Make an Impact at Lurie College
Support Lurie College
Your support helps prepare educators, counselors, therapists and community leaders who make a difference across Silicon Valley and beyond.
Gifts to the Connie L. Lurie College of Education can help students overcome financial barriers, gain meaningful learning and research experiences, and bring their knowledge and skills to the communities they serve.
Ways to Make an Impact
- Support Students
Help students stay enrolled and complete their education when unexpected financial challenges arise. - Expand Scholarships
Reduce financial barriers so future educators and community professionals can focus on their preparation and careers. - Strengthen Community Programs
Support programs that connect Lurie College expertise with children, families, schools and communities. - Advance Research and Innovation
Help faculty and students explore ideas and practices that improve learning and expand educational opportunity.
Help Students Stay on Track with the Lurie College Financial Hardship Grant
Unexpected financial challenges can make it difficult for students to continue their education. The Lurie College Financial Hardship Grant provides support to students facing urgent financial needs so they can stay enrolled and continue working toward their goals.
Your gift can help a future educator, counselor, therapist or community leader keep moving forward.
Support the Financial Hardship Grant
Support Families, Local Communities, and Future Professionals
The SJSU Healthy Development Community Clinic (HDCC) connects children, youth and families with services provided by advanced graduate students under faculty supervision. Through this community-based model, students gain meaningful professional experience while helping expand access to support for local families.
Your gift helps strengthen student learning and community partnerships.
Advance Education With Community Impact
Our SJSU Institute for Emancipatory Education (IEE) brings together educators, researchers, students and community partners to explore how teaching and learning can better serve students and communities.
Support for the institute helps create opportunities for community-engaged research, student and faculty fellows, and work focused on improving educational experiences.
Invest in Student Success
Scholarships can reduce financial barriers and give students greater flexibility to focus on their education, field experiences and preparation for their careers.
During the 2025–26 academic year, 216 Lurie College students received more than $653,000 in scholarship support, with a median award of $1,000.
By supporting Lurie College scholarships, donors help future educators and other professionals continue their studies and prepare to make a difference in schools, organizations and communities.
Support Lurie College Scholarships
2025–26 Scholarship Impact
Students awarded scholarships: 216
Scholarship funds awarded: $653,363
Median scholarship award: $1,000
Other Ways to Give
There are many ways to support Lurie College and San José State University. Explore opportunities such as planned giving, establishing a scholarship or endowment, corporate and foundation support, and other forms of philanthropy.
Our university advancement team can help you identify a giving opportunity that aligns with your interests. Connect with our Lurie College Director of Development, Renee Flemish.
Help Prepare People Who Make a Difference
Lurie College students go on to serve children, families, schools and communities throughout Silicon Valley and beyond.
Your support helps create the educational opportunities, experiences and resources that prepare them for that work.
