The editors regret the erroneous reporting in Primer that stated the UCSC Student Health Center provides after-hours emergency services. The Student Health Center sees students Monday through Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM. Students with urgent medical needs after hours should seek assistance at local urgent care centers. Fliers with the hours, location and phone numbers are located at the Health Center entrance as well as on the SHC web site: healthcenter.ucsc.edu.
Are you a new student looking for some help on campus? Many people can get frazzled and overwhelmed by their new surroundings and may be looking for advice but don’t know where to go or how to ask for help. If this sounds familiar to you, have no fear, young Banana Slug. Whether you need help with that Introduction to Chemistry class, want to find out more about studying abroad, or just need someone to talk to, we have you covered.
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Cantú Resource Center
The Cantú Resource Center is a safe space for queer students and their allies. It offers academic, social and psychological advice. The center’s library features over 2,500 LGBTI-related books, as well as an art gallery for local and student artists to exhibit their work. The center has frequent lectures and workshops, and it sponsors several campus events throughout the year.
Next to the KZSC building, between Merrill “A” Dorm and Crown College.
Open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(831) 459-2468
Visit queer.ucsc.edu or e-mail queer@ucsc.edu.
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Career Center
The Career Center is staffed with people who can advise you on everything from choosing a major to crafting a résumé to applying to graduate school. The center hosts job fairs and workshops throughout the year. Its website lists on-campus and work-study jobs and internships and offers access to the Banana Slug alumni network to see what careers UCSC graduates have embarked on with their degrees.
Bay Tree Building third floor, Room 305
(831) 459-4420
Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/careers or e-mail career-center@ucsc.edu.
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Counseling and Psychological Services
Facing an obstacle in your personal or academic life that you can’t get past? CPS counselors can help you find ways to break down that barrier. They provide crisis counseling and appointment scheduling for UCSC students on an individual or group basis for a variety of issues students may be facing, including depression, substance abuse, body image concerns and family or academic problems. Staff members have individual offices available for counseling sessions located throughout campus, with the central office based in the Student Health Center. Counseling services are confidential and free of charge.
Student Health Center, East Wing, 2nd Floor
Open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
(831) 459-2628
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/counsel.
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Cultural Arts and Diversity Center
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Center is where creativity meets diversity. It hosts a number of organizations and events, such as the Rainbow Theater and African American Theater Arts Troupe. CAD’s mission is to promote diversity through lectures, conferences and performances.
Stevenson College Office 199
Don G. Williams, CAD director
(831) 459-1861
Visit cadrc.ucsc.edu or e-mail dwilliam@ucsc.edu.
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Disability Resource Center
Have a condition that makes studying for or attending classes difficult? Visit the accommodating staff of the Disability Resource Center (DRC). Located inside the Hahn Student Services building, the DRC caters exclusively to an estimated 500 students a year who have a range of physical, mental and psychological handicaps, everything from learning disabilities to impairments in hearing, vision and mobility. They also assist students with temporary medical conditions, such as broken bones. The DRC will help work with you and your professors to provide the best academic environment possible for you to succeed in your classes and everyday life on campus.
146 Hahn Student Services
(831) 459-2089
Visit drc.ucsc.edu or e-mail drc@ucsc.edu.
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Engaging Education
The acronym E² looks like part of a math equation, but it actually stands for Engaging Education, a student-initiated resource center that promotes student dialogue about college- and campus-specific issues such as low rates of recruitment and graduation in underprivileged communities. The center provides a safe space for people of all backgrounds to discuss social justice issues and come up with positive solutions. E2 also frequently hosts conferences and cultural events on campus and uploads information about upcoming affairs onto the events calendar on its website.
Quarry Plaza
(831) 459-1743 for main office
Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Visit engagingeducation.org or e-mail ucsc_e2@yahoo.com.
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Health Center
For the resources of your hometown’s doctor’s office with on-campus comfort and convenience, head to the newly-renovated health center, which provides a range of health services for all registered UCSC students. The Student Health Center provides full patient care including scheduled medical appointments and urgent care services, as well as immunizations, lab work, psychological and psychiatric aid and pharmaceutical necessities.
Main phone number: (831) 459-2211
To schedule an appointment, call (831) 459-2500.
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/healthcenter for office hours and information about after-hours service.
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Learning Support Services
Learning Support Services (LSS) is your go-to resource on campus for specialized tutoring. It provides student tutors for an array of subjects, as well as for specific lower- and upper-division courses through modified supplemental instruction (MSI). Every student is allotted one hour of one-on-one tutoring per week per class, paid for by student fees. To sign up for a tutor or get more information, visit the LSS website.
221 Academic Resource Center (ARCenter)
(831) 459-4333
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/lss.
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McHenry Library Media Center
Besides being home to books about nearly every subject imaginable, as well as the upcoming Grateful Dead archive, the McHenry Library also houses a vast collection of DVDs, CDs and other forms of media for your viewing pleasure. Located in the basement of the main library on campus, the David Kirk Media Center provides work stations for individuals and small groups who want to take advantage of the audio, video and CD/DVD collection. While undergraduate students cannot take items out of the media center, they can reserve and borrow items to watch in viewing rooms and individual stations within the center.
Room 350, ground floor of McHenry Library
Visit library.ucsc.edu/hours for fall 2010 hours and library.ucsc.edu/media-center for more information.
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Office of International Education
Do you have aspirations of studying abroad but have no idea where to begin with the application process, let alone where you want to go? The Office of International Education is the place to visit if you’re interested in studying abroad. OIE offers workshops and drop-in hours to speak one-on-one with advisors to answer any questions about studying abroad. The OIE website is also an excellent resource for information about the available programs, listed by major and by country.
Classroom Unit Building, Room 107
(831) 459-2858
Open Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Visit oie.ucsc.edu/contactus.html or e-mail oie@ucsc.edu.
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SHOP
The Student Health Outreach and Promotion (SHOP) program is the go-to destination on campus to inquire about health-related topics. It provides information on everything from drugs and alcohol use and abuse to sexual health, through by-appointment advising and quarterly events. SHOP offers free and anonymous HIV testing for undergraduate students, and it can refer people to outreach meetings for help with alcohol or drug abuse if necessary.
Building 157 at the Kresge College Piazetta
(831) 459-3772
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/healthcenter/shop or e-mail shop@ucsc.edu.
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Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS)
The STARS program provides personal and academic assistance for students transferring from another school, as well as students who have had a break from formal education. It also offers the VETS program, to help military veterans readjust to civilian life.
Academic Resource Center
(831) 459-2552
Visit stars.ucsc.edu or e-mail sal@ucsc.edu.
STARS at Kresge College Piazzetta
(831) 459-5886
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/kresge/academics/stars.shtml or e-mail cparrish@ucsc.edu.
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Women’s Center
The UCSC Women’s Center is true to its name, as a designated spot on campus for women to study and talk with one another. The center’s staff provides support and advising services and acts as a community space for women students. The center is equipped with an art gallery, library, a conference room and computer equipment. It also hosts workshops, speakers and various activities throughout the year.
Cardiff House at the base of campus
(831) 459-2072
Open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Visit www2.ucsc.edu/wmcenter or e-mail women@ucsc.edu.
