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Engineering Academic Excellence Fund

Your gift to the Engineering Academic Excellence Fund provides flexible resources for essential student services and evolving instructional needs — empowering our future engineers to excel and helping sustain a 95 percent graduation rate.

Gifts to this fund may be used for a variety of high-impact programs, including:

Student Services: Bespoke academic advising and personal counseling tailored specifically to help engineers excel in their rigorous coursework.
Academic Support: Crucial services like free tutoring in over 40 classes, mentoring, and summer bridge programs.
Technology & Innovation: Providing students with the emergency laptops and calculators when needed.

These programs are made possible thanks to the generosity of our donor community. Thank you for your support!

$1,500

Berkeley Engineering 100 Gift Challenge

Unlock $1,500 for Berkeley Engineering with 100 gifts: Raymond Ma will donate $1,500 to programs like student clubs which enhance applied learning and leadership skills once 100 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$2,500

Berkeley Engineering 300 Gift Challenge

Unlock $2,500 for Berkeley Engineering with 300 gifts: Bill and Helen Trac will donate $2,500 to support services like the Engineering Mentorship Program once 300 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$2,500

Berkeley Engineering 500 Gift Challenge

Once 500 gifts are reached, Cal parents Swarna Umesh and Balu Nagaraju will donate $2,500 to the Berkeley Engineering Fund in honor of their child, Shamak Gowda.

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$12,000

$12,000 for 625 gifts to Berkeley Engineering

The Agrawal family will donate $12,000 to support programs like free tutoring in over 40 Engineering classes if 625 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$10,000

35 gifts to the Engineering Academic Excellence Fund and Engineering Student Services

Once we reach 35 gifts to Engineering Student Services, David and Lily Yee will donate $10,000 to fuel vital resources for student success and the Engineering Mentorship Program.

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$13,000

Unlock $13,000 for Engineering Student Support with 650 gifts

The Avedon and Kelly family will donate $13,000 to support student services like academic advising once 650 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$27,500

Unlock $27,500 for Berkeley Engineering

When 675 donors give to Berkeley Engineering, a group of loyal annual supporters will contribute $27,500 to strengthen Berkeley Engineering’s student support programs—helping our engineers excel.

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$2,400

Berkeley Engineering 200 Gift Challenge

Unlock $2400 for Berkeley Engineering with 200 gifts: Ken Nishimura and Judy Huang will donate $2,400 to support programs like Undergraduate Research once 200 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$2,500

Berkeley Engineering 400 Gift Challenge

Unlock $2,500 for Berkeley Engineering with 400 gifts: Akshay Krishnamurthy will donate $2,500 to support programs like additional instructional support for CS classes once 400 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$10,000

$10,000 for 600 gifts to Berkeley Engineering

Mitsuru and Lucinda Igarashi will donate $10,000 to support areas such as faculty recruitment once 600 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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$15,000

Berkeley Engineering Challenge

An anonymous donor couple have offered to make a gift of $15,000 to the Berkeley Engineering Fund, once 700 gifts have been made to support Berkeley Engineering. This challenge is offered in honor of Professor Bob Brayton.

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$1,500

25 gifts to the Engineering Academic Excellence Fund and Engineering Student Services

Cal alum, Andrew Yu '93, MS '95, will unlock $1,500 for Engineering Student Services like free tutoring when the first 25 gifts are received.

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$2,500

Unlock $2,500 for Engineering Student Support with 725 Gifts

Cal alum, Peter Cheung '69, MS '71 will donate $2,500 to the College when 725 gifts are made to Berkeley Engineering.

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