FWC On-going Programs:

• Kids in Nature

  The UCSB Faculty Womens' Club is proud to support the Kids In Nature (KIN) program at the Sedgwick Reserve, one of seven Natural Reserve sites managed by UCSB. KIN is an innovative and highly regarded program designed to enrich the learning experiences of underrepresented and underserved youth in our community. KIN provides fourth- through sixth-grade students with a year-long dynamic combination of hands-on, inquiry-based, classroom activities, interactive custom-designed computer simulations, and field trips to UCSB's Museum of Systematics and Ecology and to the Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Ynez Valley. The activities focus on environmental science, botany, ecology and habitat restoration. Students participate in actual habitat restorations at Sedgwick that engage them in authentic scientific and ecological experiences. KIN provides students in our community with opportunities to observe, engage in, and understand the importance of programs that preserve our ecosystems. As such, KIN helps to develop an educated population able to make informed decisions about the future of our environment and the animal and plant species we share it with.
  	Recent FWC donations to KIN funded enhancement of the Botany Boxes which includes the tools, materials, and records the students need to carry out their work.

  Donate to the FWC support of the Kids in Nature Program at Sedgwick Reserve.

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• Undergraduate Scholarships

  The Faculty Women's Club grants four undergraduate scholarships at $1000 each and new this year is a $1500 Scholarship in Mary Cheadle's Honor. All the undergraduate scholarships are open to full-time sophomores and juniors now enrolled at UCSB, and are based on merit without regard to financial need. Additionally, other contributions the students may have made to their community are considered. All applicants must have been enrolled for at least three quarters and must plan to enroll full time at UCSB for the coming academic year. Applications must be received by the start of the third week of the spring quarter. Winners of the Undergraduate Scholarships will be notified during the summer and will need to verify their enrollment for the fall quarter. In addition, winners are expected to attend the presentation ceremony in the fall. View a list of the current Faculty Women's Club Undergraduate Scholarship Winners.

  Apply for the FWC Undergraduate Scholarship

  Donate to the FWC Undergraduate Scholarship Fund

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• Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship in the Sciences

  The Faculty Women's Club of UCSB, with support from the UCSB Graduate Division, makes awards from the Broida-Hirschfelder Endowment Fund to graduate students in a PhD program in the following science and engineering departments: Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Science and Management, Geography, Geological Sciences, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Physics, Psychology (physiological, experimental emphasis only are eligible), Statistics and Applied Probability.

  The UCSB Faculty Women's Club Broida-Hirschfelder Fellowship was first awarded in 1992. It was endowed by Ina Broida and Betty Hirschfelder, both long-time active members of the UCSB Faculty Women's Club.

  Ina Broida, wife of Herbert Broida, a UCSB Physics professor was very active in women's issues in Santa Barbara. She passed away in 1992; however, she left a legacy of charitable donations and good works throughout the university and Santa Barbara communities.			Elizabeth (Betty) Hirschfelder received a PhD in mathematics in 1930 and taught mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, for 20 years under the name of Elizabeth Sokolnikoff. Along with her first husband, Ivan Sokolnikoff, she published several well-known books on mathematics. She later married Joseph O. Hirschfelder, a guiding force in modern theoretical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin and an adjunct professor of Chemistry at UCSB. A participant in the U.S. effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, Joe Hirschfelder received the nation's highest scientific honor, the National Medal of Science, from President Gerald R. Ford in 1976. Betty Hirschfelder died in 2002 at the age of 100.
  Thanks to Betty's great generosity, the Broida-Hirschfelder Endowment has received additional funding from her estate, which is expected to translate into more fellowships in future years.

  The Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship is administered through the Graduate Division at UCSB. To learn more about eligibility, deadlines and the application process, click here and then on the link to Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship. The Faculty Women's Club raises money to add to the endowment of this fellowship. Donations are graciously accepted at any time.

  View the list of winners of the Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship

  Apply for the Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship

  Donate to the Broida-Hirschfelder Graduate Fellowship