Foundations of Practice: Personal

Serving Neurodivergent Learners

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Join us for our first session of 2024! In this interactive workshop, Christopher Hunn, Faculty Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Instruction in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, will help us understand and reflect on the ways we can best serve our neurodivergent students (and colleagues). Please note that this workshop includes breakout sessions, and participants are highly encouraged to use these opportunities for self-reflection and shared learning.

This will be a...

Growing Your Career Journey with People & Culture

Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | RSVP

Join us for a session focused on widening your sphere of options when considering what professional development looks like for you! This interactive workshop will spotlight a variety of resources and opportunities to support your career growth at Berkeley and beyond. We will introduce the ...

Resisting Urgency: To Move from the Dream Space

Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

To Move from the Dream Space will invite participants to meditate on their dreaming practice as an antidote to a culture of urgency. Together in this workshop, we'll write to reflection prompts, engage meditation practices, and practice appreciation for the power and bigness of our dreams in the face of a culture that asks us to be too busy for them.

Presenter: Antmen Pimentel Mendoza, Acting Co-Director Multicultural Community Center

If you require an...

Resisting Urgency | Encore Presentation

Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.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, Acting Co-...

Resisting Urgency | Focus on Rest Rituals

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

In this session on rest rituals, we’ll explore what it means to ‘practice’ with giving the body and mind a chance to connect with calm and make space to ‘be with’ ourselves in order to find ease. We’ll practice with in-the-moment techniques to soothe an overactive mind or body experience, explore opportunities for building rest into your daily routines, and discuss techniques to create and sustain an environment that supports restfulness and regeneration in service of holistic well-being.

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Resisting Urgency: Focus on Community

Monday, March 6, 2023 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Presenter: Antmen Pimentel Mendoza, Acting Co-Director Multicultural Community Center

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please email advisingmatters@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event....

Resisting Urgency: Focus on Stillness

Monday, February 13, 2023 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

In this session, we will explore several practices that invite us into stillness, with a focus on approaches to support deep listening. Participants will have the opportunity to apply a deep listening framework intended to support our work with students and one another.

Presenter: Liza Schlosser-Olroyd, Advising Strategy + Training Communications Specialist

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning,...

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...

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...