College of Science

With rising inflation, including increased food, housing and health care costs, USU graduate students face significant personal challenges as they pursue master’s and doctoral degrees. Scholars must provide much of their own financial support. At the same time, these graduate students provide critical fuel for Utah State’s teaching and research efforts, and their efforts are integral to the success of the university’s land-grant, space-grant mission.

The College of Science benefits from endowments, thoughtfully established, to lessen the financial burdens of these deserving scholars, but additional support is needed from donors like you to address growing needs. Among the college’s endowments benefiting graduate students is the new Logan Canyon Fund, established to honor recently retired Geosciences professors, Dr. James Evans and Dr. Susanne Jänecke.

Jim and Susanne, who joined USU in 1986 and 1991, respectively, directly mentored 50 graduate students in research, and impacted thousands of scholars through their teaching, research and service. USU Geosciences alum Caleb Pollock, BS’96 has gifted the Logan Canyon Fund with a generous $25,000 running start! Let’s follow his lead by supporting the Logan Canyon Fund, or the college’s other endowments providing scholarship support to Aggie grad students. Your ‘A’ Day of Giving gift – in whatever amount – joins forces with Caleb and fellow Aggies to make a huge impact on the educational paths of our USU scholars.

Light the way today to make the difference in allowing a student to pursue their dream of a graduate education and a better future, as well as aiding Utah State in its efforts to educate scientists, mathematicians and statisticians who benefit our global community. Learn more about how College of Science graduate students are benefiting from generous donor support.

“Receiving the J. Stewart Williams Scholarship through USU’s Department of Geosciences this past summer, allowed me to focus on my research. With the scholarship’s support, I was able to travel to Brown University to conduct experiments, process data and prepare clay samples for K-Ar dating – all critical parts of my dissertation research.” – Alex DiMonte, Ph.D. student, Geosciences

“The Howard L. Blood Fellowship was instrumental in my Ph.D. journey. It allowed me to focus on my research, without having to worry about my financial situation. It was a particular relief the last summer of my program, when I was writing my dissertation and preparing my defense.” – Ivana Molina, PhD’23, Physics