Advancing Practice

Overcoming Barriers to College

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Please join us in meeting the amazing staff of the Center for Educational Partnerships! Learn more about the inner workings of this unit, the 11 programs they manage, the 200 schools they work with, and the over 75,000 students they support annually from kindergarten through community college who face...

Mindfulness, Well-Being, and Self-Care for our Student Services Community

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 | 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Presenter: Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley Professor of Psychology; Director, Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory(link is external); Faculty Director, Greater Good Science Center

Meet UC Berkeley Professor Dacher Keltner, who is the Faculty Director of the...

Handshake Advisor Training

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Career Center is excited to host this virtual Handshake Advisor Training session. Handshake(link is external) is our dynamic career management platform, and the way we help students connect to employers and opportunities.

With...

Handshake Advisor Training

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Career Center hosted this virtual Handshake Advisor Training session. Handshake is our dynamic career management platform, and the way we help students - both grad and undergrad - connect to employers, opportunities, events, and resources....

From Pandemic to Endemic: Navigating COVID and the Student Experience - Real Talk with SACUE

Monday, May 2, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Join us today for a very special session: learn from members of the Student Advisory Council on Undergraduate Education (SACUE) who will share their initial feelings about coming back to campus, where they are now and where they think we are headed with COVID and the student...

Discovery and the Value of Experiential Education for Social Capital Development

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Join members of the Discovery Advising & Student Services Staff Council to hear about strategies you can implement into your daily practice to enhance the student discovery process, using an engaged approach to deepen purpose-driven experiences, make reflective observations, construct critical inquiries, and partake in active experiments. Participants will walk away with an understanding of student opportunity windows for accessing relevant and impactful projects, advancing intellectual agency and power,...

Fall 2020 Enrollment Updates for Student Services Staff

Monday, July 6, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Presenters: UC Berkeley Office of the Registrar staff

Please join us for a presentation about the upcoming Fall 2020 enrollment period in light of Berkeley’s plans to offer in-person and remote classes to students in the Fall. We will review decisions that have been made, how to use the class schedule to find classes, new terminology, and document any issues that still need follow-up.

For immediate information as it is released, please see the Instruction FAQ:...

Creating Your Statement of Advising Philosophy (Part Two of Two)

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

The campus advising and student services community is invited to join Advancing Practice Certificate Program participants in this 90-minute session to reflect on your professional and personal journeys as educators. We will continue writing our statements of philosophy in highly interactive small and large group conversations. Participants will leave this session with specific examples of statements and a professional statement of philosophy workbook.

While Amy's Spring 2021 workshop (Part 1 of 2) is not a...

Digital Community Building & Hazing Prevention

Monday, August 31, 2020 | 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

A new school year means opportunities for students to join organizations, teams, and clubs. According to national data, up to 55% of undergraduate students experience behaviors classified as hazing. Despite remote learning, students will find ways to connect and engage- most of them positive, some of them not.

Join members of the...

Creating Virtual Spaces of Belonging

Thursday, January 28, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

This workshop discussed opportunities, challenges, and tips on how to create a sense of belonging in digital landscapes for undergraduate and graduate students. The educational theory of TechnoInclusion was discussed along with a few digital tools the presenters have used to support community building efforts. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions, share resources, and collectively strategize towards sustainable and engaged virtual spaces of belonging. ...