Our Crowdfunding Groups
Your generous donations to our DEWI campaign are already being used to support the second annual academic climate survey, which opened for Department of Chemistry graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty on Friday, February 22! The Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering will host their survey in Fall 2019. Thank you to everyone that has donated so far, helped spread the word, or assisted with the campaign!
We've been amazed by the progress on the campaign so far! In less than two days we've been able to meet half of our $5,000 goal. With over 50 days left in the campaign, we still have plenty of time to raise money in order to further improve the academic climate here in the College of Chemistry! As always, thank you to anyone that's donated, spread the word or assisted with the campaign. This wouldn't be possible without all of you!
Great news everyone! Dean Doug Clark and several members of our College of Chemistry's Advisory Board have agreed to increase their giving this year in order to match, dollar-for-dollar, all contributions made by current students to our crowdfunding campaign. Please consider making your own contribution to our crowdfunding campaign in order to maximize the funds available to launch our initiatives to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion at the College of Chemistry!
Sponsor food and non-alcoholic drinks at a departmental social hour to encourage students of all inclinations to participate. Weekly social will be named in honor of the sponsor.
CheMentor is a peer-lead mentorship program for first-year graduate students in which they are paired with a group of more senior students who help with professional development and provide a resource for advice on all aspects of the graduate experience. Meetings are held monthly and a sponsorship would cover coffee and breakfast. Each meeting will be named in honor of the sponsor supporting it.
Help sponsor a coffee hour to catch up with colleagues and promote mental health awareness
The Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group (DIFG) was founded in the wake of the 2018 climate survey and serves as a space for students and faculty to discuss DEWI topics in a constructive way. These meetings have led to restructuring graduate student recruitment and faculty hiring. Funding would cover lunch for attendees and helps to increase attendance. This meeting will be named in honor of donor sponsoring the event.
Sponsor a mental health awareness event to allow students to interface with the college psychologist and talk about burn out, depression and other mental health issues common to PhD students. Event will be named in honor of donor sponsoring the event.
Sponsor a socratic seminar inspired event designed to get students talking about diversity, equity and inclusion. Event will include a moderated discussion with individuals well versed in improving diversity in academic settings before opening up to a Q&A session. Donors who sponsor this event will have the event named in their honor.
Creation of an award designed to recognize faculty members who are doing an outstanding job of improving diversity and providing excellent mentorship to students from diverse backgrounds. The award will be named in honor of the donor.
Creation of a speaker series devoted to bringing in individuals who are underrepresented minorities in science or have championed diversity in their field. Donation would provide honorarium as an incentive to bring in incredible speakers. Seminars will be named in honor of donors who sponsor the event
Provide funding for travel grants to minority/diversity focused conferences to encourage representation and recruitment. $500 would cover expenses for in-state travel, while $900 would cover domestic travel. Travel grants will be named in honor of the donor.
This funding would provide financial resources to help continually monitor and study of college climate. This serves to track the progress our efforts make and devise further action items. $1500 covers the costs of a single year; this could be endowed to ensure long-term funding. The town hall event will be named in honor of the sponsor supporting the event.
Fund a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) appointment to developing and implementing the climate survey and subsequent town hall. This will help to institutionalize this process and allow for a student to have sufficient time by not both teaching and devising the survey. This position will be named in honor of the donor supporting it.
Fund a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) appointment to work on graduate student recruitment. This will provide the opportunity for a graduate student to focus on improving graduate student recruitment for URM students. This position will be named in honor of the donor supporting it.
