Resources for UCI Students During COVID-19

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This is a truly unprecedented time for everyone and as a student, I know how difficult it has been for the entire UCI community. This time has made a lot of us feel really isolated from the campus community. It is difficult to stay motivated and focused with everything going on and school being moved to a remote format. One of the biggest concerns is that a lot of the resources that were once accessible to us aren’t anymore because no one is on campus. After reaching out to many campus departments, the CARE Office has compiled a list of resources that are still available:

• Transfer Student Hub holds weekly workshops by theme (listed on their website) on Zoom from 1–2 PM. On even-numbered weeks, they are on Thursday and for odd-numbered weeks, they take place on Tuesday.
• Writing Center has Zoom appointments available for help from professional staff and peer tutors. Email consultations are also available when you sign up through this link, they typically respond in 3–3 days depending on how busy they are.
• Learning and Academic Resource Center (LARC)’s resources are all available, they have just been moved to an online format. For those of you who do not know what it is, it is essentially a weekly tutoring session that you sign up and pays to help you manage one of your difficult classes. They have all available LARC sessions for classes listed here
• FreshHub’s food pantry is open and available to students on Thursdays (12–4 PM) and Fridays (9 AM-12 PM) on odd-numbered weeks. Sign up is required since space is limited and sign up form is made available every Tuesday of the week at 3 PM. Food stamps for the Irvine area are available, but they can assist to get food stamps in your area. They also have a social worker named Peter Thach that has $50 electronic Target gift cards for students with basic needs.
• Wellness, Health, and Counseling Services: Peter Thach, the basic needs campus social worker is holding Zoom consultations to discuss campus resources. He also works with the Financial Aid office to review applications for grants for housing, food, and/or medical needs.
• Office of Academic Integrity & Student Conduct’s Instagram is @uci_oaisc where you can see information from their Virtual Integrity week. Dean’s Certification is the available information on what students need to transfer, apply to graduate school, or study abroad in the future. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a policy that students should familiarize themselves with, especially now with a possible spike in VPN violations and overall academic dishonesty due to the online format.
• Student Success Initiatives have workshops held on Zoom on even-numbered weeks from 1–2 PM, and 1:1 appointments can be scheduled with SSI counselors here.
• Beall Applied Innovation’s website is updated with all upcoming events, webinars, and workshops.
• Center for Student Health & Wellness Promotion (CSHWP) has all staff members available to schedule a 1:1 Zoom consultation during regular hours (M-F 8 AM-5 PM), and Mediation Mondays are done on Instagram live. They also hold weekly Alcohol Awareness Class offered on Zoom (contact Daniela Santoro dsantoro@uci.edu for more information). Lastly, their nutritionist is offering free-tele-nutrition consultations and is in the works of 3 workshops (more information to come).
• Undeclared/Undergraduate Advising, if you have questions, you can call (949)824–6987 on M-F from 9–11:30 AM. You can call on M-F from 12:30–4 to make appointments to meet with a peer advisor or academic consultant.
• Scholarship Opportunities Program has drop-in hours that will be held through Zoom every week except finals week, availability and information are listed here.
• Center for Black Cultures, Resources & Research has staff available through the phone, email, and Zoom. To attend Adisa’s office hours on Mondays from 3–5 PM and Wednesdays from 4–6 pm, you can RSVP here. To attend Niobe’s office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 am-12 pm and 2–4 pm, you can RSVP here.
• Cross-Cultural Center has all its updated workshops, seminars, survival guides, and programs for the spring quarter listed on their website.
• DREAM Center is holding Zoom drop-in office hours at several times on Monday-Saturday, all the times can be found here.
• International Center has OTP Information workshops held on Zoom every Wednesday at 9:30 AM. For J-1 scholar check-ins, they will be done remotely via email.
• LGBT Resource Center has staff members available for office hours Monday-Friday. Their hours along with the counselor’s drop-in hours are listed on their main page. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom because they also have spring quarter virtual events listed.
• Womxn’s Hub has open Zoom hours Monday through Friday and all their upcoming events are listed by month and can be found here.
• Counseling Center uploads videos and information on their site. You can also call them at (949)824–6457 during their regular hours (M-F, 8 AM-5 PM) if you want to schedule an appointment, are trying to reach a mental health professional, or just want to find out more about their resources.
• ASUCI — Statewide Organizing Coordinator/COVId-19 Emergency Response Committee is creating a tab on the ASUCI website for updates on student resources and is supporting students that are struggling with concerns about food, housing, and overall well being. She is available for Zoom meetings and can be contacted at jgotte@uci.edu
• Disability Services Center’s services are all available remotely and consultations are now done over the phone and their website as well. All of their social media are being updated and they have Zoom hangouts for students registered with DSC and are still accepting applications for emotional support animals for students still at UCI housing.
• Study Abroad Center is offering virtual advising and you can sign up for an appointment at this website.

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