“Thank you for joining us on this journey toward building a brilliant future. The passion and dedication of our alumni and friends have helped us take on challenges and continue to transform lives with more than $1.3 billion raised and over 50,000 engaged alumni. Seeing our vision take shape on campus is thrilling, with a new Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences building, an announced home for the Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art and more. We have made an incredible impact together, and I am excited to see where our partnership takes us next.”
Chancellor Howard Gillman
We Do it for the Future
For Carol Choi ’85, her time as a UCI student was life-changing. She not only met her husband Eugene Choi ’86, MBA ’01, but the confidence she built with UCI’s education inspired her to create her own business. Now, she and Eugene pay it forward by giving their time, talent and resources to invest in the next generation and create countless opportunities.
There are many reasons our alumni and friends are passionate about building a brilliant future for UCI and beyond. Watch the video and explore the stories below to see how philanthropic support touches every corner of campus and UCI Health.
“This gift provides a unique opportunity for UCI to establish a world-class research center focused on the area of depression, which is extremely important from a societal point of view,” says Pramod Khargonekar, vice chancellor for research.
When Maureen Chand Kotecki received the inaugural Elizabeth C. Tierney Nursing Scholarship, she appreciated the financial relief plus something else intangible yet just as invaluable: a sense of support and encouragement.
Bhumi Tandel, recipient of the Huitt-Zollars Scholarship, hopes to help improve the environment through engineering.
“I look at UCI as being a community. If you can, you need to give back to your community,” says professor emeritus Hung Fan who, with his husband Michael Feldman, made a bequest worth an estimated $1.5 million.
Kugelman Fellowships, created by Dulcie and Larry Kugelman, help UCI graduate students advance citizen peacebuilding worldwide.
The Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care at UCI Health – Irvine will offer adult and pediatric specialty care, urgent care, digestive health, neurosciences and comprehensive laboratory and radiology imaging services in one convenient location.
After Flores-Velázquez died in a drive-by shooting near his home in 2019, his friends and faculty in the School of Physical Sciences came together to ensure his legacy continues to illuminate a path for future students.
Josh Childress funded an endowed scholarship for students in the Black Management Association and the Center for Real Estate.
Clean tech may be entrepreneur Anoosheh Oskouian’s professional passion, but keeping Persian culture alive in the U.S. is her personal joy. She recently made a $25,000 gift to UCI’s Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture.
This is as of September 26, 2022. View the latest campaign progress numbers here.
You have had an immeasurable impact. Incredible people like you power our world-class programs in healthcare and higher education. Thank you for helping us be a force for good. Together, we will continue to create a brilliant future.
