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August 14, 2026

   Vol. 7, No. 7     

A publication from the Office of the Interim Executive Vice Chancellor

Dear Colleagues, 

I hope you all are having a restful and rejuvenating summer. As the start of the Fall Quarter approaches, I look forward to the renewed collaboration and activity that a new academic year brings. 

As we transition into the new quarter, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for the campus feedback received during the launch of new initiatives, most notably the Triton Student System (TSS). Your insights are invaluable, and the TSS team is continuing to refine the system to ensure it best serves our campus needs. Thank you for your patience and your partnership in improving these vital tools. 

One of my top priorities as we begin the term is fostering connections across our campus. I strongly encourage all faculty to register for the upcoming Triton Weeks of Welcome (TWOW) Student and Faculty Mixer on September 22. This mixer is an excellent opportunity for each school to highlight its unique academic and research offerings and outstanding faculty. These gatherings are also essential for strengthening the bonds between our educators and students, fostering the kind of vibrant community that defines UC San Diego. I hope to see many of you there. 

I remain eager to hear your thoughts and feedback and look forward to seeing you all on campus very soon. Please feel free to reach out to me directly at evc@ucsd.edu. 

In partnership, 
Robert E. Continetti 

TSS access has continued to roll out to various groups over the past month, beginning with staff and faculty on July 13, main campus continuing and graduate students on July 21, Division of Extended Studies staff and students on August 11, and incoming undergraduate students later this week. 

Important TSS Sign-In Information, particularly for students: 

More TSS information and guides:

Why the move to TSS?

UC San Diego’s legacy student information system could no longer support the university’s long-term academic and administrative needs. It depended on complex manual processes, was difficult to enhance, became increasingly brittle and relied on specialized knowledge held by a limited number of people.  

TSS replaces that infrastructure with a scalable platform designed to integrate processes more effectively and bring the main campus and the Division of Extended Studies onto a unified student information system.  

TSS is not a one-to-one recreation of any individual tool. The TSS team recognizes that the retirement of familiar tools, including WebReg and EASy, is a big transition. Those tools were refined and customized over many years, and TSS will require continued input, time, development and investment to reach that level of functionality and familiarity.  

Navigating the TSS Transition Together 

As students, faculty, and staff have begun using TSS in their day-to-day activities, the TSS team recognizes that new processes, unfamiliar workflows, and unexpected issues are creating real disruptions for all, including changes to processes, departments supporting students and adjusting workflows, and teams working to stabilize and improve the system. The accelerated implementation timeline meant issues would emerge as the system was used at scale, and the team acknowledges that navigating them asks a great deal of everyone involved. 

University leadership, executive sponsors, and project governance are closely monitoring the impact of these challenges. Work is actively underway to identify, prioritize, and resolve critical issues, provide guidance where processes have changed, and make ongoing improvements through the university's hypercare processes. We appreciate the patience, partnership, and resilience of everyone working through this. Your experiences and feedback are directly shaping a stronger system for the university. 

Please continue to use the Share Your TSS Experience Form as the campus navigates the TSS launch together. 

More detailed TSS updates are provided in the sections below.

Fall 2026 Booking & Schedule of Classes Updates

Booking for fall courses has begun for continuing undergraduate and graduate students for main campus. Due to technical issues, all undergraduate first pass booking windows have been extended until August 14, 2026, at 10:59 p.m. Any booking windows that had already closed were reopened and extended until that date. See the full update sent to undergraduate students on August 4.  

See the August 11 update to learn more about the Schedule of Classes (SOC) in TSS, known issues and the process for addressing SOC related concerns.

New Class Planning Tools Now Available  

Students now have two options for planning their schedules before booking courses (enrolling) in TSS: 

Both tools use official Schedule of Classes data to help students prepare for registration. Visit the Plan Your Class Schedule page to choose the tool that best fits your needs. 

Batch Authorization in Triton Enrollment Authorization (TEA) Now Live 

This functionality allows advising staff to apply authorization override(s) to individual students or groups of students without requiring students to submit a TEA Request. Read more about TEA Batch Authorization.  

New TSS Resources Released Weekly 

View TSS Training Blink website: Staff & Faculty and TSS Resources for Students for more information.  

A few recently released resources: 

The TSS team’s top priority remains helping students successfully book their courses and resolving issues as quickly as possible. Here's how you can help keep that work moving:

The TSS team will continue to share regular updates. Subscribe to the TSS-essentials weekly newsletter, released each Friday with system status updates, new training materials, key dates, and more.

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026   
4 to 6 p.m.  
Location: Sun God Lawn 

All schools and faculty are encouraged to participate in this year’s Triton Weeks of Welcome faculty/student mixer. This event provides an opportunity for new students and faculty to connect in an informal setting, encouraging academic-, research- and career-oriented conversations. Please register to attend today!  

The Triton Health and Wellness Building is open at the new Triton Center (9520 Gilman Drive). This new 80,000-square-foot facility centralizes comprehensive, holistic care for UC San Diego students and increases access to UC San Diego Health providers on campus for faculty, staff, alumni and the broader community. 

Address: 9520 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 (east of Center Hall) 
Parking for patients: Triton Parking Structure, 3170 Triton Center Driveway

Available Services: 

For Students: SHW services, including medical care at Student Health Services (SHS), compassionate mental health support at Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), proactive health education through Health Promotion Services (HPS) and UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry’s College Mental Health Program (CMHP). 

For Faculty, Staff and Community: Occupational Health will move from its current La Jolla location to the Triton Health and Wellness Building. UC San Diego faculty and staff with UC Blue & Gold, UC Core and UC HealthSavings+ plans are now able to see a UC San Diego Health primary care physician at the new building. Those looking to switch their care to UC San Diego Health can find the steps at the ⁠UC San Diego Health website. 

And coming soon:
New health and well-being services and spaces for students this fall:  

The 2026 UC San Diego Common Read is “Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry,” by Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, 2024 Time magazine Woman of the Year, and a 2023 MacArthur fellow.  
 
Campuswide Common Read events for the 2026-27 academic year are being planned, including an author visit on October 22. 

Monthly free food distributions open to everyone: students, staff, faculty and community members.

Dates: August 28, September 25, October 30, November 20, December 11 
Time: Noon – 2:30 p.m. 

Location: Basic Needs Center at Malk Hall (located at the corner of the Ridge Walk North Living and Learning Neighborhood) 

What to Know Before You Go: 

Interested in helping? Sign up to volunteer for free food distribution. 

UC San Diego and UC Online are offering support to departments and faculty for the development of online undergraduate and graduate courses. Selected projects will receive one quarter of course development support. 

Submission Deadlines & Notifications 
Fall 2026: Submit by Aug. 24 | Notification Sept. 11 
Winter 2027: Submit by Nov. 2 | Notification Nov. 30 
Spring 2027: Submit by Feb. 1 | Notification Feb. 26 
Summer 2027: Submit by May 3 | Notification May 28 

Selection Criteria 
Proposals are reviewed quarterly by the Senate Administration Committee on Distance Education (CODE). Priority is given to undergraduate courses and those that are R-Course approved. Learn more about the proposal questions and evaluation criteria in the July 14 campus notice.

Once awards are made, a member of the Digital Learning team will reach out to assess your course needs and create a design plan to execute within that quarter.  

This proposal process will remain open throughout the 2026-27 academic year. 

Next Steps: Faculty may book a consultation with the Digital Learning team before submission. For questions, contact Jen Schwedler, Executive Director of Online Learning, at jschwedler@ucsd.edu. 

Proposals Due: November 18, 2026 

The UC Office of the President has announced the release of the University of California-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI) request for proposals (RFP). The UC-HSI DDI represents one of UC’s systemwide efforts to expand faculty pathways and support student success across higher education. 

Competitive grants are awarded to UC faculty and faculty administrators to support both short-term and long-term programs that strengthen and expand academic pathways to the professoriate. These efforts contribute to fostering inclusive academic environments for all students and faculty across the UC system. 

The UC San Diego Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Compliance Training on UC Learning is now available. The training was developed through the efforts of the Vice Chancellor Offices for Organizational Transformation and Operations Management and Capital Programs in collaboration with the Human Resources Learning Technologies team.  

The first of its kind in the UC system, the training reflects UC San Diego’s prioritization of compliance with federal and state repatriation laws and UC policy. The content focuses on creating shared understanding of NAGPRA basic requirements for reporting Native American and Native Hawaiian cultural resources. This module is intended to strengthen campus consistency and provide accessible guidance for those within the campus community who may encounter cultural material during their course of work. 

All faculty and staff, particularly those who may have a higher likelihood of encountering cultural items or remains in their work, are strongly encouraged to complete the training.   

UC San Diego encourages all student, scholar and employee travelers to prioritize safety and well-being, make informed decisions about travel, and utilize University of California System Office and UC San Diego travel resources prior to departure. 

At least six months prior to departure, travelers should review the University of California System Travel Risk and Insurance and Global Initiatives International Travel Guidance webpages, which includes information about:   

International scholars on a non-immigrant visa should also consult ISEO’s travel pages for information on traveling internationally. 

If you are concerned that delay or disruption of travel may interrupt a research project, award or grant, please reach out to your department, school leadership or OCGA for consultation or assistance. 

For more information, visit the University of California System Travel Risk and Insurance Webpage and Global Initiatives International Travel Guidance Webpage. 

Following the recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule to eliminate "duration of status (D/S)” on the Form I-94 (entry record), experts in the University of California and UC San Diego communities are currently reviewing the ruling and identifying the various impacts the new requirements will have on stakeholders and campus. When this rule takes effect on September 15, 2026, the Admit Until Date (AUD) on the I-94 will be replaced with a fixed period of stay that admits students and scholars on F-1 and J-1 visas up until an exact date, versus the end of their academic program. 

View the July 20 campus notice for additional information. New information will continue to be updated and posted on the Fixed Period of Stay in the U.S. page.

The UC Dialogue for Peace Staff Professional Development Fellowship is a cohort-based learning experience that takes place over two full consecutive days and one half day, exploring Peacemaking and Restorative Justice as a framework to promote dialogue across differences, listening for understanding, conflict resolution, and consensus/community-building. 

The fellowship will culminate in a final project where staff fellows will receive $250 in project funding to apply their newly gained knowledge and skill set to their own work areas and departments. Full in-person attendance at all sessions and final presentations is required for participation. 

Applications accepted until Monday, Aug. 31, 2026 

Please reach out to Vanessa Haro (vlharo@ucsd.edu) for any questions.