A Chancellor ’ s Promise
“ You belong at UC San Diego — we are here to help you achieve your goals and your dreams .” This was Chancellor Pradeep K . Khosla ’ s message to students at the 2013 launch of the Chancellor ’ s Associates Scholars Program , a scholarship program that helps the best and brightest youth from underserved communities change the trajectory of their lives . The program provides financial support and additional aid to local low-income and first-generation college students , as well as to those from Native American tribes and the nonprofit organization Reality Changers , led by Christopher Yanov ’ 99 . With the support of Chancellor ’ s Associates , a university donor group , more than 350 talented and ambitious scholars have been given the gift of a UC San Diego education .
Where Art Meets Science
Imagine a space where artists and engineers work shoulderto-shoulder on projects that connect theory with practice . That ’ s the spirit behind EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker ’ s Studio , a hands-on , experiential teaching facility that encourages visual arts and engineering students to think , design , make , tinker , break and build again . The studio provides a wide range of design , fabrication and prototyping tools , encouraging cross-collaboration and a harmonious intersection of aesthetic and structural principles .
Many scholars also come from our own Preuss School UCSD , an experimental middle and high school that began in a trailer at Marshall College and grew to be a permanent campus recognized as one of the best high schools in the nation . Young minds from all corners of San Diego County attend , with the expectation that they will be the first in their families to attend college .
Graduate Roots Revisited
UC San Diego began as a graduate school , so professional degree programs are naturally part of our DNA . Our School of Medicine has trained doctors of tomorrow since 1968 and was complemented in 2004 by the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , leveraging UC San Diego ’ s unique resources to pioneer areas like marine pharmacology and pharmacogenomics — the latest frontiers of medicine .
The School of Global Policy and Strategy ( est . 1986 as International Relations and Pacific Studies ) was the first school of international affairs in the UC system and continues to evolve to address global issues of conflict , cooperation , and societal changes in the modern age .
Much like the startup companies it nurtures , the Rady School of Management was a business school built from the ground up in 2001 . Over 100 alumni companies later , it stands with a host of business incubators on campus as a testament to Triton entrepreneurs ’ impact on 21st-century industry .
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