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Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program

Support graduate student success via the new Graduate Student Peer Mentor Program!


The Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program aims to create a safe space for incoming or returning graduate students who want an opportunity to connect with experienced graduate peers. Graduate student mentors help mentees understand and navigate requirements in their own division and/or program, as well as general expectations of graduate student life at UCSC. Crucially, mentors also provide perspectives and knowledge outside traditional program curricula, such as grad-specific campus resources, identity-based affinity groups, and navigating advisor-advisee relationships. 


Mentors and mentees are matched based on academic interests, career goals, life experiences, identities, and any additional factors important to the mentee. This allows for holistic mentorship that speaks to all aspects of a mentee's well-being and success.


The Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program supports mentor-mentee engagement through events and workshops hosted throughout the academic year. These workshops are designed and run by a team of lead mentors representing each academic division. While workshops are open to all graduate students, they are intended to center the needs of groups who have historically been excluded from graduate education, such as first-generation college students, international students, students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and women.


Meet our current lead mentors here!



Your gift supports connection, mentorship, and direct financial support for graduate students!


Spring Give donations will go towards providing lead mentors a $1,000 quarterly stipend, providing all mentors a $100 quarterly stipend, and providing meals for program workshops and mentor-mentee meet-ups.


Love the program but have limited funds?

$5 provides coffee or a snack for a mentee

$10 provides coffee or a snack for a mentor/mentee pair

$25 provides lunch for a mentor/mentee pair


Have a little more to give?

$100 provides a stipend for a mentor

$250 provides lunch for workshop attendees


Love the program and have a greater capacity for giving?

$500 provides stipends for five mentors

$1000 provides a stipend for one lead mentor


We greatly appreciate your support for this crucial program!

Leaderboard
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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Equity and Inclusion Challenge
The group with the most donors will receive $1,500, with second place receiving $1,000.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,500 alpha Kappa Delta Phi 81
2 $1,000 Acquire A Cappella 44
3 Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program 20
4 ACE Program 18
5 Game Design and Art Collaboration (GDA) 14
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Leaderboard
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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Participating Groups
ACE Program Acquire A Cappella alpha Kappa Delta Phi Archaeological Research Center Cantu Queer Resource Center Center for Archival Research and Training (CART) Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions CIED's GetVirtual Program CIDER - Student Drone Training El Centro Student Professional Development Fund Equestrian Club Fish Rap Live! Game Design and Art Collaboration (GDA) Advancing Anti-racist Practices in Genomics Graduate Student Peer Mentorship Program HistCon Graduate Students' Research Travel Fund Hummingbird Computational Cluster iGEM KZSC 88.1FM Lick Observatory Men's Club Lacrosse Men's Volleyball On the Spot Pinniped Lab at Long Marine Laboratory Slug Support Santa Cruz Artificial Intelligence Club (SCAI) Slug Bike Life Slug Life Productions Board SlugSat Sol Ultimate Frisbee Tech4Good Student Programs Gary Griggs Fund: Earth Sciences Student Research UCSC Ice Hockey Club UCSC National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) UCSC RUGBY WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) Women's Lacrosse Team Women’s Club Soccer
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