Support the Environmental Studies Department
Your gift makes a difference by providing scholarships for our undergraduate and graduate students, funding for student research and field studies, and opportunities for students to attend scholarly conferences. Our fundraising priorities in the Environmental Studies Department are:
Environmental Studies Department Unrestricted Gift Fund
Unrestricted donations give the department flexibility to support promising opportunities and meet pressing needs such as new or experimental undergraduate courses and expanded field study opportunities. Your contribution to the Environmental Studies Unrestricted Gift Fund will support departmental costs not covered by state funding.
Museum of Natural History Collections
Since 1996 the Environmental Studies Museum of Natural History Collections (MNHC) is dedicated to cultivating an increased understanding of and appreciation for the natural world by promoting the use of its natural science collections for teaching, research, and aesthetics. For more information see MNHC.
Center for Tropical Ecology, Agriculture, and Development (CenTREAD)
Donations to the CenTREAD program support student training, research, and internships in tropical countries. For more information see CenTREAD.
Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA)
Donations to the Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA) support students living and learning in healthy communities and healthy food systems. For more information see PICA.
Richard A. Cooley Memorial Endowment
This endowment, established in memory of the Environmental Studies Department's founding professor, funds undergraduate field projects that tangibly improve the environment. [more]
Making a gift to support the Environmental Studies Department
Click the button below to be directed to the secure online gift form at UC Santa Cruz. Under 'please direct my gift to the following area,' type in "Environmental Studies Department," then, under 'additional comments or information,' add any specifics about the program you want to support.
Thank you for your generous support of the Environmental Studies Department at UC Santa Cruz! For more information on how you may designate your gift to the Environmental Studies Department, please contact the Social Sciences Development Office.
For the purposes of strengthening the development program and partially defraying related administrative costs, a fee of 3% of endowment gifts and 5% of current use gifts is assessed effective August 1, 2003.