Getting Involved

Mentorship

We encourage School faculty, staff, post-docs, alumni, and students to provide guidance and insight to others by becoming a mentor. Mentors are frequently needed on campus and out in the San Diego community. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, whether it be for UC San Diego affiliated students or staff or local students in the San Diego community, please fill out the EDI Ideas Form.

Mentorship Opportunities

• BUMMP provides mentorship, professional development workshops and research opportunities for 1st generation and URM Biology Undergraduate and Masters’ students
• National Science Foundation
• Undergraduate Summer Research Fellows
  • Summer Bridge
  • TRiO Student Support Services Program (SSSP)
  • UCSD Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)
  • Faculty Mentor Program (FMP)
  • American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities (CIHED)
• Preuss School Tutoring
• Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS)
• PATHways to STEM through Enhanced Access and Mentorship (PATHS) Program

Community Outreach

Are you a faculty member, staff, or student who is interested in participating in community based outreach programming on behalf of the School? Are you a community member who is interested in interacting with researchers, faculty, staff, or students from the School of Biological Sciences? Let us know your ideas by filling out the EDI Ideas Form.

Outreach Opportunities

If you are interested in participating in community outreach activities, including lab tours, classroom visits, speaking engagements, etc., please fill out the EDI Ideas form.

UCSD-National City Restorative Education About Plants

The UCSD-National City Restorative Education About Plants (REAP) is a community gardening program that addresses food insecurity in National City, San Diego and promotes scientific engagement. Please contact Sahana Kuthyar (skuthyar@ucsd.edu) for more information.

Recruitment

The School is seeking faculty, staff, and students who are interested in promoting inclusive excellence through the recruitment of diverse students, staff, and faculty. Recruitment efforts include, but are not limited to, participating on hiring committees and undergraduate and graduate student selection committees, representing the School at national and regional diversity-related sciences conferences, and participating in programmatic student research partnerships with HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) campuses.

Recruitment Opportunities

• Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions and Yield Committee
  • Interested? E-mail the Diversity Council.
• Graduate Recruitment, Admissions and Yield Committee (GRAY)
  • Interested? E-mail the Diversity Council.
• UCSD Diversity Council
• Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference | Oct. 11-13, 2018
• Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Conference | Nov. 14-17, 2018
• California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education

EDI Committee

The EDI Committee is comprised of faculty representatives from each section, staff representatives, and graduate and undergraduate student representatives. It is the School's central point for all diversity and inclusion related matters pertaining to students, faculty, and staff. More information about the EDI Committee can be found on the EDI Committee page.

STARTneuro

STARTneuro trains and mentors diverse transfer students as they enter neuroscience research beginning with a 10-week summer research training program and provides ongoing mentorship and workshops to prepare students for PhD programs. Please contact Brenda Bloodgood at blbloodgood@ucsd.edu or Ashley Juavinett at ajuavinett@ucsd.edu for more information.

ROOTS

Research Opportunity and Orientation for Transfer Students (ROOTS) is a new NSF-supported initiative by the School of Biological Sciences to help incoming transfer students achieve significant research experience at UC San Diego through building basic research skills, meeting UC San Diego faculty and obtaining positions as undergraduate researchers upon entrance to UC San Diego. For more information, please email the program at bioroots@ucsd.edu.

Internships

If you are interested in providing an internship opportunity, in either your campus laboratory or local company, for undergraduate students, community college students, or students from the local San Diego community, please fill out the EDI Ideas form.

Charitable Giving

For information about how your charitable gift can positively impact diversity and inclusion related efforts in the School of Biological Sciences, please contact our development staff in the dean's office to learn about additional giving opportunities.