Bill Plachy Endowed TA Award

Science and Engineering
The award for this scholarship will be disbursed in Fall of 2025. Recipients are strongly encouraged to attend the College of Science and Engineering Donors Appreciation Event in October 2025.
Dr. William Plachy was a physical chemistry professor at SFSU who taught general chemistry and physical chemistry courses. In recognition of the important impact that graduate students teaching chemistry laboratories have on students enrolled in these courses, he created an award to recognize outstanding teaching in the chemistry program by graduate students.

• Awarding Department: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Scholarship Intent: To award an outstanding graduate teaching assistant in the lower division chemistry laboratory courses at SF State University.
• Major: Multiple: Chemistry -MS Chemistry BLEND -MS, Chemistry-Biochemistry -MS
• Class Level: Grad: Masters/MFA
• Enrollment Status: Continuing SF State student
• Enrollment Requirement: Grad: 3 UNITS.
• Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: No.
• Citizenship: Any.
• GPA: Grad: 3.0 GPA
• Contact Person: Lilian Gathua
• Campus Address: SEC 211
• Street Address: 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, California 94132
• Phone: 415-338-1288
• Email: chemist@sfsu.edu
• Amount of Award: Varies
• Number of Awards: Varies