March 12, 2015
…and Kimi Rodriguez-McSwain, adjunct counselor at Southwestern College. UC San Diego recently hosted a special group of prospective students on campus: former foster youth who are currently attending local community colleges. The daylong program for prospective transfer students was designed to introduce them to the campus and highlight resources made…
August 13, 2020
…like to use my career to encourage more women of color to study disciplines in which they are not typically represented, just as I have.” The PATH program—Preparing Accomplished Transfers to the Humanities—is a partnership between the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities and the San Diego Community…
March 4, 2021
…Akpa served as chief counsel to Senator Elizabeth Warren, where she led a wide-ranging portfolio that included civil rights, criminal justice, anti-corruption and immigration issues. Akpa previously worked as a health insurance specialist at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and as an Equal Justice Works Fellow and staff…
May 23, 2024
The Hidden Opponent at UC San Diego is a student organization focused on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health in sports. Three members share their mental health stories to encourage others to join the conversation and advocate for the well-being of scholar-athletes.
September 28, 2023
This summer 19 newly admitted students took part in the five-week PATH Summer Academy at the School of Arts and Humanities. Throughout August and September, the group participated in hybrid workshops to get to know resources, made new friends and took part in field trips around San Diego.
April 7, 2016
…Association for College Admission Counseling found that “the ability of more affluent students to afford both test preparation and multiple test administrations, particularly when they are able to report the highest scores to colleges and universities, puts students of more modest economic means at further risk of being overlooked.” Instructor…
April 16, 2020
…attributes her successful university career to a strong support system. Here, she is pictured with her parents, Esteban and Amalia, at the White Coats Ceremony at which medical students are fitted with their first white physician’s coat. A Career Cultivated in Watermelon Fields Standout student who found her calling while…
June 7, 2022
The Preuss School UC San Diego’s Class of 2022 will be honored at an in-person ceremony on June 16. Among the 116 graduates, 96% were admitted to a four-year university and all will be the first in their family to graduate from college.
October 25, 2022
UC San Diego students joined more than 3,200 undergraduates this month for a statewide launch and swearing-in ceremony in celebration of the first #CaliforniansForAll College Corps Fellows.
May 18, 2023
Board members from Active Minds, a student organization dedicated to starting and changing conversations about mental health, share about their journeys with mental health advocacy.
