This year’s winners will be announced at the Student Affairs Fall All-Staff Celebration on October 31, 2023.
Summer Bridge Kicks Off Tomorrow
Summer Bridge is excited to welcome more than 700 new Tritons as part of their 2023 opening weekend, which gets underway tomorrow.
On Saturday, August 5, in-person “Bridgers” will be greeted on campus with a Summer Bridge Move-in Welcome Fair – including a live DJ, ice cream, and a resource fair with tabling by campus partners, including: Triton Firsts, Teaching + Learning Commons, Student Affairs Case Management, Student Health and Well-being, UC San Diego Library, Triton Transit, Changemaker Institute, and Recreation.
Summer Bridge also invites any leadership, staff, or faculty who would like to attend to informally greet students and their families during this momentous day.
- Date: Saturday, August 5, 2023
- Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Location: Thurgood Marshall College Residence Halls - Voice Courtyard
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Contact: Dr. Christina Medina-Ramirez (OASIS Director); cmedinaramirez@ucsd.edu
Wow! Triton Weeks of Welcome on Horizon
Triton Weeks of Welcome (TWOW) is our campus-wide series of introductory activities, special programs, and signature events at the start of UC San Diego’s academic year – designed to engage, inform, and welcome all students to the Triton community.
The first event takes place on September 7, followed by multiple weeks of collaborative, community building activities. Visit TWOW.ucsd.edu for more information and a current listing of confirmed dates and times.
Amphitheater to Close out Inaugural Season
As summer winds down, I encourage you to check out the Epstein Family Amphitheater’s schedule of remaining August and September events.
While it will be hard to top the past year’s impressive slate of artists and performers, word has it that the new season’s programming – details to be released on August 20 – is going to be equally amazing.
Online Student Support Resource: Togetherall
Offered in partnership between Student Affairs Case Management and the Student Health and Well-being cluster, Togetherall is a safe, online mental health community where UC San Diego students can anonymously connect with peers for support, 24/7.
In addition, students who use Togetherall will have access to a wealth of useful resources, and can work through tailored self-help courses covering topics such as anxiety, sleep, depression and many more.
Expanded Triton CORE Services
Triton CORE – UC San Diego’s team of mental health professionals that provides compassionate mobile crisis response, mental health wellness checks, and tele-health assessment for students facing mental health challenges, substance use-related crises, and other forms of distress – has recently expanded its operation to three days per week this summer, and will increase to five days per week at the start of Fall Quarter 2023.
Please visit the website linked above for more information about this invaluable student resource.
College Corps Continues to Positively Impact Community
Kudos to the UC San Diego CollegeCorps program, which has had an impressive inaugural year!
Thus far, the cohort of 2022-23 fellows has completed more than 36,000 hours of service to date, creating impact in the following three areas:
K–12 Education
College Corps fellows have tutored or mentored more than 6,700 local students.
Climate Action
More than 2,200 unique individuals received education or training in environmental stewardship and/or environmentally conscious practices.
Food Insecurity
Fellows have served more than 750 individuals (including more than 500 families) and distributed more than 155,000 pounds of food.
Big ‘W’ in Big West for Triton Scholar Athletes
UC San Diego Athletics closed out its year with another massive win, as the Big West announced its annual list of spring All-Academic Team performers – recognizing a league-best 105 out of 752 scholar-athletes from UC San Diego. Go Tritons!
Upcoming Fulbright Grant Deadlines for Professionals
The Fulbright International Education Administrators grant is a competitive grant opportunity for higher education professionals that positions recipients to represent UC San Diego and U.S. higher education in one of six counties around the world for two-week seminars.
Grantees join the prestigious and globally recognized “Fulbrighter network,” and enjoy the status of Fulbright Scholar for life. Deadlines for India and Taiwan are September 15, 2023, while Japan and Korea are November 1, 2023.
Updates on SPUR: Scaling Paid Undergraduate Research
Please share the following paid summer opportunity with students as appropriate:
The Design Lab is now accepting applications for undergraduate students from all majors to support the next phase of SPUR (Scaling Paid Undergraduate Research) @ UC San Diego. Students selected to support SPUR teams will be paid $20 per hour, and be assigned to support staff, faculty, and administrators on teams based on their roles and interests.
Students who wish to learn more and apply should complete this SPUR application by August 10, for paid positions that will begin by August 21.
For any questions, please contact Kevin Popovic, Education Manager for The Design Lab, via email at kpopovic@ucsd.edu.
