Join us the week of April 18 - 22!

Admitted freshmen and transfer students can look forward to a deep dive into the academic opportunities at UC Santa Cruz! Virtual events will be offered each evening from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time and will feature faculty and students from the Jack Baskin School of Engineering and the Divisions of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Physical and Biological Sciences, discussing their projects, research, and the many exciting programs that we offer.

 

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Jack Baskin School of Engineering

Monday, April 18 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PT

Jack Baskin School of Engineering (JBSOE) faculty and students will discuss various disciplines within the division, including Computer Science, Computational Media, Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics. Learn about unique opportunities undergraduate students have at JBSOE and why our students chose UC Santa Cruz. This program is open to admitted first-year and transfer students. 

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Students at CruzHacks

Faculty Presenters

Dr. David Harrison

Student Panelists

Sabrina Yone

Major: Computer Science

2nd year student

Rishita Wairagade

Major: Computer Science

1st year student

Brian Govers

Major: Electrical Engineering

3rd year student

Ira Shirdhankar

Major: Bioengineering or Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics (not yet decided)

2nd year student

Ricardo Gonzalez

Major: Computer Science

4th year student

 

Social Sciences

Tuesday, April 19 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PT

Social Sciences faculty and students will discuss various disciplines within the division, including Psychology, Agroecology, Latin American and Latino Studies and more. Hear from Social Science students why they chose UC Santa Cruz. This program is open to admitted first year and transfer students.

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Social Justice

Faculty Presenters

Hannah Hausman
Damian Parr

Student Panelists

Huda Ajaz

Double Major: Psychology and Sociology

4th year Transfer student

Aissata Ba

Major: Legal Studies

2nd year student

Anchal Adhikari

Major: Business Management Economics

4th year student

Carlos Lucatero

Double Major: Latin American and Latino Studies & Politics

4th year student

Humanities

Wednesday, April 20 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PT

Humanities faculty and students will discuss various disciplines within the division, including History, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Literature and more. Hear from Humanities students why they chose UC Santa Cruz. This program is open to admitted first year and transfer students.

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Dan Costa and students at Coastal Campus

Presenting Faculty & Staff

Elaine Sullivan
Stephanie Sawyer
Shauntay Larkins
Camilo Gomez-Rivas

Student Panelists

Ronald Gunna

Double Major: Critical Race & Ethnic Studies + Feminist Studies Major

4th year Transfer student

Sage Michaels

Major: History

4th year student

Lila Mandros Bell

Double Major: Literature and Psychology

3rd year student

Arts

Thursday, April 21 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. PT

Arts faculty and students will discuss various disciplines within the division, including Film and Digital Media, Art Studio, Art & Design Games + Playable Media and more. Learn about the unique opportunities undergraduate students have and why our students chose UC Santa Cruz. This program is open to admitted first-year and transfer students.

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Art student painting

Faculty & Staff Presenters

Melissa Fike
Shelley Stamp
Dejon Barber
Cory Graves-Montalbano

Student Panelists

Fion Kwok

Art & Design Games + Playable Media Peer Mentor

4th year student

Ryoma Marta-Sugawara

Art & Design Games + Playable Media Peer Mentor

3rd year student

Anna Reagan

Double Major: Art + Literature

4th year student

Physical & Biological Sciences

Friday, April 22 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Physical and Biological Sciences faculty and students will discuss various disciplines within the division, including Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Chemistry, Physics and more. Learn about getting involved with research as an undergraduate student, other unique opportunities and why our students chose UC Santa Cruz. This program is open to admitted first year and transfer students.

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students in a greenhouse

Faculty Presenters

Roxanne Beltran
Seth Rubin
Grant Hartzog
Bruce Schumm

Student Panelists

Milagros Rivera

Major: Marine Biology  Minor: Bioinformatics

5th-year student

Jimmy Gomez

Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

4th year student

Camila Aristimuno Ots

Physics Peer Mentor

Major: Astrophysics

4th-year studend

Brittany Archie

Major: Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology

4th-year student