As the year comes to a close, I feel such deep gratitude for the incredible impact Chancellor’s Associates like you have made on our scholars. Since 2013, CASP has provided more than 2,500 high-achieving students with full scholarships, academic support services, and mentorship resources to ensure they thrive at UC San Diego and beyond.
You’ll have the chance to meet these scholars throughout the year at colloquiums where we’ll engage in discussion about leading-edge research and issues impacting education today. I hope to see you there.
As you choose which causes to give back to in this season of giving, bear in mind that your generosity is the reason many students have the resources they need to excel at UC San Diego. This world-class educational experience creates change in their families and communities for generations to come. I hope you’ll support UC San Diego with a tax-deductible gift to Chancellor’s Associates so scholars can explore new possibilities for a thriving future.
Sincerely,
David E. Buccigrossi ’79, MD ’84
Chair, Chancellor’s Associates
Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair:
Paul Niehaus
Paul Niehaus is Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Economics. As founder and faculty director of the Gradient Fund at UC San Diego, he supports social impact research across university partners’ priority issues in public policy-making, philanthropy and the private sector.
Niehaus is an economist and entrepreneur working to accelerate the end of extreme poverty. His research examines the design, implementation and impact of anti-poverty programs at large scales.
He is also co-founder of several companies working to amplify capital flows to emerging markets. He is the co-founder, former president and current director at GiveDirectly, the leading international non-governmental organization specializing in digital cash transfers, which is consistently rated one of the most impactful ways to give. He subsequently co-founded and served as a director of the enterprise payments company Segovia and the digital remittance company Taptap Send.
Paul is a recipient of a Sloan Fellowship and has been named a Top 100 Global Thinker by Foreign Policy magazine. He holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Learn more about how Niehaus is pushing the frontiers of social science research.
Oscar Guzman ’24
Sharing my Chancellor's Associates Scholar Journey
I’m Oscar Guzman, the Alumni Board of Directors Chancellor’s Associates Scholar. I am a first-generation college student who was the first in my family to graduate high school. I will also be the first to receive a bachelor's degree and hope to attend law school.
This September, I spoke at the UC San Diego event in Washington, D.C. Having the opportunity to travel to our nation’s capital to represent the Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship Program (CASP) was an honor. It’s just one of the many opportunities the program has afforded me, which include working as a peer mentor for incoming CASP students and participating in internships that provide me hands-on experiences as I prepare for my future.
Thank you, Chancellor’s Associates. Your support has provided an example for me, and I plan to pay your generosity forward as an alumnus.
Learn more about our other scholars.
Introducing Others to Chancellor’s Associates Scholarships
Subert Wong and Jing Wang have been UC San Diego supporters since their eldest daughter’s freshman year in 2017. Wong is the chief operating officer at New Century Insurance. He saw how a planned gift would support CASP, so he established the New Century Insurance Service Endowed Scholarship.
Wong introduced Omar Ahmad, the regional sales manager at AmTrust North America, a partner of New Century Insurance, to UC San Diego and encouraged the company to support CASP. New Century Insurance team members Angela Tseng, Joe Lopez Jr. and Michelle Shen joined Ahmad on a campus visit to meet current CASP scholars and present a $5,000 gift from AmTrust North America. Wong hopes that this is just the beginning of AmTrust’s relationship with UC San Diego.
Learn more about our other supporters.
In Case You Missed It: Chancellor’s Associates Event Photos
On November 1, our Chancellor’s Associates Colloquium, Digital Health: Considering the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications, featured a special presentation by Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS, who also serves as a professor at UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and as director of the UC San Diego Research Ethics Program and the ReCODE Health Center. See event photo highlights.
Qualified Charitable Distributions: an Easy Way to Support Chancellor’s Associates
If you are at least 70 1/2 years of age, there is a simple way for you to support Chancellor’s Associates. You can make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD), including a distribution made to satisfy a pledge, from your IRA. QCDs are not included in your reportable taxable income, so it does not matter whether you itemize your taxes.
If you have a required minimum distribution (RMD), a QCD will count for some or all of that requirement. Because your 2024 RMD will be calculated based in part on your IRA’s value at the end of 2023, a QCD can help you manage your finances next year, including your annual Medicare contributions
Please let us know if you are making a QCD so we can be sure your gift is credited properly. Contact Kim Wenrick in the Office of Gift Planning at kwenrick@ucsd.edu with questions about QCDs or any other planned gift.
A Celebration with Heart
Triton Center, UC San Diego’s highly-anticipated vibrant new urban core and heart of campus, had its ceremonial groundbreaking in late October. UC San Diego community members came together with alumni, donors, friends and dignitaries to celebrate Triton Center, which is slated for completion in 2026. Learn more about the Triton Center groundbreaking.
UC San Diego Magazine
Have you seen the Fall 2023 issue of UC San Diego Magazine?
Read the digital version.
Events for December, January, February
Chancellor's Associates Colloquium
"Transforming Education Systems in Complex Times"
Virtual
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Noon – 1 p.m.
Join us for a special presentation by Amanda Datnow, Professor and Chancellor’s Associates Endowed Chair, Department of Education Studies Associate Dean, School of Social Sciences.
Bay Area Alumni Athletic Celebration
December 19, 2023
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Join us in the Bay Area for the Alumni Athletic Celebration event as our Men's basketball team gears up to take on Cal on December 20 at 2 p.m. Celebrate their incredible achievements with fellow Triton alumni, friends, and family. Game tickets are still available.
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About Chancellor’s Associates:
We believe in proactive philanthropy — the kind that breaks boundaries and levels the playing field for motivated learners. We are a community of supporters including alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends who partner with Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla to address UC San Diego’s most urgent priority: broadening access to higher education. Since 2013, more than 2,500 Chancellor’s Associates scholarships have been awarded to high-achieving, deserving students who are often the first in their families to attend college. Together, we change lives. Learn more at chancellorsassociates.ucsd.edu.
For any questions, please email ca@ucsd.edu or call (858) 822-2540.
