Category: Giving
Creating opportunities
A gift from the Jacques M. Littlefield Foundation will allow the UC Santa Cruz First Generation Initiative to hire interns who provide services, support, and programs for fellow first-gen students.
By J. D. Hillard (Porter '99, history), February 2020
Planning for the future
Through her will, alumna Susan Bok, a retired senior transportation planner, established a future endowed scholarship for environmentalists and planners at UC Santa Cruz.
By Susan L. Bok, Rachel Carson College ’77, February 2020
Food for all
This Giving Tuesday, help UC Santa Cruz make sure students have full minds—and bellies
By Dan White, October 2019
Choosing what’s important
Lisa Kermish found her best friends and a lifelong commitment to social justice at UC Santa Cruz. Now she’s added Slug Support to her will. As a student, Kermish (Stevenson ‘76, literature and creative writing) taught creative writing workshops, created...
October 2019
Crown funding
When an alumna recounts her special memories from Crown College, it becomes easy to join the effort by Crown alumni to double the college’s endowment by 2021
By Mary Elizabeth Garcia (Kresge '12, philosophy; M. A. '14), March 2019
Empowering discovery through diversity
Because diversity enhances scientific success, UC Santa Cruz has established the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy
By Peggy Townsend, October 2018
Our way of giving back
Denise Gallant and Kevin Monahan fell in love at KZSC. But the radio station, and Kresge College, also gave them the skills that built their careers. By including the college and the station in their will, they’re able to make...
October 2018