Many undergraduates seek to get involved in research projects and community-based social justice projects. UC Berkeley has a growing landscape of opportunities to support these students. This session brings together staff experts in these domains to help us understand HOW to discuss research and service pathways with our students and WHERE to direct them to get started on these discovery project pathways.
Presenters:
Jessica Stewart, Director, Office of Undergraduate...
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).
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...
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,...
In 2015, Employers and career services professionals came together under the Career Readiness Initiative - a shared understanding of what is needed to launch and develop a successful career, a common vocabulary by which to discuss needs and expectations, and a basic set of competencies upon which a successful career is launched. Career Readiness provides us with a framework for addressing career-related goals and outcomes, regardless of what a student is studying. This introductory presentation will...
Great numbers of students seek to get involved in entrepreneurial and creative projects, and UC Berkeley has a growing collection of opportunities to support these students. This session brings together faculty and staff experts in these domains to help you understand HOW to discuss entrepreneurial and creative project pathways with your students and WHERE to direct your students to help them get started.
Advisors and student services staff across campus are uniquely positioned to initiate and sustain meaningful conversations with undergraduate students about how to envision and implement discovery projects - immersive experiential learning projects in research, service, the arts, and entrepreneurship. This advising work fits within a campus-wide Discovery Initiative to transform undergraduate education to support all students on a journey of engaged creativity and self-actualization. In this...
The Athletic Study Center has operationalized its practices, connected to its mission, values and goals, leading to the organic development of a departmental strategic plan. This presentation will focus on our conceptual framework and some of the practical methods we use to achieve academic success for Berkeley's exemplary student athletes...
This highly interactive workshop focuses on how our own emotions impact the way we interact with others. Participants will be able to identify skills and concepts that bring our thoughts and emotions into our awareness, ultimately contributing to an increased sense of empowerment and belonging for students. By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Identify at least one skill or concept that will contribute to an increased sense of empowerment and belonging for students, high degree of feeling...