Emergency Assistance Fund

Often, it can be the small things that make a major difference — funds to pay for books or those two final credits needed to graduate or help in covering an unforeseen expense that puts paying for that next semester just out of reach.

The College of Natural Science Undergraduate Assistance Fund, established in 2018 through the generosity of Give Green Day contributors to this initiative, is a current use fund that provides mini grants to students to help give them that “little extra” to get by so that they can continue pursuing their education and career aspirations.

To date, the fund—which began disbursements in April 2019—has provided 97 individual mini-grants, including funds that made it possible for two juniors to return to their education; helped a senior who needed assistance with food and rent for fall semester; and allowed a senior to repeat a course needed for graduation.