STARS - Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students

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STARS at the ARC
216 ARCenter
1156 High Street
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(831) 459-2552
sal@ucsc.edu

STARS at Kresge College
Kresge College Piazzetta
1156 High Street
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

(831) 459-5886
cparrish@ucsc.edu

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Welcome to STARS
Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students

STARS provides the extra academic and personal support transfer and re-entry students may need to benefit fully from their education at UCSC whether they are full-or part-time. STARS is here to assist students with their pre-admissions questions, transition concerns, academic support network, and post graduation planning. A transfer student is someone that has completed college courses (after having graduated from high school) prior to coming to UC Santa Cruz.

Re-entry students are defined as undergraduates twenty-five years and older, graduate students twenty-nine and over, students who have had a substantial break in their formal education, military veterans, and all students who are also parents.

Radmitted Students have been previously admitted to UCSC and are returning after absences. Re-admitted students who meet the above STARS criteria are also encouraged to utilize STARS services.

Students will find drop-in assistance from professional staff members and other resources at two convenient campus locations:

STARS at the ARCenter
STARS at the Kresge

Additional STARS programs:

UCSC Lifelong Learners
Smith Renaissance Society

STARS affiliated websites:

Academic Resources Collaborative (ARCollaborative)
Coalition for Student Academic Success (CSAS)
California Advocates for Re-Entry Education (CARE)

Winter Quarter Events

Hello and welcome to STARS!

For transfer and re-entry students please look through the "Current Students" tab below to find information for upcoming events featured by STARS.

If you are a veteran student please follow the "Veteran Students" tab to get information on events and resources available to you.

We hope you can participate in these upcoming events. Good luck with your studies!

-STARS Staff

Current Students

Tutoring
On Going

Available for transfer and re-entry students through a collaboration between STARS and Learning Support Services. Tutor sign ups will be available online, or come by STARS at 216A Academic Resources Center.

STARS Study Nights
Monday, March 15 -
Thursday March 18
7-10PM

Learning Support Services and STARS Study Nights will include writing tutoring, subject tutoring and review sessions for specific classes.

Writing and Research Intensive for Transfer Excellence
On Going

For more information or to sign up for a mentor, contact Sally Lester at sal@ucsc.edu.
The WRITE program offers you writing assistance on a consistent basis throughout the quarter. You will work individually with a peer writing mentor in researching your papers to help you gain confidence and new skills in writing at the university level.

Veteran Students

Research Project Centered Around US Military Veterans and Higher Education
On Going

Greetings student veterans! My name is Katherine VanRenselaar. I am a former military wife and a student in anthropology at UCSC. I am working on a research project centered on US military veterans and higher education. I am particularly interested in veterans and military dependents currently connected to UCSC. Any aspect of your experiences will be most helpful to my research. If you feel up to meeting with me for a personal interview you can contact me through e-mail at kat7jaz@gmail.com or by telephone (530) 574-7050.

Student Veterans Health Group
On Going

Feeling physically healthy, having sufficient sleep and a clear and fresh mind? If any of these are goals that you want to advance, then consider joining the Student Veterans Health Group.

We'll meet to.

Increase and sustain motivation
Identify which personal stressors can be modified
Advance skills of coping with inevitable stress in a positive way
Give and receive support from other student veterans

We will meet for 6 weeks in a confidential setting facilitated by campus mental health professional- Dr. LJ Geiken. There is no fee for this resource. Contact Dani Molina at (831) 459-1520 or dmolina2@ucsc.edu to indicate your interest and provide your schedule for possible a.m. meeting times this upcoming Spring quarter.

The Role of Culture on Psychological Resiliency Study

Date: Wednesday March 3, 2010
Time: 6-8pm
Location: The Resource Center for Non-Violence located at 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Interviewer: Rebecca Smith, MSW Student, San Jose State University, School of Social Work
Interviewees: Anonymous

This study aims to explore, by way of focus group discussion, the role of culture on the psychological resilience of a group of combat veterans from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.