Give to SJSU: Helping A Student Starts With You

Helping a Student Starts With You

Silicon Valley is changing the world. Your gift supports the students who are changing Silicon Valley.

Your generous gift helps students discover what they can do at SJSU, opening doors to a brighter future for them and their families. With the support of alumni, parents, corporations, foundations, and others in the Spartan community, SJSU students can follow their passions and discover their “why” at SJSU.

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Support SJSU

At SJSU, we believe in holistically supporting our more than 36,000 students to ensure they are cared for physically, emotionally and psychologically. By giving an unrestricted gift to the SJSU fund, you are directly supporting students across campus through helping with the university's greatest needs.

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Support a Scholarship

Help students reach their full potential by financially supporting their education goals so they can focus on their studies, research and career development opportunities. By reducing their debt burden, you are helping to expand access and opportunity.

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Planned Giving

Establish a legacy that supports students and the Spartan community for generations. There are many ways to include SJSU in your estate plans: wills and trusts, gift annuities, retirement plans, real property and other options. Find out about increasing your income, earning valuable income-tax deductions and reducing your estate taxes. Achieve your philanthropic and financial goals.

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Alumni Impact

Since 1873, the San José State University Alumni Association has endeavored to connect graduates to their alma mater and each other, while adding value to the SJSU degree.

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Giving Stories

Dr. Bettenecourt, co founder of portuguese studies

Dr. Bettencourt, Co-Founder of the SJSU Portuguese Studies Program,

Dr. Bettencourt, Co-Founder of the SJSU Portuguese Studies Program, Endows Department with $500,000 Gift

Links vs Calls

If you need to link to content on another site or link to a sub-page, you can make the title of the card a link. Alternatively, a card can also feature what's known as a "Call To Action."

Call To Action

A link to a subpage, or a different website, isn't a call to action. "Learn more" is vague and shouldn't be used. A call to action uses a strong verb to encourage the user to do something that results in a concrete, measurable change or effect;
For example: "Apply to the program", "Subscribe to the newsletter", or "Open a help ticket" are all good calls to action.

Images Are Optional

Images on cards are optional. But if they are used, they should have a clear, focused subject relevant to content of the card. A very zoomed-out photo with a lot of people is too difficult to see in the smaller slot the card uses. Images should be around 420 pixels wide for an ideal fit for the Card Component.

Stock Photos Are NOT "Better than nothing"

It is often better to not have anything at all than to use a generic stock photo. Authenticity is important to providing a good user experience on the web. As beautiful as the SJSU campus can be, wide landscape views of Tower Hall probably aren't relevant to telling your story.

Alt Text Is Mandatory

Federal and state law, as well as CSU policy, require an alternative text description for any media added to a web page. While the Card Component features text boxes, the "alt" attribute must still be filled out with relevant details.