Giving to the SDSU Dept. of Physics

The Dept. of Physics appreciate the continuing support of it's many distinguished alumni. Along with local San Diego high-tech companies who provide both monetary and in-kind (equipment) donations in recognition of the service that we provide to the region through our exceptionally well-trained graduates. Note that we have a very successful range of research program/s that attract external funding.

Financial Donations of all types and sizes can be made securely on-line here. Or by going to University Development. For further information, contact the Department of Physics Chair, or the SDSU Development Director.

Funding Opportunities

The following areas are currently in need of any support you can give:

• MHP Fund: the Medical Health Physics Graduate program trains the next generation of Medical Physicists in Southern California.


• Industrial Affiliate Program for Optics: Our optics program has a costly set of laser laboratories to train our Masters and Undergraduate students


• Doc Morris Public Lecture Series is a yearly public lecture which is both FREE, and aimed at the wider San Diego Community. Since 2005 this event had attracted interest from our local high-schools, community colleges, and other universities, as well as on-campus. The cost of this event can be significant, involving the speaker's transport, accomodation and meals along with associated marketing costs. A reception is held before-hand as a thankyou to all of that years donors to the Department.


• The John B. Ferguson Memorial Fund: This fund provides grants to upper division Physics majors to pay for their textbooks. The John B. Ferguson Fund will provide a lasting memory of John while helping our students.


• General Physics Fund: not very glamorous, but this provides for Coffee and Cookies at our weekly Research Colloquia, and our end-of-semester and xmas parties which are thankyou's to the many Graduate Teaching Assistants, Lecturers and our Staff.

Permanent Endowments

• The Skolil Endowment for the Medical Health Physics Program.

Honor Roll - 2007

• To Do... need some names