Month: August 2025
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Don Rothman Endowed Award in First-Year Writing
Don Rothman was a writing instructor at UCSC who created the award to recognize first year writing students. Awarded for a paper produced by a freshman in a first-year writing class, the recipient will have the opportunity to honor his/her most influential teacher. For more information, see the Writing Program’s website.
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The Joseph H. Silverman Fellowship
Dissertation fellowship for doctoral candidate in Spanish Renaissance Literature (particularly Golden Age Drama, Cervantes, the Picaresque Novel or Sephardic Balladry.) David Dabaco (B.A., literature, ’95), the first recipient of the Joseph H. Silverman Memorial Fellowship, greatly appreciated the financial assistance. Having supported himself throughout his college career, Mr. Dabaco welcomed the aid. “The fellowship has…
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Siegfried B. and Elisabeth Mignon Puknat Literary Studies Endowment
More information coming soon… stay tuned!
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The Anne and Jim Bay Fellowship Endowment for Victorian Literature
The Anne and Jim Bay Fellowship Endowment for Victorian Literature consists of a cash stipend, which is awarded to one UCSC graduate student each year who’s work is concentrated on Victorian Literature. Applicants must be currently registered, in good academic standing and making steady progress towards completion. The award is intended to assist with dissertation…
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The Literature Undergraduate Enrichment Endowment
The Literature Undergraduate Enrichment Endowment was established to fund an annual campus visit and lecture of a distinguished speaker on a subject of value and interest to Literature undergraduate students.
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The Department of Literature Graduate Student Enrichment Endowment
The Department of Literature Graduate Student Enrichment Endowment was established to support graduate research, travel expenses, PhD-Candidate academic job market activities, and academic-year funding to gradute students completing their dissertations.
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Peter Rushton Endowed Memorial Fund
The Peter Rushton Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of the life and work of Dr. Peter Rushton. Dr. Rushton received his Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature from Stanford University prior to becoming a lecturer in Chinese languages at UC Santa Cruz in 1984. He was an active scholar, dedicated teacher, and champion of…
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Murray Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
Murray Baumgarten, emeritus professor of Literature, was born on a boat traveling from Europe to Panama on the eve of World War II. After spending time in the refugee Jewish community of Colon, Panama, Baumgarten immigrated to America, where he earned degrees from Columbia University and UC Berkeley, before coming to the newly created UC…
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Ann Neufeld-Levin Holocaust Endowed Chair
“My father always emphasized the enormous debt and social responsibility our family owed this country for permitting us entry. Hence my volunteer activities began at the age of four by sorting buttons to be used in the Bundles for Britain in 1940 and have led me to fundraising for the University of California. Despite my…
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Helen and Sanford Diller Family Endowment for Jewish Studies
With a gift of $1.5 million, San Francisco Bay Area couple Helen and Sanford established an endowment for Jewish studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The gift is the largest private donation ever received by the campus’s Humanities Division. Named the Helen and Sanford Diller Family Endowment in Jewish Studies, the donation was…
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Tribeca Land and Cattle Fellowship Endowment
The Tribeca Land and Cattle Fellowship Endowment was founded by the late alumnus and History major Craig Schiffer and his wife Amy. This fellowship was funded to support History of Consciousness students. Calls will be made by the History of Consciousness department to request proposals, the winner(s) will be known’s as Schiffer Fellow(s).