UC Santa Cruz is committed to offering a safe and supportive collegiate environment and dedicated to helping students achieve academic and personal success.

The following links to student support offices and organizations provide a snap shot of the resources available to our students. We also want to make sure you know about the UC Santa Cruz "See Something, Say Something, Do Something" program, as well as our participation in the national "Enough Is Enough" program. The campus is taking proactive steps to promote a safe and secure learning environment for all.

Academic Support Services

• Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP)
  Advising and Counseling, tutorial assistance, and community building for EOP-eligible students.
• Academic Excellence Program
  Workshops and advising, drop-in homework centers, and study groups for underrepresented minority students in math, science, and engineering.
• Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP)
  An innovative academic learning community that promotes academic progress and success for a diverse population of students by leveraging a strong support system and engaging students' full participation in a variety of skills activities.
• The Minority Biomedical Research Support Program (MBRS)
  Paid summer laboratory-training program and other research projects.
• The California Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (CAMP)
  Research conferences and symposia, GRE workshops, field trips, and a paid summer research internship.

Administrative Support Services

• Registrar
  Enrollment, registration, grading policy, transcripts and other records.
• Colleges/Housing/Dining
  On-campus and off-campus housing, UC Santa Cruz's ten residential colleges.
• ID Card Services
  Bus pass, library card, gym access.

Financial Support Services

• Career Center
  Student jobs, internships, careers and employment.
• Financial Aid
  Scholarships, loans, work-study.

Health and Safety Services

• Counseling and Psychological Services
  Consultations and workshops.
• Student Health Center
  Health insurance, student health care.
• UCSC Fire Department
• UCSC Police Department

Student Development Services

• African American Resource and Cultural Center
  Orientation, workshops, educational and cultural programming, achievement and recognition program, internship and mentorship programs.
• American Indian Resource Center
  Addresses key issues of Native American peoples and tribal communities.
• Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center
  Courses, student organizations, scholarships and internships.
• Chicano/Latino Resource Center
  Cultural events, mentorship.
• Disability Resource Center
  Advising; registration assistance; testing accommodations; equipment loans; reader, note-taker, and interpreter services, referrals.
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center
  Student organizations; libraries of books, films/videos, and periodicals; events; education; information and referrals.
• Office of International Education
  International scholar and student services, Education Abroad Program, Fulbright information.
• Women's Center
  Workshops, cultural events, exhibits, meetings, study space.

Transfer Student Services

• Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS)
  Events, workshops, learning and tutorial services, advocacy.
• Transfer Preparation Program
  Admissions-related services for community college transfer students.
• Smith Renaissance Society
  Serves the college dreams of independent students who are current or former foster youth, runaways, juvenile offenders, orphans, or homeless youths.

Veteran Services

• Veteran Services Offered by STARS
  Advising, peer mentoring, resource referrals.
• Veteran Services Offered by the Registrar
  Liaison between Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans, veterans' dependents, and reservists.