<p>Hah what do you know, I was right... (and I'm sure you will again)</p>
<p>Who cares if it affects graduates more? Are they not students at the university? Even if that's the case, which I know it not to be...</p>
<p>Your 2nd example also proves absolutely nothing.
Endowment isn't there to help you pay for stuff... it's the value of what's gone into the university.</p>
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Hah what do you know, I was right... (and I'm sure you will again)
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<p>You have ridiculed yourself many times such as calling someone a troll when he/she wasn't. I'm sure you will again, in fact, the next post will probably do just that.</p>
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Who cares if it affects graduates more? Are they not students at the university? Even if that's the case, which I know it not to be...
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<p>That means endowments mean pretty much nothing at the undergraduate level. And right, you know this because your high school senior status makes you an expert on how colleges are run. I mean, never mind the fact that you haven't even gone to college.</p>
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<p>Endowments fund scholarships. Do you think your scholarships will go up by 7% with this hike on tuition? No, they do not. I know personally that Regent's scholarship and UG research scholarships do NOT reflect increasing tuition prices.</p>
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You have ridiculed yourself many times such as calling someone a troll when he/she wasn't. I'm sure you will again, in fact, the next post will probably do just that.
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1) Person was a troll. 2) What does that have to do with anything? If you insist on posting, at least address the topic at hand.</p>
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That means endowments mean pretty much nothing at the undergraduate level. And right, you know this because your high school senior status makes you an expert on how colleges are run. I mean, never mind the fact that you haven't even gone to college.
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And you know this because you're an expert on college financial workings and endowment right? Oh wait, are you just a student too?</p>
<p>I told you, I have seen firsthand the difference that an endowment makes (especially between these two campuses). Not only is there a difference in the campus itself, but also the facilities & teachers.</p>
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Endowments fund scholarships. Do you think your scholarships will go up by 7% with this hike on tuition? No, they do not. I know personally that Regent's scholarship and UG research scholarships do NOT reflect increasing tuition prices.
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Hate to break it to ya, but ya, they do. Read the letter that was recently released from President Dynes.</p>
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<p>LOL</p>
<p>So, you still insist on that. And what does your post about me posting again have anything to do with anything? Hypocrisy much?</p>
<p>Hey look at that, I was right. (and I'm sure you will again).</p>
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<p>Oh right, you saw quantifiable differences between the two campuses because of $125 million difference in endowments. You're hilarious. There is about a $2.2 billion difference in endowments between Berkeley and UCD, did your keen senses point that out to you? I mean, surely, it must have been the massive, failing Evans Hall that gives it away.</p>
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<p>Where is this stated? No sources? Typical.</p>
<p>I love this.
tastybeef you're awesome :)</p>
<p>I would love to butt in, but as a typical high school student I have no clue what endownments are. Fortunately, because of this thread, now I do.</p>
<p>Who says this thread is useless?</p>
<p>lol yeah it seems there are still issues at hand between UCSD and UCD</p>
<p>what I'm wondering is if OP actually made a decision yet.. haha. </p>
<p>tastybeef seems like he really wants him/her to goto UCSD and has began the offense on UCD.</p>
<p>so anyways. continue.</p>
<p>tastybeef (ucsd) versus dmission (ucd)</p>
<p>round 2.</p>
<p>Seems like the OP chose Davis (after reading his past posts), but this thread has now become a comparison between UCSD and UCD. At this point it doesn't matter what the OP chose, what does matter is that this thread can be used for future reference by anyone else in the same situation.</p>
<p>Endowments most certainly DO fund undergraduate scholarships. Undergraduates benefit from new buildings, undergraduates benefit from new professors, undergraduates benefit from building maintenence, undergraduates benefit from having their school be a healthy institution, undergraduates benefit from lecture series, undergraduates benefit from having an excellent library. Endowment is critical.</p>
<p>"This is true for private schools, but not public schools like the UC."</p>
<p>Prove it...as the UC system receives less funding from the state endowment is becoming more and more critical.</p>
<p>I think you already chose your college, BUT, just to put my plug in here. I'm probably slightly biased because I go to Davis and I absolutely love it here. I've visited UCSD on several occasions, and while it was nice, I couldn't imagine myself living there, and I like being close to home. (Davis was my first choice school from the start; I was kinda just drawn in here.)</p>
<p>I will definitely agree that the environment seems a whole lot friendlier than Berkeley. It's also a lot cheaper to live here than in most any of the other surrounding UC areas, so you save on both gas and rent, since you can virtually walk and/or bike and get everywhere. Unless you live on Dairy Road, I doubt you'll smell the cow dung. (I don't remember the last time I saw/heard/smelled one.) + the internship opportunities here are pretty effing awesome. I hope you like it here! :]</p>
<p>Volume 24 · Number 4 · Summer 2007
Connections
Seat of Excellence
By Trina Wood </p>
<p>Endowed chairs give faculty the extra funds they need to really make a difference.</p>
<p>When the distress call came from a California winery about a Chardonnay with a moldy rag smell, Linda Bisson, professor of viticulture and enology at UC Davis, quickly pinpointed the source of the problem. Since the winery was employing appropriate measures to prevent the development of mold, thought to be responsible for this off-putting smell, Bisson suspected another cause.</p>
<p>As the holder of the Maynard A. Amerine Endowed Chair in Viticulture and Enology, Bisson was able to use discretionary funds from the chair’s endowment to quickly conduct research and identify the culprit as a bacterial organism, not mold. </p>
<p>Spoilage is a big problem in the wine industry and, depending on its source, the losses may or may not be covered by insurance. When the issue is mold, a winery’s insurance often does not cover those losses. The Department of Viticulture and Enology is the foremost authority for wineries worldwide, Bisson said, so it’s no wonder the winery came to her for help....</p>
<p>Bisson has also used the funds to purchase expensive equipment needed to further analyze wine yeast and grape genes, hire talented postdoctoral fellows and fund undergraduate students as technicians. </p>
<p>“I’ve been able to bring in technology to the classroom such as glucose meters and automated tank temperature monitoring systems that students would otherwise see only in wineries and wouldn’t have access to at school,” Bisson said. “Certainly, the funds enhance the educational opportunities for students.”</p>
<p>A Critical Partnership
Endowed chairs and professorships have a rich history in academia, creating a legacy that lasts for centuries. For example, famed physicist Stephen Hawking now holds the same Lucasian Chair in Mathematics that was held by Sir Isaac Newton—a chair that was established in 1663.</p>
<p>Over the past 30 years, 95 endowed chairs and professorships have been established at UC Davis thanks to the generosity and foresight of individuals and organizations who aim to help the university advance its role as a world-class research and teaching institution. </p>
<p>Those faculty members and Cooperative Extension specialists awarded with the prestigious honor of an endowed chair obtain recognition for their academic and research pursuits, in addition to funding to support their teaching, research and service endeavors.</p>
<p>“Endowments, particularly for faculty chairs, represent a partnership between the university and those who care a lot about what we do at the university,” said Neal Van Alfen, dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences....</p>
<p>In some cases, an endowed chair helps attract renowned researchers to the campus. Hari Reddi, an internationally recognized molecular and cellular biologist, was lured to the UC Davis Health System a decade ago as the inaugural holder of the Lawrence J. Ellison Chair in Musculoskeletal Molecular Biology. Although he already held an endowed chair at Johns Hopkins University, Reddi said he was excited about the prospect of starting a new line of research into the regenerative ability of cartilage....</p>
<p>Endowed chairs can be critical in funding preliminary research needed to pursue additional grants, Reddi said. Beginning with funds from the Ellison Chair endowment, Reddi started a “biological chain reaction” of grants that included funding from Shriners Hospitals, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health and, most recently, from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Ultimately, Reddi hopes that the research funded by these grants will reveal how to use human embryonic stem cells for cartilage regeneration....</p>
<p>Endowed chairs can also provide support that has a profound effect on the lives of students. Every summer, geology professor Jeff Mount guides a select group of 12–14 students on a rigorous two-week field trip, rafting down some of the country’s most scenic rivers to study changes in the river ecosystems. The trips are made possible in part through the Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, a position Mount has held since its inception in 1998....</p>
<p>Mount uses approximately $10,000 from the chair endowment to help defray expenses for students in the field-study portion of an undergraduate interdisciplinary course in ecogeomorphology—a course on river and stream management that Mount co-teaches with Peter Moyle, professor of wildlife and fisheries biology....</p>
<p>UC</a> Davis Magazine</p>
<p>UC</a> Davis Magazine</p>
<p>PROFILE</p>
<p>Clarissa Thomas
Undergraduate
Biochemistry</p>
<p>Aspiration: Becoming a doctor</p>
<p>Linked page text:</p>
<p>Clarissa Thomas
Undergraduate
Biochemistry</p>
<p>Biochemistry major Clarissa Thomas strives to be a "ray of hope" for her younger siblings by blazing a new educational path. As the eldest of five children, she is the first person in her family to attend college. She is on her way to becoming a doctor, and hopes that her accomplishments will inspire her siblings to pursue their dreams as well. The Boyd Scholarship, which she was awarded for both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 academic years, is helping her on her way.</p>
<p>The Boyd Scholarship, named in honor of the late Eugene and Kathryn Boyd of Sacramento, is given to a high-achieving student who is the first in her or his family to attend college. "Without the help of scholarships, college would have been an unfulfilled dream for me," Thomas says. She intends to give back to society by providing medical services to patients without access, and, she hopes, by inspiring her siblings to goals as lofty as hers.</p>
<p>Endowed scholarships and fellowships are an excellent way to help students who fit a particular profile in which a donor has interest. For more information on setting up an endowed scholarship or fellowship, contact a member of our Individual Giving team. You can also support scholarships by giving to the Annual Fund.
Giving</a> to UC Davis</p>
<p>Albert T. Bottini Chemistry Collection Endowment
In memory of a revered professor emeritus of organic chemistry, the family of the late Albert T. Bottini has created a chemistry library collection endowment bearing his name. This endowment pays tribute to Professor Bottini’s great love of teaching, his commitment to his students and his active participation as a member of the university community. As professor of chemistry at UC Davis from 1958 to his retirement in 1993, Al Bottini nurtured the intellect of his students, both graduate and undergraduate, and inspired in many a life-long fascination with organic chemistry. His research interests ranged from the study of phytotoxins to the isolation of the oils and extracts of medicinal plants collected in the Central Himalayas and in California. He was fully engaged with his students and, by example, instilled in them and his co-workers a value system, both personal and professional, of the highest order.</p>
<p>Since his passing in 2002, his widow, Marilyn Bottini and their sons, David, Philip and John, wanted to find a suitable way to memorialize him and perpetuate his legacy.They chose the creation of a collection endowment in order to ensure the quality of chemistry teaching and research that was a hallmark of his work at UC Davis.</p>
<p>In announcing the gift, University Librarian Marilyn J. Sharrow remarked that “endowment funds are the life blood of the General Library. This gift means everything to the health and value of our chemistry collection and to the quality of teaching and research that it supports. We are delighted and honored to be the recipient of the Bottini family’s thoughtful and far-reaching generosity.” The Albert T. Bottini Chemistry Collection endowment will enable the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library to continue to build its holdings and to make them accessible to future generations through careful acquisition and preservation. It will be used to support items such as reference sets, chemistry journals and reference databases, whose increasingly prohibitive costs continue to escalate. Karen Andrews, head of the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library notes,“This wonderful gift will pay tribute to a professor who inspired many generations of students. It will provide a crucial margin of excellence for the faculty and students at UC Davis and for acquiring unique resources that we can share with the entire UC system.”</p>
<p>OP chose Davis. haha.</p>
<p>I think you should go SD. It's your own choice, don't gotta listen to me, but there are tons of people who would rather go to SD, but only got into Davis. Davis is easier to get into.</p>
<p>However, there's no reason to go to SD if you don't want to. Since it didn't matter to me where I went to college, I chose mine based on not wanting to waste the opportunity that I was given. I mean, everyone gets into Riverside (in the same manner that everyone who gets into SD gets into Davis as well, just not in the strictest manner), but I chose SB because I knew that while many wanted to go, a lot were rejected.</p>
<p>Already filled out my SIR before the deadline ended. A deciding factor was that my uncle is a UCD alumni so he can help me out etc. He said he loved the campus and even stayed there to get his Masters and PhD. Btw, I feel this thread will be helpful to a lot of students in the future. There's so much input from everyone. Thanks =]</p>
<p>cool, you'll have a great time at Davis. =]</p>
<p>Northern California = UC Davis
Southern California = UC San Diego</p>
<p>2009 USWNR ranking update:</p>
<p>UCSD up 3 ranks-->35
UCD down 2 ranks-->44
= 9 rank difference
+UCSD wins nobel prize this year--> moving up more ranks</p>
<p>Pro Davis People need more convincing about the gap in prestige?</p>
<p>Yeah we do. 9 slots in one ranking means nothing</p>