School of Architecture

 

During 40 Hours for the Forty Acres, Texas Architecture needs your help. We’re fundraising for student support, and your gift of any size couldn’t come at a better time!

 

No matter the amount, your investment in our students makes a difference. Give today and help us launch the design and planning trailblazers of the future!

 

Follow Texas Architecture:

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

LinkedIn

 

 

 

By supporting the School of Architecture during Forty for Forty, your gifts will benefit student support areas of need, including:

 

Domestic Travel

We would like to offer more travel funding for our students to visit innovative cities across the country, and attend national and regional planning conferences.

 

Materials

Every semester, our students incur significant expenses for printing and materials. With your support, we hope to assist our students with these recurring costs.

 

Project-Based Practicums

In project-based practicum courses, students undertake work that is supervised by the professor. This real-life experience is essential for students but costs add up quickly. We need your help to support travel, fieldwork, and project costs to get our students involved in participatory action research and planning.  

 

Diversity and Equality

We are always working to ensure that our student body is socially, culturally, and economically diverse by offering greater financial support to students.

 

Learn more about our programs at the School of Architecture:

 

Architecture

Since its founding in 1909, the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin (UTSOA) has been one of the most distinguished schools of architecture in the country. Nearly 500 students, 71% of the population of the School of Architecture, are enrolled in each of our Architecture programs. Our teaching and research is founded on a shared interest in ambitious buildings. We uphold an integrated, close-knit design studio model encouraging dialogue, collaboration, risk taking, and innovation.

 

Community and Regional Planning

Community and Regional Planning (CRP) is ranked as one of the top 15 programs in the nation. As a cutting-edge research and practice program, our students are engaged in real-life planning problems and challenges. The CRP program provides its graduates with the theoretical foundations, skills, and practical experience to succeed in professional planning and related policy careers. 

 

Interior Design

UT Austin first offered Interior Design classes in 1912, making it the oldest Interior Design program west of the Mississippi River. More than 1,000 Interior Design alumni have left their mark beyond UT’s Forty Acres. The Interior Design program at the School of Architecture offers a strong, professionally driven curriculum sequence in which architectural interior design is not bound to a specific area, but rather pushes forward without limits. 

 

Landscape Architecture

Landscape architecture is a profession that designs, plans, and manages our land. Today’s urban environment brings forth increasingly complex social and ecological challenges which we aim to address in order to create sustainable landscapes that support social needs, provide ecosystem services, and enhance a sense of place.

 

 

 

With your help, we are taking the design professions to new heights.

Leaderboard
SURPRISE CHALLENGE
The group with the most gifts between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. central will win an extra $3,000!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 San Jacinto Child Development Center 213
2 Texas Crew 126
3 Longhorn Band 35
4 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 30
5 Texas Orange Jackets 27
Ended
Leaderboard
SURPRISE AGAIN!
The group with the most gifts between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. central will win an extra $3,000!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 188
2 San Jacinto Child Development Center 90
3 Comal Child Development Center 59
4 Texas Exes 37
5 UT Men's Rugby 30
Ended
Leaderboard
University-Wide Leaderboard: Number of Gifts
Every gift and every donor makes a difference! The colleges, schools, units or organizations that received the most gifts during 40 for Forty get a bonus $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $5,000 Texas Crew 959
2 $3,000 Texas Exes 744
3 $1,000 San Jacinto Child Development Center 636
4 Comal Child Development Center 537
5 McCombs School of Business 476
Ended
Leaderboard
University-Wide Leaderboard: Money Raised
Thank you for your generosity! The colleges, schools, units or organizations that raised the most money during 40 for Forty get a bonus $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $5,000 Moody College of Communication $1,022,229.33
2 $3,000 Texas Exes $612,764.80
3 $1,000 McCombs School of Business $392,049.00
4 College of Fine Arts $354,597.00
5 Dell Medical School $285,707.02
Ended
Leaderboard
Kick-Off Challenge
Congratulations to Texas Crew for winning the Kick Off Challenge!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 149
2 Texas Exes 51
3 Texas Orange Jackets 38
4 Comal Child Development Center 33
5 McCombs School of Business 31
Ended
Success!
Hidden Bevo Contest
We’ve hidden 20 stuffed Bevos in common areas across the Forty Acres. When you find one, let everyone know by posting a picture with #UT40for40! Follow @UTAustin on Twitter for clues! Winners can designate a $500 gift to the UT Austin area of their choosing.
Completed
Success!
Geographic Challenge
Keep an eye on the 40 for Forty heat map! The first donor from each U.S. state gets an additional $200 added to your donation.
Completed
2
Match
Class of 2019 Presidential Match
Gifts made by members of the class of 2019 will be matched dollar for dollar as part of the Senior Class Gift Presidential Match! Match amount is capped at $50,000 for all gifts through #UT40for40 and the Senior Class Gift
$9,334 MATCHED
Ended
Success!
Longhorn Selfie Challenge
Congratulations to the winner benjilikesmangos
Completed
Success!
The Great 40 Hour Scavenger Hunt
Participating student groups have just 40 hours to complete as many scavenger hunt challenges as they can! Challenges will be posted to social media between 6 a.m. April 3 and 10 p.m. April 4. Groups will receive additional rules before the hunt kicks off. 1st Place: $5,000 2nd Place: $2,000 3rd Place: $1,000
Completed
2
Match
Lunch Break Match
Make your gift between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on April 3 — the first $10,000 in online gifts will be matched!
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Hook 'Em Parents Match
Parents, this match is for you! From 12-3 pm on April 4, the first $5,000 in unique online gifts (up to $250 each) made by parents of current UT students will be matched.
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Faculty/Staff Lunchtime Match
Take a long lunch! The first $10,000 in unique online gifts from 12-3 pm on April 4 made by UT Austin faculty and staff, up to $250 each, will be matched.
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Final Countdown Match
Get your gift in under the wire! The first $10,000 in unique online gifts (up to $250 each) made from 8-10 pm on April 4 during the countdown will be matched.
$10,000 MATCHED
Completed
Leaderboard
Happy Hour Challenge
Congratulations to the Longhorn Band!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Longhorn Band $55,500.00
2 Cockrell School of Engineering $29,620.00
3 McCombs School of Business $8,470.00
4 Texas Exes $8,080.00
5 College of Pharmacy $5,650.00
Ended
Leaderboard
All-Nighter Challenge
Congratulations to the Longhorn Band!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Longhorn Band $53,340.00
2 Cockrell School of Engineering $7,905.00
3 McCombs School of Business $6,120.00
4 College of Natural Sciences $4,980.12
5 Texas Exes $4,646.00
Ended
Leaderboard
Mid-Morning Stretch Challenge
Take a break and make a gift! The college, school, unit or organization that receives the greatest number of unique online gifts between 9 – 11 a.m. on April 4 wins an additional $3,000.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 374
2 Lavaca Child Development Center 300
3 Comal Child Development Center 273
4 Texas Exes 89
5 Cockrell School of Engineering 19
Ended
$100
1,000th Gift Milestone
To celebrate specific milestones in the campaign, an additional award of $100 will be added to the 1,000th unique gift.
1,000 / 1,000 Gifts
Completed
$200
2,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering for winning the 2,000th gift and $200!
2,000 / 2,000 Gifts
Completed
$300
3,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the San Jacinto Child Development Center for capturing the 3,000th gift and winning $300!
3,000 / 3,000 Gifts
Completed
$400
4,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to UT Men's Rugby for capturing the 4,000th gift and winning $400!
4,000 / 4,000 Gifts
Completed
$500
5,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to Texas Crew for capturing the 5,000th gift and winning $500!
5,000 / 5,000 Gifts
Completed
$1,000
6,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Comal Child Development Center for winning the 6,000th gift milestone!
6,000 / 6,000 Gifts
Completed
$2,000
7,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Comal Child Development Center for capturing the 7,000th gift and $2,000!!
7,000 / 7,000 Gifts
Completed
$3,000
8,000th Gift Milestone
Congrats to The College of Pharmacy for capturing the 8,000th gift and winning $3,000!!!
8,000 / 8,000 Gifts
Completed
Success!
Payroll Deduction Match
The first $10,000 in payroll deduction pledges made by UT Austin faculty and staff between March 13, 2019 and April 2, 2019 will be matched up to $10,000. Matches will count for payroll deduction gifts from the date of enrollment until August 31, 2019. There is no maximum individual donation amount for this opportunity.
Completed
Don't forget to share!

Questions? See our FAQ.

Or you can contact us at annual.giving@austin.utexas.edu.