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Rank | State | Gifts |
---|---|---|
1 | CA | 25 |
2 | MD | 2 |
2 | PA | 2 |
Anonymous
$50
Mar 15, 2019
Matthew
Francis
$150
Mar 15, 2019
Theresa
Mergl
randall
shingai
$50
Mar 14, 2019
Marge
d'Wylde
$100
Mar 14, 2019
Naomi
Ginsberg
Jason
Kahn
$25
Mar 13, 2019
Chrissy Ruth & Julian
$50
Mar 11, 2019
ioana
aanei
$25
Feb 27, 2019
David
Spiciarich
Janinne
Franke-Wisniewski
$50
Feb 18, 2019
Anonymous
$150
Feb 14, 2019
Mark
Babin
Anonymous
$25
Feb 12, 2019
Chris and Michelle
Chang
$100
Feb 08, 2019
Anonymous
$50
Feb 08, 2019
Bradley
Babin
Amy
Torrens
$50
Feb 07, 2019
Lou
Barreau
jiansong
xu
$25
Feb 06, 2019
Kathy
Delaria
Erin
Delaria
$10
Feb 05, 2019
Erin/Robinson
Sullivan/Flaig
$50
Feb 05, 2019
Raymond
Blackwell
$50
Feb 05, 2019
Benjamin
Raliski
$25
Feb 05, 2019
$25
Sponsor a Social Hour
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.
$50
Sponsor a CheMentor Meeting
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.
$50
Mental Health Coffee Hour
Help sponsor a coffee hour to catch up with colleagues and promote mental health awareness
$150
Fund a DIFG Meeting
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.
$500
Mental Health Awareness 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.
$500
Socratic Seminar on Diversity
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.
$500
Award for Diversity Mentorship
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.
$500
Diversity Speaker Series
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
$500
URM Conference Travel Grants
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.
$1,500
Climate Survey/Town Hall Fund
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.
$10,000
Climate Survey GSI Appointment
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.
$10,000
Recruitment GSI Appointment
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.