Alangizi Anu a TPP

Kumanani ndi Wolemba: 
Moni, nonse! Ndine Lizette ndipo ndine wamkulu ndikulandira BA mu Economics. Monga 2021 Admissions Umoja Ambassador Intern, ndimapanga ndikuyendetsa mapulogalamu a Umoja m'makoleji ammudzi kuzungulira boma. Gawo la maphunziro anga ndikupanga blog iyi kuti ithandizire ophunzira kusamutsa a Black. 

Ndondomeko yanga yolandirira: 

Nditafunsira ku UC Santa Cruz sindimaganiza kuti ndipitako. Sindikukumbukira chifukwa chomwe ndidasankha kulembetsa ku UCSC. Ine kwenikweni TAG ndi kupita ku UC Santa Barbara chifukwa amapatsa ophunzira nyumba zawo. Kwa ine zimenezo zinali zabwino koposa zomwe akanatha kuzipeza. Komabe ndinalephera kuyang'ana ku Dipatimenti ya Economics ku UCSB. Sindinazindikire kuti dipatimenti ya Economics ku UCSB imayang'ana kwambiri zandalama - chinthu chomwe ndidali nacho choyipa. Monga momwe, ndidadana nazo. Ndinakakamizika kuyang'ana sukulu ina yokha yomwe idandivomereza - UCSC. 

Chinthu choyamba chimene ndinachita chinali kufufuza awo Dipatimenti Yachuma ndipo ndinagwa m’chikondi. Panali chuma chanthawi zonse komanso china chachikulu chotchedwa "Global Economics." Ndinkadziwa kuti Global Economics inali yanga chifukwa imaphatikizapo makalasi okhudza mfundo, zachuma, thanzi, ndi chilengedwe. Zinali zonse zomwe ndimakondwera nazo. Ndinayang'ana zinthu zawo kwa ophunzira a Transfer. Ndaphunzira zopereka za UCSC STARS, ndi Summer Academy, ndi nyumba zotsimikizika kwa zaka ziwiri zomwe zinali zothandiza kwambiri chifukwa ndimakonzekera kumaliza zaka ziwiri [chonde dziwani kuti malonjezo a nyumba akukonzedwanso chifukwa cha COVID]. Chinthu chokha chimene chinatsala kuti ndichite chinali kuyang'ana kampasi. 

Mwamwayi kwa ine, mnzanga wabwino adapita ku UCSC. Ndinamuyimbira foni kuti ndimufunse ngati ndingathe kupita kukawona sukulu. Kungopita ku Santa Cruz kunandipangitsa kuti ndipiteko. Ndimachokera ku Los Angeles ndipo m'moyo wanga sindinawonepo zobiriwira zambiri komanso nkhalango.

Kampasiyo inali yodabwitsa komanso yokongola! Ndinkakonda chilichonse chokhudza izi. Mu ola langa loyamba pasukulupo ndinawona maluwa akuthengo akuphuka, akalulu, ndi agwape. LA sakanakhoza konse. Tsiku langa lachiwiri pasukulupo ndidaganiza zongopereka Mbuye wanga, chikalata changa chofuna kulembetsa. Ndinafunsira ku Summer Academy kuti ndisamutsidwe [tsopano Transfer Edge] mu Seputembala ndipo adalandiridwa. Chakumapeto kwa Seputembala pa Sukulu ya Chilimwe, ndinalandira phukusi langa lazandalama la chaka chasukulu ndikulembetsa m'makalasi anga omaliza. Alangizi a anzawo ku Summer Academy adachita zokambirana kuti athandize kumvetsetsa njira zonse ziwiri komanso yankhani mafunso aliwonse. Sindikuganiza kuti ndikanasintha bwino pasukulupo popanda Summer Academy chifukwa ndidatha kufufuza sukulu ndi mzinda wozungulira popanda ophunzira wamba. Pamene kotala ikuyamba, ndinadziwa njira yanga yozungulira, mabasi oti ndikwere, ndi njira zonse zozungulira sukulu.

Wopanga mafilimu komanso wolemba, Greg Neri adamaliza maphunziro awo ku UC Santa Cruz ku 1987. Mu zake kuyankhulana ndi Dipatimenti ya Theatre Arts ku UCSC, adawonetsa chikondi chake kwa UCSC kudera lake. Monga wamkulu wa filimu ndi zisudzo adatengerapo mwayi m'malo obiriwira komanso nkhalango osatha. Anathera nthawi yambiri yopuma popenta madambo pafupi ndi khola la campus. Komanso, Greg amakumbukira kuti aphunzitsi ake ku UCSC adapeza mwayi pa iye zomwe zidamupatsa kulimba mtima kuti aike moyo wake pachiswe. 

Komabe, Greg sanakhale wopanga mafilimu mpaka kalekale, adayamba kulemba atakakamira pa filimuyo Yummy. Pamene ankagwira ntchito ndi ana ku South Central, Los Angeles, anazindikira kuti zinali zosavuta kulankhula ndi kugwirizana ndi ana aang’ono. Anayamikira kulemba chifukwa cha ndalama zake zotsika mtengo komanso kulamulira kwakukulu pa ntchito zake. Potsirizira pake ntchito ya filimuyo inakhala graphic novel kuti lero. 

Kusiyanasiyana pakulemba ndikofunikira kwa Greg Neri. Mu zake kuyankhulana ndi ConnectingYA, Greg Neri adalongosola kuti payenera kukhala zolemba zomwe zimalola zikhalidwe zina kuyenda m'mapazi omwewo a munthu wamkulu popanda kudumpha. Iyenera kulembedwa m’njira yoti woŵerengayo amvetsetse zochita za mwiniwakeyo, ndipo ngati zili m’mikhalidwe yofananayo, angapangenso zisankho zomwezo. Akuti Yummy 'si nkhani ya ghetto, koma yamunthu. Akufotokoza kuti palibe zolembera za ana omwe ali pachiwopsezo chokhala zigawenga komanso kuti ndi ana omwe amafunikira nkhani kwambiri. Pomalizira pake akufotokoza kuti, “chisinthiko cha mabuku anga sichinakonzedwe koma chinangobwera, mosonkhezeredwa ndi malo enieni ndi anthu amene ndinakumana nawo m’moyo, sindinayang’ane m’mbuyo.” Ngati mukuyesera kusankha zochita pa moyo wanu, Greg akulangizani kuti “musamalire mawu anu ndi kuwagwiritsa ntchito. Ndi inu nokha amene mungaone dziko mmene mumalionera.”

 Jones, P. (2015, June 15). RAWing ndi Greg Neri. Idabwezedwa pa Epulo 04, 2021, kuchokera http://www.connectingya.com/2015/06/15/rawing-with-greg-neri/

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makoleji ku UC Santa Cruz ndiwothandiza popanga madera ophunzirira komanso malo othandizira omwe amadziwika ndi UC Santa Cruz.

Ophunzira onse omwe ali ndi maphunziro apamwamba, kaya akukhala m'nyumba za yunivesite kapena ayi, ali ogwirizana ndi imodzi mwa makoleji 10. Kuphatikiza pa ophunzira okhala m'madera ang'onoang'ono okhalamo, koleji iliyonse imapereka chithandizo chamaphunziro, imakonza zochitika za ophunzira, ndikuthandizira zochitika zomwe zimapititsa patsogolo moyo waluntha ndi chikhalidwe cha sukulu.

Gulu lililonse la koleji limaphatikizapo ophunzira omwe ali ndi zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana komanso zolinga zamaphunziro. Kugwirizana kwanu ku koleji sikudalira kusankha kwanu kwakukulu, ndipo ophunzira amasankha zomwe amakonda ku koleji akavomera kuvomerezedwa ku UCSC kudzera mu Ndondomeko ya Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).. 

Tidafunsa ophunzira apano a UCSC kuti afotokoze chifukwa chomwe amasankhira koleji yawo ndi malangizo, upangiri, kapena zokumana nazo zomwe angafune kugawana nazo zokhudzana ndi koleji yawo. Werengani zambiri pansipa:

"Sindinadziwe kalikonse za dongosolo la koleji ku UCSC nditalandira chivomerezo changa ndipo ndinasokonezeka kuti ndichifukwa chiyani ndikufunsidwa kuti ndisankhe maphunziro a koleji ngati ndalandira kale kuvomerezedwa kwanga. Njira yosavuta yofotokozera ndondomeko yogwirizana ndi koleji ndi kuti makoleji aliwonse ali ndi mitu yapaderadera yomwe mumasankha potengera mutu wa koleji womwe mumakonda kwambiri. Oakes. Mutu wa Oakes ndi wakuti 'Kulankhulana Zosiyanasiyana kwa Gulu Lolungama.' Izi zinali zofunika kwa ine chifukwa ndine woimira makoleji osiyanasiyana ndi STEM. Chimodzi mwazinthu zapadera zomwe Oakes amapereka ndi Scientist In Residence Program. Adriana Lopez ndiye mlangizi wapano ndipo amakhala ndi zochitika zambiri zokhudzana ndi kusiyanasiyana kwa STEM, mwayi wofufuza, komanso kulangiza kukhala katswiri wasayansi kapena kugwira ntchito yazaumoyo. Posankha koleji, ophunzira ayenera kukhala ndi nthawi yoyang'ana mutu wa koleji iliyonse. Malo ayeneranso kuganiziridwa poyang'ana makoleji. Mwachitsanzo, ngati mumakonda kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi mungafune kusankha Cowell College or Stevenson College popeza iwo ali pafupi kwambiri ndi Kolimbitsira Thupi. Ndikofunikiranso kuti musadandaule posankha koleji. Koleji iliyonse ndi yodabwitsa komanso yapadera mwanjira yake. Aliyense amatha kukonda kuyanjana kwawo ku koleji ndipo zimapangitsa kuti munthu akhale ndi luso lapamwamba la koleji. "

      -Damiana Young, TPP Peer Mentor

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"Nditayamba kufunsira ku UCSC, sindimadziwa chilichonse chokhudza maphunziro a koleji, kotero sindimadziwa zomwe ndingayembekezere. Nditavomerezedwa, ndidatha kuyang'ana makoleji onse ... ndi ogwirizana nawo. zikhulupiriro zazikulu zomwe ndinasankha Rachel Carson College chifukwa mutu wawo ukukhudzana ndi zochitika zachilengedwe ndi kasungidwe. Ngakhale sindine Sayansi ya zachilengedwe chachikulu, ndikukhulupirira kuti zikhulupiriro zazikuluzikuluzi ndizofunikira padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zimakhudza aliyense wa ife ndipo tidzayesetsa kuthana nazo. Ndikupangira ophunzira kuti asankhe koleji yomwe imawayimira bwino kwambiri, zikhulupiliro zawo, ndi zokhumba zawo. Kugwirizana ndi koleji ndi njira yabwino yosinthira mawonekedwe anu kuti mukhale ndi malingaliro osiyanasiyana omwe mwina amatsutsa malingaliro anu omwe munali kale. "

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"Mnzanga atanditenga kupita nane kusukulu yonse, chomwe chidandisangalatsa kwambiri chinali Stevenson College, Koleji 9ndipo Koleji 10. Nditavomera, ndinagwirizana ndi College 9. Ndinkakonda kukhala kumeneko. Ili kumtunda kwa campus, pafupi ndi Baskin School of Engineering. Chifukwa cha malo, sindinkafunika kukwera phiri kuti ndikafike m’kalasi. Ilinso pafupi kwambiri ndi malo ogulitsira khofi, malo odyera omwe ali pamwamba pa holo yodyera, komanso cafe yokhala ndi matebulo osambira komanso zokhwasula-khwasula za $0.25. Langizo langa kwa ophunzira kuti asankhe koleji yomwe angasankhe ndikuganizira komwe angamve bwino kwambiri potengera malo. Koleji iliyonse ili ndi mphamvu zake, kotero zimangotengera zomwe munthu amakonda. Mwachitsanzo, ngati mumakonda kumizidwa m'nkhalango, Porter College or Kresge College zingakhale zokwanira kwambiri. Ngati mukufuna kukhala pafupi ndi malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, Cowell College or Stevenson College zingakhale zabwino kwambiri. Maphunziro a STEM nthawi zambiri amakhala mu Classroom Unit 2, ndiye ngati ndinu katswiri wa Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, kapena Computer Science ndingaganizire kwambiri za makoleji 9 kapena 10. Mukayang'ana masanjidwe a sukuluyi ndi zomwe mumakonda zokongola, ndikukutsimikizirani kuti mupeza koleji yomwe mungakonde kukhala nayo!"

"Kusankha kukhala nawo ku koleji kunali kosangalatsa. Ndisanalembetse maphunzirowo ndinkadziwa kuti koleji iliyonse imayang'ana kwambiri makhalidwe ndi makhalidwe ake. Cowell College chifukwa ili pafupi ndi phazi la sukuluyi, kutanthauza kuti imathamanga kupita ndi kuchokera kumzinda wa Santa Cruz. Ilinso pafupi ndi bwalo lalikulu, malo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi, ndi dziwe losambira. Mutu wa Cowell ndi wakuti 'Kufunafuna Choonadi M'gulu la Mabwenzi.' Izi zimandisangalatsa chifukwa kulumikizana ndi ma network ndikutuluka mu chipolopolo changa kwakhala kofunikira kuti ndichite bwino ku koleji. Kuphunzira zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ndikofunikira kwambiri pakukulitsa. Cowell College imakhala ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana za ophunzira zomwe zimaphatikizapo kulumikizana ndi kukulitsa bwalo lanu. Imakhala ndi misonkhano ya Zoom yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri za kufunikira kwaumoyo wamaganizidwe zomwe ndapeza zothandiza. "   

      -Louis Beltran, TPP Peer Mentor

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"Kwa abwenzi anga, ndikufotokozera dongosolo la koleji la UCSC monga mndandanda wamagulu ang'onoang'ono a ophunzira omwe amafalikira ku sukulu yonse. Izi zimapangitsa kuti ophunzira azitha kupeza mabwenzi ndikumanga midzi - zinthu ziwiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti koleji ikhale yosangalatsa. anasankha kukhala ogwirizana nawo Oakes College pazifukwa ziwiri. Choyamba, amalume anga adagwirizana nawo pamene anali wophunzira kalekale ndipo ankakonda kwambiri. Iye ananena kuti inali yosangalatsa, yosangalatsa komanso yotsegula maso. Chachiwiri, ndinakopeka ndi mawu a mission a Oakes omwe ali: 'Kulankhulana Zosiyanasiyana kwa Gulu Lolungama.' Ndinkaona kuti ndili panyumba podziwa kuti ndine woimira anthu. Chofunika kwambiri, Oakes amaperekanso zothandizira zambiri kwa anthu ammudzi wawo. Kuphatikiza pa nyumba, imapereka ntchito zodyeramo holo, mwayi wodzipereka komanso wolipira, boma la ophunzira, ndi zina zambiri! Posankha mgwirizano wa koleji, ndimalimbikitsa kuti ophunzira asankhe koleji yomwe ili ndi mawu a mishoni omwe amagwirizana ndi zomwe amakonda komanso / kapena makhalidwe awo. Izi zipangitsa kuti nthawi yanu ku koleji ikhale yosangalatsa komanso yosangalatsa. "

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"Ndisanalembetse ku UCSC, sindimadziwa kuti pali ma koleji. Nditapereka SIR yanga, adandifunsa kuti ndisankhe koleji yanga yomwe ndidasankha. Ndinadabwa kuti UCSC inali ndi makoleji 10, onse okhala ndi mitu yosiyanasiyana komanso mitu yosiyana. mawu a mission ndinaganiza Kresge College chifukwa inali koleji yoyamba yomwe ndinapitako nditabwera paulendo wapasukulu ndikungokonda vibe. Kresge anandikumbutsa za kagulu kakang’ono ka m’nkhalango. Kresge komanso nyumba Ntchito Zosamutsa ndi Kulowanso Ophunzira (STARS Program). Ndinkaona ngati ndapeza nyumba kutali ndi kwathu. Ndakumana ndi gulu la Kresge Advising ndipo adandithandiza kwambiri kuyankha mafunso / nkhawa zanga za kupita kwanga komaliza maphunziro. Ndikufuna kulimbikitsa ophunzira kutenga a ulendo weniweni wamakoleji onse 10 ndi kudziwa tanthauzo la mishoni/mitu ya aliyense. Maphunziro ena amapita ku makoleji ena. Mwachitsanzo, Rachel Carson CollegeMutu wake ndi 'Environment and Society,' kotero ophunzira ambiri a Environmental Studies ndi Environmental Science amakopeka ndi koleji imeneyo. Chifukwa cha Transfer Community, Porter College ndi nyumba zambiri za ophunzira osamutsa."

Ophunzira omwe amatumiza awo Kugwiritsa Ntchito kwaulere kwa Ophunzira a Federal Federal (FAFSA) pofika nthawi yomaliza amaganiziridwa ndikukhala ndi mwayi wabwino wolandila thandizo lazachuma. Tidapempha ophunzira apano a UCSC kuti afotokoze zomwe akumana nazo ndikupereka upangiri panjira ya FAFSA, thandizo lazachuma, komanso kulipira koleji. Werengani malingaliro awo pansipa:

"Thandizo langa loyamba lazachuma silinali lokwanira kundilipirira ndalama zonse zakusukulu, popeza momwe chuma changa chinali chitasintha kuyambira pomwe ndidafunsira ku UCSC, pafupifupi chaka chapitacho. Tsoka ilo, mliri wa COVID utangoyamba, ine ndi banja langa tinapezeka kuti tilibe ntchito. Sitinathe kulipira ndalama zoyamba zomwe banja langa limayenera kulipira, malinga ndi FAFSA Chopereka Chopangira Banja (EFC). Ndidapeza kuti UCSC inali ndi machitidwe othandizira anthu ngati ine, omwe adakhudzidwa ndizachuma kuyambira pomwe adadzaza FAFSA. Popereka UCSC's Apilo Yopereka Ndalama aka a Family Contribution Apilo, ndinatha kuti ndalama yanga yoyamba ya EFC itsitsidwe mpaka ziro. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndiyenera kulandira chithandizo chochulukirapo, komanso kuti ndikadathabe kupita ku yunivesite, ngakhale kuti mliriwo unayambitsa zovuta zina. Palibe chifukwa choopa kupempha thandizo pamene mukulifuna, chifukwa mapulogalamuwa apangidwa kuti akuthandizeni kuchita bwino pamaphunziro anu, ndipo alibe maganizo alionse.”

-Tony Estrella, TPP Peer Mentor

"Ndili ndi zaka 17, yunivesite yapayekha inandiuza kuti nditenge ngongole ya $ 100,000 kuti ndikaphunzire maphunziro apamwamba. Mosafunikira kunena, ndinaganiza zopita ku koleji ya kwathu komweko. Monga wophunzira wosamutsa yemwe adakhala zaka zanga zaku koleji ku koleji ya anthu ammudzi komanso tsopano ku UCSC, ndinali ndi nkhawa kuti thandizo lazachuma likutha pomwe ndidatha kupita ku yunivesite chifukwa sindinakhale zaka ziwiri zomwe ndimayembekezera ku koleji ya anthu. Mwamwayi, pali njira zingapo zowonetsetsa kuti ndalama zanu za Cal Grant zikupitiliza kukuthandizani mutasamutsa. Mutha kulembetsa kuti muwonjezere chaka chimodzi ngati mumayesedwabe ngati 'munthu watsopano' pambuyo pa chaka chanu choyamba kapena mukasamutsa pogwiritsa ntchito Cal Grant Transfer Entitlement Award, zomwe zidzatsimikizire kuti thandizo la ndalama lidzapitirira pamene mukupita ku bungwe la zaka 4. Kufunsira ndi kulandira chithandizo chandalama kungakhale kosavuta kuposa momwe anthu angaganizire!

-Lane Albrecht, TPP Peer Mentor

"UCSC inandipatsa chithandizo chabwino kwambiri chandalama mwa masukulu ena awiri omwe ndidalemba nawo: UC Berkeley ndi UC Santa Barbara. Thandizo lazachuma landipangitsa kuti ndisamaganizire kwambiri za zovuta zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kuikidwa m'manda ndi ngongole ya ophunzira ndikuganizira kwambiri za kuphunzira momwe ndingathere monga wophunzira. Ndakhala ndi ubale wabwino ndi aphunzitsi anga, ndachita bwino kwambiri m’makalasi awo, ndipo ndakhala ndi nthaŵi yochita nawo zinthu zina zakunja.”

-Enrique Garcia, TPP Peer Mentor

"Monga wophunzira wosamutsa, nkhawa yanga yoyamba inali momwe ndingapezere maphunziro. Ndisanaphunzire za UC system, ndinkaganiza kuti idzakhala yokwera mtengo kwambiri. Ndinadabwa kuti ndizotsika mtengo kuposa momwe ndimaganizira. Poyambirira , Ndalama yanga ya Cal idandilipirira maphunziro anga ambiri Idandipatsa ndalama zopitilira $13,000 koma chifukwa cha zovuta zina zomwe sizinachitike zidachotsedwa Ngakhale izi zidachitika ndidapeza thandizo la kuyunivesite la UCSC lomwe limafanana ndi mphotho yanga yoyambirira ya Cal Grant . UCSC (ndi ma UC onse) amapereka mapulogalamu apamwamba omwe akuyenera kukuthandizani pakachitika zovuta zosayembekezereka Kuno ku UCSC, ngakhale mutakhala kuti muli mumkhalidwe wotani, pali thandizo nthawi zonse.

-Thomas Lopez, TPP Mentor

"Chimodzi mwazifukwa zomwe ndingakwanitse kupita ku UCSC ndi chifukwa cha UC Blue ndi Gold Opportunity Plan. UC's Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan imawonetsetsa kuti simudzalipira maphunziro ndi chindapusa kuchokera m'thumba mwanu ngati ndinu nzika yaku California yomwe ndalama zonse za banja lanu zimakhala zosakwana $80,000 pachaka ndipo mukuyenera kulandira thandizo lazachuma. Ngati muli ndi zosowa zachuma zokwanira UCSC ikupatsani ndalama zambiri kuti zikuthandizeni kulipiriranso zinthu zina. Ndalandira thandizo lomwe limandilipirira nyumba yanga komanso inshuwaransi yazaumoyo. Ndalamazi zandilola kuti nditenge ngongole zochepa ndikupita ku UCSC pamtengo wotsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa momwe anthu ambiri amaganizira. ”

-Damiana, TPP Peer Mentor