Resources for Students

UC Santa Cruz is committed to supporting a campus that practices inclusive excellence. Please click on the links below to learn about and connect with the many resources and offices that engage in different educational programming and co-curricular activities promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion at the UC Santa Cruz campus.  

Offices and Educational Support Programs

For information about campus programming and support for academic excellence, please follow the links below.

• Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI)
• Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP)
• Campus Advocacy Resources and Education (CARE)
• Title IX
• Academic Excellence Program (ACE)
• Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA/MEP)
• STEM Diversity Programs
• Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS)
• Student Success
• The Humanities Institute
• The Institute for Social Transformation
  • Blum Center
  • Center for Labor Studies
  • Everett Program
  • Research Center for the Americas (including URAP Program)

Resource Centers

If you are interested in opportunities to network and create community spaces, to engage in stimulating and critical dialogue, and to find connections in building a positive and empowering space for all communities, please check out the resource center websites by clicking on the links below.

• African American Resource and Cultural Center
• American Indian Resource Center
• Asian American /Pacific Islander Resource Center
• Lionel Cantú Queer Center
• Chicanx Latinx Resource Center
• Women's Center
• Disability Resource Center

Student Engagement Activities and Co-curricular Organizations

If you are interested in participating with student organizations that create programming, provide leadership opportunities, and multiple outlets for engaging, please visit the websites below for more information.

• SOAR
  • 2021-2022 Registered Student Organizations
• SOMeCA
• University Interfaith Council
• Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center

Scholarships

If you are interested in learning about various Scholarships across campus, please visit the websites below for more information.

Arts

• Scholarships and Fellowships
• Lionel Cantú GLBTI Resource Center Gala Gallery

Engineering Divsion

• STEM Diversity Programs
• Prep
• Research Affiliate for Diversity
• SACNAS
• Women in Science and Engineering at UCSC

Humanities Divison

• Joel Frankel Scholarship
• Zapotech Language Project 

Social Sciences Divsion

• Building Belonging Program

Physical & Biological Sciences

• Federico and Rena Perlino Fund

Guiding Principles

Here are some guiding principles that are valued by the UCSC campus community to assist in our efforts in creating inclusive spaces.

• UCSC Principles of Community
• UC Regents Principles Against Intolerance