agreement, or gift letter.
• Support graduate students for fellowships, internships, conference and research travel, and other approved learning opportunities on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor campus.
• Gifts must be made to Rackham Graduate School but may be designated to support graduate students either university wide or at a specific college, school, department, or program administered in partnership with Rackham.
• Gifts made to Rackham affiliated organizations—including the Michigan Society of Fellows, the Museum Studies Program, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and the Mary A. Rackham Institute—are eligible for recognition.
• Pledges are payable over a maximum of five years.
• The timeframe for recognition reflects the milestone of 150 years of doctoral research at the University of Michigan. In order to celebrate this milestone, gifts made surrounding this important occasion will be recognized.
• Donations that are eligible for a University of Michigan match will be recognized at the level that includes matching funds, provided the donor contribution to the gift is at least $50,000. Corporate matches to gifts will not be included in recognition.
• Recognition of giving at a particular level will be indicated through the size and design of the donor wall, using the gift levels below.
  • $1M +
  • $500,000 to $999,999
  • $250,000 to $499,999
  • $100,000 to $249,999
  • $50,000 to $99,999

Listings Guidance

We are excited to receive your donor recognition installation listing information. To provide maximum transparency, we want to note some content limitations determined by Rackham accessibility standards, design, and space limitations. Prior to production, donors will receive a detailed email regarding the specifics of these limitations, determined in part by our final design.

Preliminary guidance for listings includes:

• Character and space limits. (Specifics will be determined at a later date.)
• Individual and family names are permitted, as well as the name of a donor group or organization (example: Barbour Alumni, Students of Color of Rackham Members, The Kennedy Research Group, etc.).
• We can accommodate “In Memory Of” or “In Honor Of,” provided the full inscription fits within the designed space.
• Unfortunately, we are not able to accommodate logos, icons, illustrations, slogans, taglines, or additional text outside of what is defined above.
• Due to space limitations, we also need to exclude degrees earned and graduation years.
• Rackham Graduate School reserves the sole right to final approval of all aspects of donor plaques, including wording, style, and placement.
• Once the donor recognition installation is installed, it will not be amended for any reason including but not limited to change in gift size, change of name, or change of personal relationships.

For further details and to express your interest, please contact the Rackham Development Office at [email protected].

Thank you for your impactful support of graduate education at the University of Michigan.