The College of Environmental Design Undergraduate Advising Blog

Hello CED Community!  Summer is here and so are some exciting opportunities! Check out the links below to get the latest news. RESOURCES ON CAMPUS The CED Undergraduate Advising Office is open for drop-in appointments. Here is this week's schedule: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10 am - 12 pm Closed Isela Heather Closed  Isela 1 pm - 3 pm Isela Heather Isela Closed Susan Enhance your language skills with our global community! The SLC Language Exchange Program  is excited to invite students to join us for Summer 2019! Our program provides a space for students to explore the linguistic and cultural diversity of our global summer campus. As part of LEP, language learners can connect with peers from across the globe to hone their conversational skills, broaden their worldviews, and grow their communities at Cal and beyond. SLC Writing Program services have returned for Summer 2019! Undergr...

Networking Strategies for CED Students-Get More Comfortable & Confident Tue, Mar 5 , 6:15-7:45pm Wurster 305 Does the word "networking" make you cringe or sweat? You're not alone! Networking is essential to uncovering job opportunities and to your ongoing success as a design or planning professional, yet many students are uncomfortable reaching out to alumni and other professionals in their fields of interest. Come learn about best practices for making professional connections in architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and design, whether at one-on-one informational interviews, networking sessions, or career fairs.   You will learn: how to use online resources ( wursterlife.com  & LinkedIn.com) to reach out to alumni & other professionals how to approach in-person networking so you can feel more comfortable and confident  how to present yourself when meeting new people by practicing networking skills with alumni and other professio...

Bamboo Architecture and Environmental Design Farming Course in Ecuador! (2 units available as well as AXP hours for architecture students) Summer Session Dates on Website, contact us ASAP for $250 early registration discounts and $500 scholarship availability! Upcoming online info sessions  2/19 and 2/20 @ 5pm , contact us to RSVP for a Google Hangouts link! Space is limited and filling quickly. This summer, Regeneration Field Institute (RFI) is offering opportunities for university students to collaborate with our coalition of builders and community members striving to rebuild communities with sustainable green technology through harnessing the power and strength of bamboo. Students will receive lessons and instruction from world-renowned Ecuadorian architects, engineers, professors, carpenters, and bamboo farmers who have been actively rebuilding since the earthquake, as well as have the opportunity to collaborate with local university engineering and architecture students....

This is a wonderful, easy way to demystify Wikipedia, counter inaccurate and incomplete descriptions of important social topics, and encourage participation in public discourse. No previous experience required! Hosted by the UC Berkeley Library, American Cultures Center, D-Lab, DH at Berkeley, and Berkeley Center for New Media. Details below and at  bit.ly/wiki-berkeley . Art + Feminism |  Race + Justice  Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Tuesday, March 5, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Drop in any time, stay as long as you like! Moffitt Library, Room 405 More information:  bit.ly/wiki- berkeley Wikimedia’s race and gender trouble is well-documented. While the reasons for the gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of participation by women and underrepresented groups. This adds up to an alarming absence in an important repository of shared knowledge. Let’s change that.  Drop in...

This is a new summer study abroad course to Mexico City being taught through the Ethnic Studies Dept. It's is ETHSTD N180 "Mexican Art of the 20th Century" and it will be taught by Prof. Laura Perez. See attached flyer for more information. The deadline to submit applications is Friday, March 15th. 

UC Berkeley Study Abroad Program: Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Europe Join Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Portugal for an intensive, fast-paced learning experience, where you will learn from venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs, executives from Silicon Valley companies like Google, and experts from across the globe. Berkeley students spend the first week in Porto, Portugal for a series of challenges, leadership training, and team formation built on the foundations of the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship. Afterwards, you will travel to Cascais to collaborate with over 60 mentors and 400 students from all over the world to build a real-life startup. Students will earn 6 units, the Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Technology, build a startup, and meet hundreds of students and entrepreneurs from around the world! Infosession This Thursday, Feb. 28 7-8 p.m. Barrows 54 ~~ All majors welcome! ~~ Can't make it? Learn more about the program a...