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.
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....
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,...
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).
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...
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...
Our care for students is often what drives and fulfills us as university professionals. However, this work can also drain us and lead to tension within ourselves and among our teams. Caring for ourselves is essential to the sustainability of our mission, but this must be met by a system that is equally committed to our care. Today's session will help us clarify what we need to thrive in our work as individuals and how to foster a culture of care that nurtures us as a collective. When we co-create a more healthy...
Interested in growing your experience and ready for a change? Feeling called in a new direction? Curious about a different job family? Believe it or not, you have many transferable skills to apply in other higher ed roles and even other employment sectors. Learn from colleagues who have successfully transitioned from one area of student services to another, or to other areas in higher education. Come ready to be inspired and leave with a tangible next step in mind. This is the second in a two-part series.
Interested in growing your experience and ready for a change? Feeling called in a new direction? Curious about a different job family? Believe it or not, you have many transferable skills to apply in other higher ed roles and even other employment sectors. Learn from colleagues who have successfully transitioned from one area of student services to another, or to other areas in higher education. Come ready to be inspired and leave with a tangible next step in mind.
