This page is designed to provide easy access to some of the most common campus resources relevant to graduate students.

Health Care

• Student Health Center--459-2211 Contains information on services, availability, insurance, and contact numbers
• Counseling and Psychological Services--459-2628 Students can attend and/or form counseling groups as well as individual and family services, but it's best to call.
• Disability Resource Center--459-2089

Administrative Support

• Guide to Student Services- online guide to everything related to student services.
• Financial Aid--459-2963 Self-explanatory.
• Grad Division--459-2510 Provides links to all the graduate boards of study.
• Graduate Student Handbook
• Office of the President
• National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) --There is a government job bank on this site
  
• University of California Student Association--an advocacy organization for all UC students
• CATS--459-2435 Allows you to set up a CATS account on-line and provides information on support services
• Grad Commons --459-1557 You can call to reserve a study room, arrange to hold a section, or leave messages for the GSA Council. Coffee is really cheap!!
• Parking/Transportation--459-4543 Info on parking permits and the latest on 24-hour surveillance.Insider Info

Resource Centers

• Chicano Latino Research Center (CLRC)--459-3789
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center--459-2468 This is a also a great place to hold section.
• Women's Center--459-2702
• Santa Cruz Hillel Foundation--426-3332 Located just off High St next to Slugbooks and the 7/11.
• Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center--459-2427
• African American Student Life Resource and Cultural Center--459-3207

Library Services

• McHenry Library--459-4000
• Science Library--459-2050
• Interlibrary Loan--459-2234 Take advantage of this service! They send you books and copies of articles through campus mail. A great way to tap into UC-wide resources.

Resources for Teaching Assistants

• TA Union--UAW/ASE Local 2865--Provides information on union meetings and activities.
• TA Handbook
• UCSC Learning Support Services--459-2296
• Center for Teaching Excellence--459-2351 Provides a mechanism for TA's to get feedback from students. Located in 133 Kerr Hall.

Housing & Family

• Family Student Housing--459-2549
• Grad Student Housing--459-5712
• Community Rentals--459-4435
• SantaCruzKids - resources for childcare services in the santa cruz area.

Career

• Career Center--459-4420 The Career Center is located in the same building as the Baytree Bookstore. Contact: Mara MacDonald, Graduate and Post Doctoral Fellow Career Advisor, Email: maramac@ucsc.edu Tel: 459-1409. You can also click here for more grad student-specific information from the Career Center.
• Northern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium--Database of academic jobs in the region
• Alumni Association--Alumni willing to give advice and serve as a mentor
• Career Advice Network--Professionals share career insights and personal experience in their perspective fields.

International Students

• Office of International Education--459-2858 Offers information on Fulbright Scholarship and Education Abroad Program
• International Student Services--459-3550 Support services for international students

Other

• Copy Resources--you can make cheap copies at the University Copy center next to Bay Tree Bookstore. Mailboxes, Etc. offers a 5% discount to students.
• Free Printing--The Graduate Commons offers free printing on campus for graduate students (up to 10 pp per day)
  There is also free printing at the Student Center on the second floor.
• Campus Directory--find email and phone for faculty and students .
• OPERS--Provides information on intramural sports and facilities. The Recreation Department (459-2806) offers outdoor activities and various inexpensive classes, from guitar to dancing to cooking, every quarter.