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🏡 Services

Our hope is to nurture a partnership of mutual respect and develop plans to accomplish personal success.

**Advising Services**
⚠️ Alerts: None. ► Spring 2023 Virtual Drop-In: Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri: 2pm - 4pm PST Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/oakesrccdropinadvising 🔺 Last student taken 15 mins before end of drop-in time. --- ► Appointments: Beginning WK 3 in Spring, book on Slug Success 🔺Time-sensitive? Come to drop-in. --- ► Signature: Scan your form, petition or appeal and email it to oakesadvising@ucsc.edu. 🔺Time-sensitive? Come to drop-in.	How to Guides & FAQs As part of our commitment to translate academic policy we have developed this site to guide your success at UC Santa Cruz.	Oakes Guide: Taking Courses at Community College For some attending a community college is an affordable way to make progress. This is a guide on how to find transferable courses.	Oakes Chart: Academic Enrollment Options During a Quarter In a tough spot? What are some of your academic enrollment options for courses, or what if you need to take time off during this quarter?

Advising Services
Oakes CARA Service Learning Certificate Community-based Action Research and Advocacy (CARA) offers undergraduate students a variety of opportunities to engage with the communities and social justice issues that matter most to them.	Oakes Science Mentorship Pursuing a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths? Check out this opportunity.	EOP STEM Counseling Services EOP counselors are dedicated to helping remove barriers to your success during your journey at UCSC. Learn more about the services they offer to EOP & STEM students.	UCSC Undergraduate Advising Resources Learn more about the policies and procedures you need to know to navigate UC Santa Cruz successfully.

🤝 Advisors

From the time of admission to the time of graduation, we are here to help you achieve your academic and personal goals.

Advising Staff Profiles
Jose Gallaga, Oakes Academic Advisor Pronouns: He/Him/His First-Gen College Graduate	Diana Sarabia Briseno, Oakes Academic Advisor Pronouns: She/Her/Ella First-Gen College Graduate	Thomas Logwood, ABC Retention Specialist and Black Men’s Initiative (BMI) Coordinator Pronouns: He/Him/His First-Gen College Graduate	Leydi Cortes, EOP STEM Counselor Pronouns: She/Her/Ella First-Gen College Graduate	Danny Rodriguez, Oakes Lead Academic Preceptor Pronouns: He/Him/His First-Gen College Graduate

Peer Advising Profiles
Gabriela Chapa, Oakes Peer Advisor Pronouns: She/Her/Hers First-Gen College Student	Ethan Sturdevant, Oakes Peer Advisor Pronouns: He/Him/His First-Gen College Student

Our Location and Address

Our advisors maintain a hybrid (on & off-campus) work schedule. If you have scheduled an approved in-person appointment, we are located at the Oakes College Office on the first floor of the Oakes Academic and Administrative Building.

Mailing Address

Oakes College Advising
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Contact Information

E-mail: oakesadvising@ucsc.edu
Main: (831) 459-4531 - Voice to E-mail
Fax: (831) 459-5895