UC San Diego Endowed Fund Report FY19

Lytle Scholarship Endowment Chancellor's Associates Scholars and Chancellor's Associates Chair Sandy Timmons '81 (middle) Chancellor's Associates scholarship endowments by 25%, advancing CASP toward its goal to sustain 800 students annually and build a $200 million endowment for the program. Since the Challenge's launch in early 2019, three scholarship endowments have secured an additional $375,000 in endowed funds for qualified students of all backgrounds to achieve a world- class education at UC San Diego. Along with their fellow Chancellor's Associates Scholars, these students will have access to a wealth of resources and opportunities that promote lifelong learning, heighten their campus engagement, and nurture their development as tomorrow's innovators. UC San Diego is an amazing institution. Cognitive neuroscientists are mapping our brains, engineers are creating contextual robots that will adapt to human behavior, and linguists are creating languages that are used on TV shows. All of these things are truly wonderful, and any one of them would be a great reason to support the university, but Rick and I support UC San Diego because of the transformative effect it has on individual lives. — Sandy Timmons '81 Lytle Scholar Denny Zhou '17 during his semester studying abroad in Hong Kong On a rainy September morning in 1999, Cecil Lytle, then provost of Thurgood Marshall College, watched from his office window as sixth, seventh, and eighth graders stepped off yellow school buses. They were the first students of The Preuss School UC San Diego, the new charter middle and high school for disadvantaged students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college. It didn't take long for Lytle to convert a memorial fund created in honor of his late wife into an enduring source of UC San Diego scholarship support for Preuss graduates. "Connecting the scholarship with the Preuss School seemed like a no-brainer, given Rebecca's lifelong interests in issues concerning equity in education and providing support for youngsters from difficult backgrounds," he said. Dozens of highly motivated Preuss graduates have benefited from the Lytle Scholarship Endowment since. Today, the scholarship allows students to participate in global seminars, education abroad programs, or summer session programs. After years of taking routine classes on campus, Denny Zhou '17 yearned for adventure. He had always wanted to study abroad, but never found the means until the Lytle Scholarship. His following semester in Hong Kong included five classes ranging from physics to modern Chinese history. Denny also visited Malaysia, Sichuan, and Japan. "It was an amazing experience that brought me out of my comfort zone and enlightened me to the struggles of other students and people," he said. For Denny, the Lytle Scholarship was a chance to explore and immerse himself into a new culture. He feels, "Understanding each other is the first step to solving the world's many problems." And Denny, like other Lytle Scholars, plans to help spark the solutions. Lytle, a celebrated pianist and longtime UC San Diego professor of music, continues to host the Lytle Scholarship Concert each year. Since 1996, proceeds from the performances have supported deserving Preuss graduates. Information on upcoming concerts and recordings of past concerts are available at rels.ucsd.edu. 2019 ENDOWED FUND REPORT | 3

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