ISU alumni Steven and Lois Zink commit $250,000 to advance faculty research in the history department
BOLD Donation Makes History Happen
Sycamores Steven and Lois Zink have pledged $250,000 to Indiana State University’s history department to create the Zink History Faculty Development Fund, which will sponsor innovative and leading research opportunities for faculty, and in turn, acquaint students with the value of critical analysis tools through historical research.
Lois graduated from the Bayh College of Education in 1975 with her bachelor’s in elementary education. She went on to dedicatedly serve as the librarian for the Washoe County School District in Nevada until her retirement in 2015.
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in history from ISU in 1974, Steven earned a graduate degree in history from the University of Wisconsin, a second graduate degree in library science from Louisiana State University, and a Ph.D. in information systems science from the College of Computing and Engineering at Nova Southeastern University.
Upon completion of these degree programs, Steven served as faculty and in multiple administrative positions, such as the Vice President of Information Technology and Dean of University Libraries for the University of Nevada at Reno. From 2011 until 2016, he served as vice chancellor for the Nevada System of Higher Education, the coordinating body for all public higher education in Nevada. In 2016, the University of Nevada, Reno awarded Steven emeritus status.
Inspiring Our Future
The Zink History Faculty Development Fund will receive $25,000 annually from 2024 to 2029 and will eventually reach a bold donation total of more than $300,000. The funds in this endowment are intended to be used specifically towards departmental needs such as specialized research materials, new data acquisition tools and software, professional workshops and conferences, community engagement, and to collaborate with history faculty all around the world. These initiatives will offer faculty the chance to broaden the scope of international history research and to demonstrate and share with students how they can use the past to understand the present and positively inspire our future.
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