Inclusive Excellence Hub

A space for you.
The new Inclusive Excellence Hub at UC Berkeley is a unique, welcoming venue where underrepresented graduate students can find camaraderie and build multi-disciplinary networks of their peers. Located in a newly renovated building, at 2515 Channing Way, the Hub is the first campus-wide community space exclusively dedicated to increasing excellence through diversity and belonging among Berkeley’s graduate students.

Discover, Learn & Find Your Community
Within its walls, you’ll find a vibrant, informal environment hosting special learning communities, pilot programs for URM students, workshops, and events to help students build skills and discover opportunities. Resident faculty mentors of color, Diversity and Community Fellows, and peer mentors are also available to help guide you through your academic journey or just provide a listening ear.
Visit the Inclusive Excellence Hub
Location:
2515 Channing Way |
Spring 2025 Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday |
Spring Break Hours at The Hub
The Hub will be open Monday, March 24 – Thursday, March 27. Hours are 9 AM – 5 PM, except Thursday (closes at 3 PM).
Drop In and Reservable Spaces Available
The Hub offers various drop in and reservable meeting, study, and event spaces.
You can hold private, virtual calls in one of our Zen Booths, hold meetings or study in one of our rooms, or fuel up in our lounge areas.
Reserve Space at The HubThe Inclusive Excellence Hub is now open!
Programming & Support You'll Find at The Hub
- American Indian Graduate Program – provide mentorship and coordinate resources for Native American and Indigenous graduate students
- Dissertation Writing Workshops – provide dissertation writing support and scaffolding
- Diversity & Community Fellows – graduate students who serve as peer mentors providing a listening ear and developing programming to build community for graduate students navigating their academic programs and campus life
- Firebaugh Undergraduate Research Program – support undocumented and underrepresented undergraduate students exploring research and graduate education
- Graduate Affinity Groups Collaborations – space for affinity groups catering to graduate students to meet and provide programming
- Path to the Professoriate – a learning community to promote and encourage students from groups historically underrepresented in higher education with preparation for faculty positions
- Peer Writing Group – unrestricted space for graduate students to write in community
- Resident Faculty Mentors of Color – faculty members in residence to mentor graduate and undergraduate students and lead by example
- STEM*FYI – workshops and resources to increase the retention of historically underrepresented students among all graduate STEM fields
- Transfer Student Research Intro – workshops and mentoring opportunities in partnership with the Transfer Office designed to introduce undergraduate transfer students to the campus research landscape and graduate education possibilities
- UndocuGrads – monthly community engagement events and an array of professional development opportunities catered to undocumented graduate students
Event Calendar: See What's Happening at The Hub
Bagels and Coffee with the Grad Assembly
Come visit the Graduate Assembly office and enjoy free bagels and coffee on April 1 from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The…
444 Eshleman Hall
Graduate Student Spring Mixer
To kick off Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, we’d like to invite all UC Berkeley graduate students — master’s,…
Campanile Esplanade
Creative Connections: Graduate Student Art Session at the Inclusive Excellence Hub
Unleash your inner artist at our Creative Connections session for graduate students at the Inclusive Excellence Hub! 🎨 What to…
The Inclusive Excellence Hub
UndocuGrads Community Gathering @ the HUB
The purpose of the event is to provide a space for graduate students to gather, connect, and celebrate together. This…
The Inclusive Excellence Hub
Graduate Peer Support Providers (PSP) Drop Ins at the Hub
Navigating grad school can be tough—Peer Support Providers (PSPs) are here to help! As fellow grad students, they offer one-on-one…
The Inclusive Excellence Hub
Contact Us
Mariela Cruz Aguilera, Inclusive Excellence Hub Coordinator
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