Campaign priorities

CAMPAIGN GOAL: $300 MILLION

Total number of campaign donors: 41,518

Number of new donors during campaign: 22,421

Total number of gifts: 63,228

 

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz is comprehensive. It seeks support for excellence in all areas and highlights initiatives and special projects.

THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

The campaign’s foundational initiative seeks support for enhancing learning, nurturing leadership, and launching lives.

Includes resources for the 10 residential colleges, reopening the Quarry Amphitheater, undergraduate research, and leadership development.

SIGNATURE INITIATIVES

UCSC GENOMICS INSTITUTE: Daring to imagine the defeat of cancer.

COASTAL SUSTAINABLITY: Protecting the fragile interface between land and sea.

LEADERSHIP IN DATA SCIENCE: Shaping the foundational science of the future.

INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES: The usual boundaries do not apply.

ACADEMIC DIVISIONS AND LIBRARY

SOCIAL SCIENCES: Includes launching nation’s first Ph.D. program in Latin American and Latino studies, exploring emerging worlds, developing environmental leaders, and reconsidering economic systems.

PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: Includes marine science, astronomy and planetary science, the science of medicine, and student excellence.

HUMANITIES: Includes Institute for Humanities Research, Jewish studies, and New Humanists fund.

BASKIN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: Includes data science, genomics, games and playable media, and water and power sustainability.

ARTS: Includes Institute of the Arts and Sciences, film building, and named school of the arts.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: Includes renovating Science & Engineering Library, increasing digital access, and endowing collections.

LEARN MORE

To learn more about the campaign and giving opportunities, please visit

campaign.ucsc.edu

Questions about ways to give:

Email: giving@ucsc.edu

Call: (831) 459-2501