WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

Fall Quarter 2023 | Week 0

Week 0: Put a ring on it edition.

Hello, first-time readers and faithful followers!

Welcome (back) to What We’ve Learned, aka your favorite newsletter’s favorite newsletter.

WTH is WWL?
We’re an odd publication, delivered on even weeks throughout the quarter. Each edition aims to deliver important, student-centered updates with (🤞) a refreshing balance of information and fun.

Origin story:
At the onset of the COVID pandemmy three years ago (!), WWL rose from the cloth-masked, stay-at-home-sourdough ashes to provide Tritons with timely updates about ever-changing community health and safety policies.

Our current era:
While we’re focusing much less nowadays on “things that rhyme with vaccine,” our writing style remains pun-heavy and reference-dense, littered with cheeky iconography and try-hard wordplay in equal measure.

WWL newbie?
Check out our historical/hysterical WWL archive.

Been here, done this?
Hello again, oldbie; we’ve missed you. - Ian

Here's What We've Learned since the last time we vowed to have and to hold your inboxes:

Wi-Fi material.

To get the most out of your companionship with Wi-Fi on campus, it’s all about choosing the right network to partner with.

Protect your assets.
Students should connect to the UCSD-PROTECTED network. This is our most secure option, providing elevated access to non-public UC San Diego network resources.

The roaming empire.
EDUROAM allows users from participating institutions to connect to a secure Wi-Fi network using their home institution’s credentials.

Access to grind.
Our Wi-Fi network has thousands of “access points” that your device connects to as you move from location to location. For tips on speeding-up the reconnection process and optimizing your overall Wi-Fi experience on campus, check out ITS’ recent Campus Notice.

Fallen for you.

Do Ho Suh’s “Fallen Star” – our favorite Stuart Collection piece (and preferred foreground in quite a lot of lunar photography on campus) – recently reopened for public tours after a COVID-induced closure.

That Do Ho over there.
Perched askew atop a seven-story Jacobs Hall, the fully furnished home sits next to a lush rooftop garden and was constructed with vertigo-inducing interior angles. Book an individual or group tour and prepare to be dazzled / dizzy.

U-Pass, go!

It’s sorta like collecting money: UC San Diego students ride fare-free on local trolley and bus lines via Transportation Services’ Triton U-Pass.

Bussin’.
Use your U-Pass (but don’t move the hyphen) to traverse San Diego at no cost after registering with your @ucsd.edu email address. Learn more via this video from MTS.

Slow your roll.

After a quiet summer – aside from the construction hammering, that is – our campus’ shared paths are alive with activity once again.

Bustlin’.
Because more folks + more spokes = more accidents, here’s a reminder from Transportation on how wheeled and unwheeled Tritons alike can safely navigate shared paths.

Use it, don’t bruise it.
Keep your brain in tip-top shape by wearing a helmet while cruising campus on bikes, scooters, and skateboards (heck, even unicycles if you’re about that mono-wheel life).

Safety, at any cost.
Lucky for you, that cost is nearly 80% off when you grab a Giro MIPS helmet for $10, courtesy of the Triton Commuter Club.

Speak now.

If you have a question that needs answering – or a suggestion that craves an audience – Student Affairs wants to hear from you. Email us at VCSA@ucsd.edu with anything on your mind about improving the student experience.

And forever share your p’s.
If you have a pun that you’d like to see incorporated in the next edition of What We’ve Learned (try to do better than ‘Vinyasa, please’), connect with us via DM on @WWL.ucsd or by sending an email – we love a good collab.

QUICK: Hits and Bits

Vinyasa, please.

Because you deserve a breather: join the Library and Recreation for outdoor Vinyasa Flow yoga every Tuesday from 3-4 p.m. during Fall Quarter, starting Oct. 3 on Geisel’s Forum Level patio. All levels are welcome, and registration (free for students with a RAP pass!) is required.

Resource waterfall.

Go chasin' the Teaching + Learning Commons (T+LC), which offers programs and services which create a contiguous, multi-layered network of support that jointly enhance learning and increase academic success.

Todos somos, somos uno.

Through October, UC San Diego continues to commemorate Latinx Heritage Month with an exciting lineup of student-centered film screenings, a t-shirt design contest, live performances and more.

Elite alerts.

Be sure to add your phone number to the Triton Alert emergency notification system, which uses SMS and email to keep the campus community updated in emergency situations.