Donate to the SDSU MARC Program
The mission of the San Diego State University (SDSU) Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program is to increase the number of underrepresented (UR) students who successfully complete baccalaureate and PhD STEM degrees and enter the biomedical workforce. To achieve this mission, the MARC Program aims to identify and develop the academic talent of promising historically excluded undergraduates from a wide range of backgrounds by providing impactful research experiences and research-validated programming to support their professional and personal development. In this program, we seek to actively combat the exclusion of under-tapped talent pools by ensuring the program elements celebrate and mandate diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA). We prioritize providing authentic research experiences, critical and quantitative skills, rigorous academic programming, cultural congruity, and culturally aware mentorship, and we emphasize mental health and wellness and scholars’ sense of belonging. Through our MARC program, we build a supportive, rigorous, safe, and stimulating environment that gives our scholars a “home” for their personal and professional identities as they prepare for leadership roles in the biomedical research workforce.
Donate to the Dr. Joi Weeks Endowed Scholarship for Chemistry and Biochemistry Students.
Donate to the Dr. Joi Weeks Endowed Scholarship for Chemistry and Biochemistry Students.
The SDSU Department of Chemistry faculty are honoring Dr. Week’s memory by establishing a scholarship to financially empower chemistry students destined to make this world a better place: the Dr. Joi Weeks Endowed Scholarship for Chemistry and Biochemistry Students.
How to make a tax-deductible donation:
Donate online:
Donate online here ( http://campaign.sdsu.edu/JoiWeeks )
Or by mail:
Make check payable to The Campanile Foundation, add “Joi Weeks Memorial fund” as a note, and mail to:
The Campanile Foundation
Attn: Gift Administration
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1968
Who was Dr. Joi Weeks?
Dr. Weeks defended her PhD in May 2020 from the Sohl Lab and was diagnosed with breast cancer two months later. She ultimately succumbed to complications related to the disease on Sept. 14, 2020. Due to her scientific curiosity coupled with a challenging path, Joi could claim expertise in cancer immunology, cancer biology, genetics, developmental biology, chemistry, and biochemistry. Joi’s keen intellect was matched with a true passion for science, incredible work ethic, a persistent drive for success, a truly extraordinary kind, empathetic, and resilient demeanor, and a quickness to smile and laugh. As a Black woman in science, she took seriously the role of serving as an inspiration for younger BIPOC scientists while overcoming her own experiences of implicit and explicit questioning of her own belonging in science. Dr. Joi Weeks inspired us all to be better scientists, better mentors, better teachers, and better humans (please read our remembrance here to learn more about Joi).
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MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE!
Consider donating to http://sdsualumni.org/MentalHealth to help our team of clinical psychologists, biologists, and chemists make resources to support the mental health and wellness of SDSU’s graduate students in STEM.