Advancing Practice

Resisting Urgency

Friday, October 28, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

In her widely circulated writings, Tema Okun names urgency as one characteristic of white supremacy culture. In this session, we’ll study her writings on urgency, draw connections between urgency and our experiences on campus and living in white supremacy and capitalism, and generate personal inventories of antidotes and hopes against urgency. Please arrive at this session with tools to write with (whether by hand or typewritten).

Presenter: antmen Mendoza...

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Who are the people in your neighborhood? Lupe Gallegos-Diaz & Omar Ramirez

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Lupe Gallegos-Diaz

Director of the Chicanx Latinx Academic Student Development Center and co-director of the Latinos and the Environment Initiative. She has been on campus for over 30+ years as a graduate student, staff member,...

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Wellness in Action: Support for Those Who Support Students

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

This session will help advisors and student staff learn ways to be more effective in supporting students by thinking about self-care and understanding current supports on campus for staff and students.

Please join Dr. Aaron Cohen, Psychologist at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), for this webinar...

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Shared Advising Notes

Monday, March 15, 2021 | 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

This in-depth session is for advising and student services staff throughout campus who use shared electronic advising notes, with a particular focus on Berkeley Online Advising (BOA). Topics will include:

Part I: Updates and Best Practices (2:00-3:30)

Updates from the Berkeley Online Advising (BOA)...

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Supporting LGBTQIA Students

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Led by Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Psychologists Dr. Elizabeth Aranda and Dr. Kiet Huynh, this session will introduce advisors to tools and frameworks that may assist advisors in supporting students with multiple diverse identities. The workshop will prepare advisors/student service professionals with...

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Transformation at the Center: Fostering Advising Strategies for Undergraduate Discovery

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

The Berkeley Discovery Initiative is building a framework for the future of undergraduate education at UC Berkeley that is rooted in equity of student experience and promotes student agency, project-based learning, and the importance of community building and mentorship. Advisers and student services staff across all campus divisions are uniquely positioned to foster these values and learning strategies. This event will begin with an overview of the initiative, followed by advising leaders from a variety of campus units...

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The Sweet Spot: Building a Campus Culture That Supports Both Students & Staff

Thursday, May 12, 2022 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Join us for this informative session that addresses 1) recent staff and student survey results related to modes of accessing advising services and 2) additional ways that we as staff can co-create cultures of care on campus. In this session, we will explore:

How can find the “sweet spot” between student and advising staff needs related to modes of advising services? What did we learn from the surveys? How has campus leadership responded to this information? How do student behavior and staff...