Foundations of Practice: Relational

Suicide Awareness Discussion Session with CAPS

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

PREREQUISITE: You must watch this 1 hour and 15 minute recording before attending the discussion-based workshop.

The required video overview will help you understand the warning signs and risk factors associated with thoughts of suicide. You will...

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...

Psychological First Aid Discussion Session with CAPS

Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

PREREQUISITE: You must watch this 1 hour 15 minute recording before attending the discussion-based workshop.

The required video overview will help you to learn the basic skills necessary to provide common sense support after a tragedy, such as a...

From Pandemic to Endemic: Navigating COVID and the Student Experience - Real Talk with SACUE

Monday, May 2, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Join us today for a very special session: learn from members of the Student Advisory Council on Undergraduate Education (SACUE) who will share their initial feelings about coming back to campus, where they are now and where they think we are headed with COVID and the student...

Discovery and the Value of Experiential Education for Social Capital Development

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

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,...

Circle of Care: The Journey and Joy of Thriving Together

Monday, June 13, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

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...

Building Community and Combating Social Isolation

Monday, March 8, 2021 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

How might we help Berkeley students feel belonging and connection while being physically isolated? Find out from a panel of Fung Fellows who will share their insights and innovative solutions from their 2020 fall semester Human-Centered Design Challenge addressing student isolation. Brief demonstrations and Q&A...

Advising for Discovery: Entrepreneurship and Creative Projects at UC Berkeley

Monday, November 7, 2022 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

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.

Moderator: Sean Burns, Discovery Hub

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Advising for Discovery Part 2: Engaging Underrepresented Students in Meaningful Discovery

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...