Email: [email protected]
- Provides support and coordination for the American Indian Graduate Program
- Meets with and assists prospective and current Native graduate students
- Helps to plan and implement academic, programmatic, cultural, outreach, and professional development services provided to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students
- Collaborates with campus partners to provide advising and implementation of Native graduate student programs, events, and initiatives.
- Organizes and implements AIGP events, and daily office functions
Office Information
Office for Graduate Diversity
OGD staff provide support services for prospective and continuing students on the Berkeley campus in an effort to maintain a more diverse graduate student community, and to enhance the educational experience of underrepresented students, including those who are undocumented, first-generation college students, and those who are financially challenged.
Assistant Dean of Graduate Diversity
Email: [email protected]
- Manages the Office of Graduate Diversity (OGD) staff to support the outreach to, recruitment, admission, academic success, and graduation of students who will enrich the diversity of graduate programs at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Provides students from historically underrepresented backgrounds with graduate resources regarding the admissions process, academic support, financial advice, professional development, and a forum to share ideas and programs to enhance their educational experience.
- Supports the development, implementation, and evaluation of OGD’s pipeline, academic success, and recruitment programs.
- Designs and implements outreach strategies to increase the number of competitive underrepresented applicants and matriculants.
- Works with internal campus departments/colleges/schools and external partners to expand and support pipeline programs and outreach efforts.
Operations and Programming Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Provides general support to current and prospective graduate students from low-income, historically underrepresented, and first generation backgrounds as first point of contact through [email protected] email. Coordinates logistical and business processes for day-to-day and annual events of the Office for Graduate Diversity, McNair Scholars Program, and American Indian Graduate Program.
Program Administrator for the Undocumented Graduate Student Success & Firebaugh Scholars Undergraduate Research Program
Email: [email protected]
Facilitates the Firebaugh Scholars Program and supports undocumented, low-income, first-generation college, and minoritized graduate students at UC Berkeley.
Inclusive Excellence Hub Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Responsible for overseeing the facilities, operations, and safety of the Inclusive Excellence Hub located at 2515 Channing Way. Work will also include administrative coordination and support on the use of the Hub space and support for the OGD team’s Hub programming. Mariela will also coordinate campus partner collaborations to bring services to the Hub and support OGD events.
Graduate Pipeline Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
- First point of contact for prospective students considering UC Berkeley, specializing in holistic support of diverse populations.
- Supports implementation of UC Berkeley’s Growing Our Own initiative, seeking to increase partnership with UCs, California State Universities (CSUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
- Maintains relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate outreach and recruitment programs, and campus visits.
Email: [email protected]
- Provides support and coordination for the American Indian Graduate Program
- Meets with and assists prospective and current Native graduate students
- Helps to plan and implement academic, programmatic, cultural, outreach, and professional development services provided to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate students
- Collaborates with campus partners to provide advising and implementation of Native graduate student programs, events, and initiatives.
- Organizes and implements AIGP events, and daily office functions