Free Student Programs
Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS): This program provides course-specific tutoring as well as academic skills development. Over 7,000 students use these free services each year, proving it to be an essential component to academic success at UCSB.
Education Abroad Program (EAP) Though all Universities of California share this study abroad program, each one must individually seek out funds in order to ensure longevity. The main goal is to "equip UC students with the knowledge, understanding, and skills for work and life in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world." Students can choose from over 250 programs within 36 countries around the world.
Education Opportunity Program (EOP): This program helps provide support and information base aiming to keep students actively participating in the campus academic community. A main goal is to keep student encouraged by giving a sense of belonging. "EOP helps motivate and inform students to utilize services to enhance their preparation for the job market and/or graduate/professional school admission," among other things. Although any student can take advantage of what EOP offers, serving low-income and first-generation undergraduates is the main focus.
MultiCultural Center (MCC): The mission of the MCC is to represent students of color, and provide awareness and education to the student body as a whole about cultural diversity. "In addition to continuing to provide a safe space for students of color, international students, and gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, the MCC serves as a bridge to the entire campus community. To that end, the MCC offers a broad spectrum of events including lectures, panel discussions, films and videos, musical, dance, and dramatic performances, and poetry readings, which are all open to the general public." The MCC has many facilities, including a lounge/gallery, theater, meeting room, and kitchen.
Career and Counseling Services: UCSB students as well as graduates are linked to the outside job market through this on-campus facility. Doors are open on weekdays allowing for students to drop in for advice, however appointments are recommended. While the online service Gaucholink is always available, the career fairs held are the primary way students successfully seek out a job or internship.
Campus Security Organization (CSO): This organization was created over 30 years ago acting as a liaison or mediator between students and residents of neighboring Isla Vista to the local police department. A few of the CSO goals are to provide a safe and aware environment for students, to establish an open line of communication on a peer group level, and to maintain a positive relationship between the students and police.
Senior Class Gift: Each year, the graduating class chooses a program of students’ choice to support as they leave UCSB. It is meant to act as a long-lasting legacy that students leave. Some notable gifts in the past went towards the Recreational Sports Legacy Fund and the Associated Students Food Bank. Many classes also decide to support the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund in addition.
Black Student Union (BSU): In 1968 students from the Black Student Union felt that Black Students on the campus were being treated unfairly, and decided to take action. 12 BSU Students locked themselves in North Hall(campus facility) and renamed it Malcolm X Hall. On this day these students presented a list of demands to the chancellor and did not leave the hall until they received word that their demands would be met. Among other things, the Black Studies Research was established. Created in the 1960s during a time of social change, the Black Student Union exits as support system, for students who identify with African Diaspora as well as allies. Still active today, the organization through events such as Outreaches, study jams, and Black Cultural and educational events.
Read more about this topic: University Of California, Santa Barbara
Famous quotes containing the words free, student and/or programs:
“A gentleman doesn’t pounce ... he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is a delicate balance of putting yourself last and not being a doormat and thinking of yourself first and not coming off as selfish, arrogant, or bossy. We spend the majority of our lives attempting to perfect this balance. When we are successful, we have many close, healthy relationships. When we are unsuccessful, we suffer the natural consequences of damaged and sometimes broken relationships. Children are just beginning their journey on this important life lesson.”
—Cindy L. Teachey. “Building Lifelong Relationships—School Age Programs at Work,” Child Care Exchange (January 1994)