UC Santa Cruz Student Success Stories

We invite you to learn how philanthropic gifts enrich our students’ experiences at UC Santa Cruz. Across many departments and disciplines, success stories are being created every day. These are just a few.

Graduate student Elena Losada was drawn to UC Santa Cruz because of its progressive culture, its strong inclination towards social justice, and she …

When applying for colleges, UC Santa Cruz was a major standout for Gabriel Ephraim Kaplan Wall (Porter ’23, anthropology and history of …

Sanya Cowal was drawn to UC Santa Cruz for the interdisciplinary nature of the environmental studies department. Cowal studies agroecology and sustainable …

McKenna Smith (Crown ’24, biochemistry and molecular biology and marine biology) chose to attend UC Santa Cruz to pursue her love for …

Anthropology doctoral candidate Zahirah Suhaimi chose to attend UC Santa Cruz for its creative and cutting-edge research, radical activism, and a collaborative …

Julia Stewart’s (Crown ’24, astronomy) passion for all things space-related began at an early age. She was an avid reader; her grandparents …