MARK YOUR CALENDAR! OUR NEXT RAISE YOUR PICK GIVING DAY IS ON APRIL 17, 2024!
Undergrad Student Success in Health Disparities

The College of Science is at the forefront in science innovation and cutting-edge research. For students whose dream career is working in the fields of the biology of human disease, chemistry, physics, mathematics, or environmental science, we can help them realize that reality! 

There are few things more important to us then our health. As our understanding of human disease grows, the hope and development of personalized medicine treatments unique to us is becoming a reality. For more breakthroughs to occur, not only must we understand the genes, proteins, and other molecules responsible for protecting us against disease, or those causing the disease, we must also appreciate how we are very slightly different that may represent an opportunity to treat each one of us more effectively when we do get sick. Students in many departments in the College of Science are doing just that, trying to understand these unknown or unexplained differences that can affect us differently, and thus allow us to develop new treatments for cancer, diabetes, bacterial and viral infections, cardiovascular and neurological diseases specific to us. At UTEP, these students are provided with significant research resources, high-end instrumentation, supplies and outstanding faculty mentors to guide them on their journey so they can be the next generation of medical scientists, clinicians and pharmacists. 

With your gift, our students will have access to new sources of scholarship and funding to reduce the overall cost of their education, as well as provide them with unique access to cutting-edge technologies outside of UTEP and the ability to interact and engage with world class scientists outside of UTEP through research conferences. This will allow them to showcase their research, share new ideas and develop new insight into therapies that may be used to treat everyone. With your gift, our students will be able to follow their passion, support the future of our world with new therapeutic strategies that we have yet to think of. 

On April 12, we hope you’ll raise your pick for our undergraduate students in Health Disparities research! Every gift counts!

The College of Science is also asking for support of the following areas. Please click below to learn more.

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Microsoft Campuswide Challenge – Ultimate Victory
Rise to the top! The three areas with the highest total of gifts by 11:59pm (Mountain Time) on April 12 will receive additional funding from Microsoft. First place: $5,000. Second place: $2,500. Third place: $1,500
Rank Prize Campaign Areas Gifts
1 $5,000 Diamond Club - Softball 279
2 $2,500 Beach Volleyball 190
3 $1,500 LSPI 25th Anniversary Excellence Fund 161
4 UTEP Food Pantry Gift Fund 153
5 KTEP Program Enhancement Fund 116
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Microsoft Campuswide Challenge – Early Bird
Early bird gets the worm! The three Raise Your Pick Giving Day campaign areas to receive the most early-donor gifts by 8pm (Mountain Time) on April 11 will each receive $1,000 from Microsoft.
Rank Prize Campaign Areas Gifts
1 $1,000 KTEP Program Enhancement Fund 56
2 $1,000 UTEP Food Pantry Gift Fund 39
3 $1,000 Business Student Council 24
4 Diamond Club - Softball 23
5 UTEP Endowed Scholarship 20
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Microsoft Campuswide Challenge – Power Hours Part 2
Afternoons are a great time to give back! The Raise Your Pick Giving Day campaign area to raise the most gifts between 2pm and 5pm (Mountain Time) will be awarded $2,000. Thank you to Microsoft for sponsoring this campuswide challenge!
Rank Prize Campaign Areas Gifts
1 $2,000 Diamond Club - Softball 42
2 Beach Volleyball 40
3 LSPI 25th Anniversary Excellence Fund 25
4 Finish First Crew - Track & Field 21
5 UTEP Food Pantry Gift Fund 12
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$1,500
Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities Challenge #2
When our campaign for Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities reaches 10 gifts, we'll unlock another $1,500 in funding! Thank you to Dr. Russell Broaddus ’87 for sponsoring our giving challenges to this area!
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
2
Match
Microsoft Campuswide Faculty & Staff Match
Calling all UTEP Faculty and Staff! Microsoft will match all faculty and staff gifts to Raise Your Pick Giving Day campaign areas, up to a total of $5,000. Give to the area that matters the most to you and double your impact!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
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Microsoft Campuswide Challenge – Power Hours
The power of Miner Nation is palpable! The three areas that raise the most gifts between 11am and 2pm (Mountain Time) on April 12 will receive additional funding from Microsoft. First place: $3,000. Second place: $2,000. Third place: $1,000
Rank Prize Campaign Areas Gifts
1 $3,000 Beach Volleyball 65
2 $2,000 Diamond Club - Softball 54
3 $1,000 LSPI 25th Anniversary Excellence Fund 51
4 ISSR - Graduate Student Success Gift Fund 38
5 UTEP Food Pantry Gift Fund 28
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$1,500
Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities Challenge #1
Make one of our first 5 gifts! When we reach 5 gifts to our Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities campaign, we'll unlock $1,500 from Dr. Russell Broaddus ’87.
5 / 5 Gifts
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$2,000
Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities Challenge #3
Rise to the challenge! When we reach 15 gifts to our Undergraduate Student Success in Health Disparities campaign, we'll unlock another $2,000 from Dr. Russell Broaddus ’87!
15 / 15 Gifts
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Rank State Gifts
1 TX 12
2 NC 1
2 CA 1
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