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September 12-18

View the interactive campus map and the campus walking map to help you get around campus. Use this time to walk around and become familiar with the campus. 

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Slugs CARE and Title IX Presentation (REQUIRED)

This mandatory interactive, three-part presentation promotes community standards and highlights resources available to support students’ wellbeing and success. 

Slugs CARE is designed to empower incoming UCSC students to be active in preventing sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking in their communities. Students will learn about affirmative consent, bystander intervention, dynamics of sexual and relationship violence, and how to support survivors. Slugs CARE is hosted by CARE (Center for Advocacy, Resources & Empowerment), which provides free and confidential advocacy and support to individuals impacted by harm. Visit care.ucsc.edu for more information.

SHOP (Student Health Outreach and Promotion) will introduce their services and highlight the ways they support students in having safe, fun, consensual experiences while at UCSC. SHOP offers support with alcohol, drugs, sexual health, and college/life balance through the lens of harm reduction. Visit shop.ucsc.edu to learn more. 

The Title IX Office will highlight their role in preventing and responding to gender and sex-based discrimination. This session will provide campus-specific information supplementing the Sexual Assault Prevention online program all of you must complete. It will emphasize your Title IX rights and options and the expectations the University has for all of its members. For more information about the Title IX Office, visit titleix.ucsc.edu.

All incoming undergraduates must attend one of the Slugs CARE and Title IX webinar sessions and will receive an email to their UCSC email address with the subject: Slugs CARE and Title IX Presentation Confirmation. This email contains webinar information and a unique link to access the webinar. We encourage students to add the event to their Google Calendar so they will have easy access to it. 

While the invitations for each session will go out to students according to their college, students may register for a different session, if needed, by using the registration links below to register for an alternative time:

All sessions are scheduled in Pacific Time.

We encourage you to add the event to your Google Calendar once you receive the registration confirmation so that you will have easy access to the session Zoom link. This is a 90-minute session, you are required to be available the entire time. 

Note that you must use your UCSC email address to register. Attendance is mandatory and will be recorded using your student email.

An alternate training is available, for both the online and in-person trainings, for those who may have difficulty with the content due to a current or past experience. For more information, confidential support, or to request an alternate training, please contact CARE (Center for Advocacy, Resources & Empowerment) at care@ucsc.edu or 831-502-2273. 

 

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International Student Orientation (Frosh)
September 16-18, in-person

Registration Details will be shared via the iGlobal portal

The International Student Orientation program (ISO) is designed to help you get to know other students, learn more about the campus, and ease your transition to UC Santa Cruz, with a particular focus on international student challenges and intercultural adjustment. During International Orientation, you will meet Global Engagement staff, connect with student Global Leaders in your orientation groups, and learn about campus resources to support your studies and success as a UCSC Banana Slug. 

ISO is scheduled to take place in-person on the UCSC main campus and is required for all new, incoming international students in F-1 or J-1 status. More information preparing new international students for their arrival to UCSC can be found in the “Pre-Arrival Orientation” found in iGlobal. 
 
Students who consider themselves international but are not in F-1/J-1 status are also welcome to register and attend.

 

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Native Student Orientation (New, Returning, Transfer and Graduate)
September 18-20, 2024 
Registration Link

The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) at UCSC is dedicated to increasing native visibility and works in the areas of indigenous paradigm shifts, traditional knowledge, intergenerational leadership and activities, indigenous justice and sustainable communities. The Center supports both scholarship and programs in this area. This project meets our goals by offering cultural resources and support to indigenous students as they adjust to a new social and academic climate. Students also learn about internship positions with our resource center, supporting our goal of increasing intergenerational leadership opportunities.

Location: 

  • September 18, 2024 6:00 PM-9:00 PM at the Ethnic Resource Center Lounge
  • September 19-20, 2024, 9:30 AM-3:00 PM at the Bay Tree BookStore, 3rd Floor in the Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room

Details: 

  • On Wednesday 09/18, we will kick off the week with an AIRC team meet & greet, watch a movie, and play board games together with dinner and refreshments.  
  • Our main program will be held on Thursday 09/19 from 9:30 AM-3:00 PM, and will include an introduction to the AIRC, tours of campus, a student panel, lunch and networking opportunities with Native staff & faculty! Later on, we will leave campus together for dinner at 5:45 PM. 
  • On Friday 09/20, we will wrap up NSO with a self-care workshop, and a meet and greet lunch with relevant student organizations and campus partners, followed by a campus walking tour! The tour will end at the dining hall where we will have dinner together around 5:00 PM.