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Help for those with the least
Youri Bujko and Luciana Andrade
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Way beyond a job
UCSC's unique and groundbreaking Academic Excellence program has supported thousands of students since it started in 1986.
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Restoring quarry glory
William Hancock (Cowell ’79, environmental planning)
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Lending a hand by lending books
A generous grandmother inspired three of her grandkids to "pay it forward" and help low-income students get the books they need.
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Welcoming those who have served
In 14 years with the U.S. Marine Corps, Angela Austin's most physically challenging, rewarding, and enjoyable duty was as a Marine Corps martial arts instructor.
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Stephen Bruce
Alumnus Bruce has given more than $1 million to UCSC and contributed his time and expertise, including heading an advisory group to Division of Social Sciences Dean Sheldon Kamieniecki.
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Jack Baskin and Peggy Downes Baskin
The Baskins are long-time benefactors who jump-started the School of Engineering and support the Humanities. Since 1983, Jack Baskin's gifts to the Baskin School of Engineering total nearly $7 million. The Peggy Downes Baskin Humanities Endowment for Interdisciplinary Ethics honors her longtime interest in ethical issues across the academic spectrum.
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Anne Irwin
Anne Irwin and her late husband, Paul Irwin, were part of the original fundraising board for the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.
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Protecting the land. Preserving a legacy.
A $2 million gift from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation honors the memory of Ken Norris, while helping to ensure that UCSC remains a leader in natural history programs.
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A playhouse like no other
Search anywhere and you won’t find anything quite like UCSC’s International Playhouse, an annual program of short theater pieces staged in different languages by students in the university’s Language Program.
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Linda Peterson: Why do I give to UC Santa Cruz?
Giving can transform lives, advance research, and protect and enhance the treasures on the UC Santa Cruz campus.
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A tale of generosities
Lovers of Charles Dickens' books have stepped forward to sustain the Dickens Project, and the famous annual Dickens Universe conference.
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A quietly incredible woman
When alumnus Mark Headley and his wife, Christina Pehl, decided to make a gift establishing a new endowed chair at UCSC, they wanted to commemorate an extraordinary woman who worked tirelessly for four University of California presidents.
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Child's play = new research
A $165,000 grant to UCSC's Early Education Services has enabled the program to extend childcare hours for students' children and provide an observation room for developmental psychology research.
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Giving back by paying forward
Karen Rhodes and her husband, fellow Slug Robert Weiner, have been consistent, reliable donors to UC Santa Cruz, providing valuable support for Cowell College, the History Department, scholarships, and more.
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Love letter to McHenry Library
Kirk, who won the Outstanding Staff Member of the Year Award in 2000-2001, has a longstanding and affectionate connection to the campus and, in particular, the library. (Photo by Carolyn Lagattuta)
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Andrews chair funded by creative source
Michael Morgan in endowing the Frank Andrews Chair in Science Education hopes to inspire new enthusiastic science teachers
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Proud parents honor their sons by giving back
Stephen and Linda Crowe
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Computer pioneer honors wife and grandson with scholarship
Harwood and Frances Cliek Kolsky met while students at the University of Kansas and married just before Harwood left to serve in World War II. “Most people expected that the war would only last a year, and then we would soon be back home. It was difficult to be immediately separated for three years,” said Kolsky. Frances was a 1943 graduate of the University of Kansas, as was Harwood. She taught high school while he was in the army from 1943 to 1946. Harwood returned to KU for a year then he started graduate school at Harvard. Once again, they were separated, this time for a couple of months, because Frances was expecting. Frances and Harwood had four children, three grandchildren, and now, one great grandchild. They were active members of the Saratoga Federated Church. The Kolskys celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2002. They were looking forward with enthusiasm to moving to the Saratoga Retirement Community. Sadly they lost their grandson, Patrick, and Frances passed away in 2003 before this dream could be realized.
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Supporting a family passion
Christine and Robert Holo “Chris and I both have fond feelings for Santa Cruz, and we feel that much of the success we have today is attributable to the great and affordable education we got as undergraduates at UC Santa Cruz,” he said.
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In the company of friends
Neel Sundaresan, senior director of eBay Research Labs
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A decade of giving forward
Susan Wojcicki, Senior Vice President of advertising at Google
