Support Global TIES

Global TIES is at a critical moment.

Due to unprecedented budget cuts at UC San Diego, the award-winning program that gives students life-changing opportunities to co-create solutions with community partners—locally and around the world—is under serious threat.

For more than 20 years, Global TIES has empowered thousands of students to become compassionate engineers, ethical leaders, and global changemakers. It has also delivered meaningful, community-driven impact across Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Pacific. None of this happens without you.

Your gift today helps ensure that Global TIES not only survives these cuts, but continues to thrive.
It directly supports student teams, community partnerships, and the hands-on, equity-focused learning that defines Global TIES and the Center for Global Sustainable Development.

We invite you to join the growing community of alumni, parents, and friends who believe that the next generation of engineers and problem-solvers deserves an education grounded in empathy, collaboration, and global responsibility.

Your support is an investment in our students—and in the communities they serve.

By Mail

To contribute by mail, please send your check made payable to “UC San Diego Foundation” to UC San Diego Gift Processing, 9500 Gilman Drive #0940 La Jolla, CA 92093-0940.  Please indicate in the memo section of the check that the gift is for the 4473 Global TIES Fund.

In Person

Alternatively, if you would like to speak with someone in person to make your gift, please contact Mandy Bratton, Ph.D., Founding Executive Director of the Center for Global Sustainable Development, at (858) 822-7987 or mbratton@ucsd.edu.

Online

Please click below, enter Global TIES in the search box, and select "Global TIES (Teams in Engineering Service) Fund" from the dropdown menu.