HCDE's Fundraising Priorities

These priorities represent key areas where you can make a difference given the emerging needs of the department in the 2023-2024 academic year. For a full list of funds, including endowment established by individuals, visit Find Funds.

HCDE Student Emergency Support Fund
The Kientz & Patel HCDE Emergency Student Support Fund provides emergency financial aid to HCDE students who have applied for a need grant in HCDE.

Human Centered Design & Engineering Fund for Excellence
Fostering excellence and vision for students, faculty, and curricular programs in HCDE.

Human Centered Design & Engineering Excellence through Diversity Fund
Enhancing diversity initiatives in HCDE with a focus on recruiting, mentoring, and partnership-building.

Give to Honor Trailblazing HCDE Faculty

Mary B. Coney Endowed Fund
Supports activities of students in HCDE, including travel to conferences and international workshops.

Judy Ramey Student Research Fund
Provides funding to assist students in research activities within the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE).

David Farkas Endowed Fund
Supporting undergraduate students with financial need in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.

Spyridakis Leadership Fund
Creating the next generation of leaders in HCDE by building industry connections, supporting mentoring programs, and fostering student and faculty leadership.

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Support Spotlights

Here are examples of how UW HCDE alums and friends are giving back to support students and the next generation of design education.

Endowed Fellowship established by HCDE alumna Jill DeMarco

HCDE alumna Jill Demarco (MS TC ’96) and her husband, Rod Wentworth (DDS ’81), established an endowed fellowship in HCDE through their estate plans to provide financial support for HCDE undergraduate and graduate students. DeMarco wants future HCDE students to have the same good fortune she did when she went through the Technical Commination program.

HCDE Emergency Student Support Fund established by Prof. Julie Kientz

In recognition of the financial burden HCDE students face, HCDE Professor and Chair Julie Kientz and her husband, Professor Shwetak Patel, established an emergency student support fund to aid students facing near-term financial hardship. Kientz remembers her own moments of financial distress while in school and now wants to support students who may be in crisis situations .

HCDE Individual Donors

HCDE thanks the following individuals and corporations for their financial support of departmental programs, scholarships, and student opportunities in the 2022 calendar year.

HCDE Legacy Donors

Lifetime recognition of donors who have contributed estate gifts to HCDE:
Judith Ramey
Rod Wentworth & R. Jill DeMarco

2023 – 2024 HCDE Donors