Support students at Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences!

Your gift to the WCAS Dean’s Fund - COVID-19 Relief will help address the immediate needs of our community in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic: improving remote instruction, virtual advising, research opportunities, and technology support. This fund will also provide seed grants to fast-track research related to understanding and solving this pandemic.  

To date, we have: 

• Moved almost 700 courses online in 3 weeks with over 450 faculty teaching spring quarter 
• Held over 600 virtual advising sessions to support students in this new environment  
• Launched the new initiative, Communities of Practice Experience (COPE), for all spring and summer teachers, a platform for faculty to share best practices, problem-solve issues with peers and experts, and leverage technology solutions  
• Moved all Waldron Student-Alumni Connections programming to a virtual environment  
• Opened the application process for Weinberg College seed grants to jump-start or invest in work that improves understanding of the disease  

We will:

• Move all summer courses online and assess the learning and technology needs of our students to ensure all students have the tools to connect and thrive in a virtual environment
• Move Arch Scholars summer programs, academic programs for low-income and first-generation students, to an online learning environment 
• Support online advising helping students manage new challenges in learning and academic planning
• Work with departments to support our graduate students seeking additional support 
• Deliver Weinberg College seed grants up to $15,000 to support Coronavirus-related research  
• Invest in interdisciplinary programs that we expect to see a boost in the coming months, including Global Health Studies, undergraduate research, and Chicago Field Studies