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.
Location and Hours
Location
2515 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Summer 2025 Hours of Operation (beginning June 2):
Monday – Thursday
9 AM to 5 PM
Visit the Inclusive Excellence Hub
The Inclusive Excellence 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.
Drop In Spaces Available
Available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- 105C (6 person occupancy) – can be used as a meeting or study space
- No media equipment available
- 104 Family Room (6 person occupancy)
- First priority to graduate students with dependents
- Zen booth #2 (single occupancy)
- Private and sound proof space for virtual meetings
Reservable Spaces Available
Take a look at the following spaces available and how to reserve.
- 102 C Meeting Room, 8 person occupancy
- 105A Office, 4 person occupancy
- Zen Booth #1
- 103 Conference Room, 20-30 person occupancy
- Back Patio event space, 49 person occupancy
*When spaces are not reserved, students may use them as drop-in study or meeting spaces.*
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
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events in category Inclusive Excellence Hub