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Thank you for your interest in making a gift to support the Rice Engineering Alumni! A gift of any amount can greatly impact the Rice Engineering experience for both students and alumni.

 

Benefits of Becoming a Sponsor

As a Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) Sponsor, your contribution sustains and enhances REA programs and the School of Engineering. Sponsor benefits include:

  • Receiving the Rice Engineering annual magazine.

  • Sponsors at the Gray level and above receive additional recognition, commensurate with their level, at REA events.

  • In addition, Fellows are invited to exclusive events with School of Engineering leaders.

See our most recent Annual Report for more information on how your Sponsorship contributes to the school & students!

The Impact of your Sponsorship

The REA board has issued the #REA500in19 Challenge to encourage 500 alumni to donate to REA in 2019. By becoming an REA sponsor, you can:

  • Improve the undergraduate ChBE lab experience through a $50,000 pledge over three years to the department. Learn more about our ChBE initiative from Michael Wong, chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, at https://vimeo.com/319227621!

  • Elevate the George R. Brown School of Engineering brand by providing $5,000 in student travel grants to allow graduate students to promote their leading and advanced research and developments.

  • Enhance the George R. Brown School of Engineering experience by providing $15,000 in Project Awards that allow students to turn their classroom learnings into tangible solutions for real-world problems!

Levels of Sponsorship

REA offers the following sponsorship levels. An REA sponsorship year coincides with the Rice fiscal year, July 1 to June 30.

Fellow: $2500
Benefactor: $1000
Patron: $500
Gray: $150
Blue: $50
Blue: $25 (Young alumni 10 years or less since graduating)


Other ways to support

You can also support via check. If mailing a check, make it payable to “Rice University” with the designation Rice Engineering Alumni (GF60) in the memo line. Our mailing address is as follows:

Rice Engineering Development Office, MS 368
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892


Corporate Matching Gifts

Double or even triple your gift! If you or your spouse work for a company with a matching gift program (search the database at giving.rice.edu if you are not sure), obtain a matching gift form from your human resources department and mail the completed form to:

Attn: Matching Gift Coordinator
Rice University
Office of Development MS-81
P O Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892