Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Join us to hear advising colleagues share ideas on how to meaningfully engage underrepresented students in discovery experiences. Panelists will offer approaches to breaking down a range of barriers by engaging students about their lived experiences in relation to valuable co-curricular projects. Participants will walk away with tools to initiate and sustain meaningful conversations with students via the golden intersection of passion, purpose, planning and process: What they love and care about; What...
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...
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...
Thirty years ago, Professor Bill Simmons (architect of the American Cultures/AC requirement at UC Berkeley) asked “what could be so important? He was rhetorically positioning the teaching, learning and reflections on race in American life, at the heart of what would become the AC requirement (the only campus graduation requirement). Today, that same question still holds significance, and increasingly is the subject of intense debate from city hall, to governor’s mansions, to school boards. What is “up”...
Planning for our transition to the upcoming fall semester may be stressful for staff and students. Before you help students navigate the uncertainty and logistics of their return to campus, we urge you to take this time for yourself to make sure you are supported and have the resources you need.
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Join the Central Evaluation Unit for an all-out presentation on transfer credit and get your questions answered:
What makes a course or exam eligible for credit? What are the limitations on transfer credit? What is ASSIST and how can you best help students navigate this website? What is the...
Please join us in meeting the fabulous staff of Cal Student Central! Learn more about the inner workings of this unit that is dedicated to helping UC Berkeley students successfully navigate the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office, the Office of the Registrar, Accounts Payable, and Billing and Payment Services. Topics covered will include:
As this unprecedented semester nears its end, our students are facing very challenging decisions, in addition to navigating complex issues around family, basic needs, well-being, and academics. We are being called upon to assist students through these difficult decisions which are unlike any we have faced before. Please join us as we think together as a community about how best to support our students. We will grapple with some challenging student scenarios and learn from each other and our panel of...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The University of California is implementing a new Tuition Stability Plan effective fall 2022-23. Information about the plan will roll out this spring for continuing and new undergraduate students. Please join us for this session to learn about this program, and the resources currently available to answer the inevitable questions from students! Topics will include the rollout timeline, basic policy information, and how to look up a student's tuition cohort in our student systems....