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Tech4Good Student Programs
Change the lives of 200 students and set them on a path toward societal impact

Change the lives of 200 undergraduate students and set them on a path toward their dream career and societal impact—and get an invitation to our very first annual tech4good community luncheon!

 

The Tech4Good Lab is pioneering a unique model that provides undergraduate students with opportunities to advance research and build platforms for social good, and make real contributions while learning the skills needed. We've grown to 200 students each year from freshmen to seniors, with 60 percent women and majors including engineering, psychology, biology, art, anthropology, and English. Most students don't have any prior project-based experience when they first join but learn to engage in user research, ui/ux design, web development, and machine learning while building apps for scaling apprenticeship learning, supporting youth career exploration, facilitating community engagement, supporting large group mentorship, creating a culture of gratitude, and more. They're helping us work towards the vision articulated in our TEDx talk on Redesigning Our Economy to Maximize People's Fullest Contribution.

 

Your support will help us fund the Tech4Good Undergraduate Fellows Program, a one-year leadership program that develops undergraduate student leaders for the program, and which is crucial for increasing the opportunities we provide to 200 students.

 

Your donation will go toward creating stories like these (not real names, more stories here):

 

John is a senior who we squeezed into the program last minute. He shared how he had been looking for a project-based experience ever since freshman year, and could never land one. He's now had experience building web apps, is applying to grad school, and wants to build technology and products for social good.

 

Isabel initially struggled to make her commitments. Later, our team learned she was struggling with bipolar. She dropped out from school, but continued in Tech4Good, and later became one of the lab's top designers and the recipient of an incredibly selective fellowship at a top VC firm.

 

Every student has a unique contribution to make to society. They just need the opportunity. If you believe in creating opportunities for the next generation, make a gift to join our mission! Thank you!

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Kickoff Challenge
The group with the most unique donors on April 3rd between 4 and 6 PM will win $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 26
2 $500 Acquire A Cappella 16
3 WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) 14
4 Women's Lacrosse Team 8
5 Sol Ultimate Frisbee 6
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Closeout Challenge
The project with the most unique donors will win $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 iGEM 47
2 $500 alpha Kappa Delta Phi 26
3 Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program 12
4 Acquire A Cappella 9
5 Men's Club Lacrosse 8
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Hundred Dollar Dash
The project team with the most donations $100 or greater will receive an additional $1,000. Second place will receive $500.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Lick Observatory 33
2 $500 Gary Griggs Fund: Earth Sciences Student Research 19
3 KZSC 88.1FM 19
4 iGEM 15
5 Men's Club Lacrosse 12
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The Spring Give Challenge
The project with the most unique donors throughout The Spring Give will win $3,000. Second place will receive $2,000 and third place will win $1,000.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $3,000 iGEM 124
2 $2,000 alpha Kappa Delta Phi 81
3 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 75
4 Lick Observatory 67
5 Acquire A Cappella 44
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Internships and Hands-On Learning Challenge
The group with the most donors will receive $1,500, with second place receiving $1,000.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,500 iGEM 124
2 $1,000 KZSC 88.1FM 36
3 Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Club (SCAI) 23
4 Pinniped Lab at Long Marine Laboratory 17
5 Fish Rap Live! 15
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Surprise Challenge
Surprise! The project with the most gifts between 4 and 8 p.m. on April 6th will receive $1,500. Second place will receive $1,000 and third will get $500.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $1,500 Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Club (SCAI) 16
2 $1,000 Men's Club Lacrosse 13
3 $500 Acquire A Cappella 10
4 Lick Observatory 7
5 KZSC 88.1FM 6
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