The Kathleen Foltz Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Fund honors UCSB Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Professor Emeritus Kathleen Foltz for her breadth of involvement and depth of commitment to mentoring students for three decades at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Emeritus Foltz has been a tireless advocate for students at all stages of their academic careers from undergraduates to doctoral students. A dedicated member of the College of Creative Studies (CCS) Biology faculty since 1994 and the College’s Interim Dean from 2016 to 2018, Professor Emeritus Foltz holds a strong commitment to student learning through hands-on research as peers, side-by-side with faculty. Gifts to this fund provide summer research fellowship support to qualified CCS students in Biology.