Make a Difference

With Parent Fund gifts great and small, hundreds of parents make a difference every day in the lives of University of Utah students.

Academic Advising Center

• Strong Interest Inventory Assessment - helps students to understand their interests in relation to a variety of majors and careers.
• Undecided / Exploring Deans List Event - recognizes the academic achievements of undecided/exploring students who earn Dean's List standing while providing an opportunity to further connect these students to major exploration opportunities.
• Major Exploration Program - provides information on majors and areas of study to undeclared students. Promotional t-shirts are given to program participants to help promote the program to peers.
• Third Annual Donut Feel Good Registration Day event – provides an opportunity for first-year students to meet with their academic advisors for help with registering for spring semester classes.
• The Transfer Program – support for t-shirts given to transfer students to help build community.

Career Services

• Suit Up work attire program – provides interview appropriate clothing to low-income students upon fulfilling set requirements.
• Career Treks program – student visits to industry-specific organizations throughout Salt Lake City, helping to identify opportunities for internships and employment and solidify career interests.

Center for New Student and Family Programs

• Picture Your First Year Program – first-year students document their personal transition from high school to college through art which is then featured in a gallery at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
• Campus Life Mentor Program – support for Signal Vine text messaging platform used to increase effectiveness of mentor-student communication.
• Transfer Program – sponsors t-shirts given to all incoming transfer program participants to increase visibility and build affinity.

Center for Student Wellness

• Sponsorship of a health & wellness letter mailed to parents of first-year students

Community Partners in the New U Student Experience Mentoring & Scholarship Program

• Scholarship support for Community Partners program participants to participate in Deeply Engaged Learning Experiences

Counseling Center

• Provides therapy, classes, and trainings to University of Utah students, faculty and staff – 2017/18 support funds will create a more welcoming waiting room for Counseling Center clients.

Honors College

• Things That Matter student group – sponsors weekly meetings for students, their advisors and guest speakers to discuss topical concerns and/or hot button issues especially meaningful to the millennial generation.
• The Next Generation – support for a student group interested in learning about and impacting the K-12 education system through volunteer work at South Kearns Elementary School.

LEAP Program

• Scholarship funding for outstanding LEAP students.

Lowell Bennion Community Service Center

• Alternative Breaks Program – support for trip discounts to make alternative break programs more accessible to all students.

LGBT Resource Center

• Emerging Student Leadership Program – support for student leaders to attend the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Creating Change Leadership Conference.

MUSE Project

• MUSE Scholars Program – a community of students dedicated to the intellectual inquiry and cultural exchange found at the heart of the college experience.

Office of Engagement

• Beacon Scholars Program – scholarship funding for underrepresented and financial need students.
• Dream Center – support for the Dream Ambassadors Program, a student-lead outreach and access initiative for undocumented students and children of immigrants in Utah.
• Defining Your Path Field Trip Program – brings underrepresented K-12 students to campus to learn about opportunities at the University of Utah.

Office of Undergraduate Research

• Provides student research assistantships in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Personal Money Management Center

• Smart Start Workshop – focusing on women’s salary negotiations

Veterans Support Center

• Emergency Funds – supports students who encounter financial emergencies and are at risk of dropping out.

Women’s Enrollment Initiative

• Seeks to improve recruitment, retention and graduation rates for women university-wide. 

Women's Resource Center

• Emergency Funds – supports students who encounter financial emergencies and are at risk of dropping out.