Name: Humanities and Fine Arts
Start: 2025-03-28T00:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-11T12:00:00-0700
Location: UCSB Give Day

Humanities and Fine Arts

Creativity Changes the World

In the arts and humanities, we explore how individuals and societies make sense of the world and communicate across languages and cultures. Some of us create new expressive forms that capture our experience. Others are code-breakers, trying to understand the messages embodied in literature, art, music, history, philosophy, and religion. And still others call upon ethics, history, and imagination to solve pressing problems in law, health, economy, and governance.

Please consider giving to the arts and humanities today on Give Day! Our world needs engaged and informed citizens who understand the languages, traditions, values, and histories of our diverse communities and cultures.

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Challenge from Trustee Michael '87 and Catherine Byron!

$100,000

Challenge from Trustee Michael '87 and Catherine Byron!

Help us reach a big milestone! When 1,000 donors step up, UCSB will unlock a generous $100,000 gift from Trustee Michael ’87 and Catherine Byron—supporting Social Sciences and the Department of Economics. Your gift gets us one step closer.

551 / 1,000 Gifts

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Kaplan Sprint #1!

It's the first UCSB Give Day 2025 sprint! At the end of this two-hour race, the five funds with the unique donors will win bonus funds generously contributed by Christine and Jordan '83 Kaplan.

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Arts & Humanities Challenge!

$25,000

Arts & Humanities Challenge!

Michael and Diane Christian have a challenge for us! When we reach our goal, they will make a $25,000 gift to the Carsey-Wolf Center

32 / 100 Gifts

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Give Day 2025

See how your area is doing!

Rank	Area	Gifts
1	Athletics	221
2	Campus Excellence	116
3	Social Sciences	52
4	Humanities and Fine Arts	32
5	Alumni Affairs	24
6	Student Affairs	19
7	Recreation	16
8	College of Creative Studies	15
9	Education Abroad Program	15
10	Library	13
11	College of Engineering	12
12	Gevirtz Graduate School of Education	12
13	Sciences	11
14	Campus & Community Initiatives	6
15	Graduate Division	6

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#GauchosGiveBack

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#GauchosGiveBack

Trustee Mark Maxson '75 and Mary Burchill '76, along with Alexandra Seros '72, Dr. Gene Lucas '73, and Trustee Joel S. Raznick '81 are joining in support of the Alumni endowment. #GauchosGiveBack

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$25,000

Helps us reach 2,000 donors!

Trustee Howard '82 and Lisa '82 Wenger have challenged us to hit 2,000 donors. When we do, we will unlock a $25,000 gift to support The 2035 Initiative, a “think and do tank” that brings together world-leading environmental policy research labs to develop actionable roadmaps for slashing climate pollution and ushering in a more equitable, resilient future.

Starts after Challenge from Trustee Michael '87 and Catherine Byron!

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Art, Design & Architecture Museum Challenge!

$3,000

Art, Design & Architecture Museum Challenge!

Challenge alert: When we reach our participation goal for the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, we will unlock a $3,000 gift from Jane Gottlieb!

1 / 10 Gifts

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Humanities and Fine Arts

Thanks to the generosity of Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold, the top five funds in HFA with the most unique donors by the close of Give Day 4/11 will receive bonus funds!

Rank	Prize	Area	Gifts
1	$3,000	History	13
2	$2,500	Latin American and Iberian Studies	3
3	$2,000	Dean's Fund for Humanities & Fine Arts	3
4	$1,500	French & Italian	3
5	$1,000	Linguistics	2
6		Carsey-Wolf Center	1
7		Interdisciplinary Humanities Center	1
8		Religious Studies	1
9		Art, Design & Architecture Museum	1
10		Classics	1
11		History of Art & Architecture	1
12		Theater and Dance	1
13		Film & Media Studies	1
14		Art	0
15		Capps Center	0