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Your Impact—Accelerated
Choose how you will make your impact by making a gift to Manning CICS today!
CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES
Your gift to the new signature building will help outfit the 90,000-square-foot facility and create a collaborative hub for students and faculty in classrooms, research labs, and community spaces designed to inspire creativity and collaboration in service of the common good.
New Voices in Computer Science Scholarship
The New Voices in Computer Science Scholarship is a four-year renewable award designed to support first-year undergraduate students admitted to the computer science major who have limited experience in the computer science field.
Public Interest Technology@UMass empowers students, faculty and community members from across campus to promote the common good in a technology-driven world through innovative academic and programs that provide opportunities to think critically about responsible technology development.
Undergraduate course assistant (UCA) program
The UCA program allows undergraduates to enrich the learning experience for their peers, assist faculty with course management, and develop professional and leadership skills. CICS intends to expand this program to keep pace with the college’s growth.
OTHER WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT
Computer Science Experiential Learning Fund
This fund allows CICS students to build technical, leadership, and professional skills through experiential learning—supporting conferences, competitions, and hackathons for student organizations such as HackHer413, WICS, PIT, CICSoft, and Fresh CICS.
Computer Sciences Scholarships
Give to the general Manning CICS Scholarship Fund, or support a specific donor-funded scholarship.
Manning CICS Dean's Opportunity Fund
The Dean’s Opportunity Fund provides the Dean with the flexibility to use your gift where it is needed most.
This fund supports programs, events, and conferences designed to increase participation in computing and to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment. Past conferences include the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing, WeCode, the CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop, and the CRA Grad Cohort Workshop for Underrepresented Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.