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NAFSA: Association of International
Educators Grant Opportunities!
A member organization promoting international education and providing
professional development opportunities to the field. UCSC International Women's Group (Babette Scotts 459-2858)
UCSC Graduate Student Association
Defend's the interests of graduate students with regard to tuition and
fees, health insurance, parking, on-campus housing, and other important
issues. In addition, the GSA organizes and co-sponsors events and makes
available travel grants for graduate students attending conferences or
traveling on thesis-related research.
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Campus Information
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Graduate Studies
UC Santa Cruz offers graduate study in 30 academic fields. About 1,400
graduate students are enrolled at the certificate, master's, and
doctoral levels. International Living Center
Located in the College Nine and College Ten apartments, the ILC houses
approximately 100 students, 50% from the U.S. and 50% from outside of
the U.S. More than just another place to live, the International Living
Center offers a unique living environment fostering understanding,
cooperation, and friendship among people from different nations,
cultures, and backgrounds.
Office of International
Education
The UCSC Office of International Education facilitates only the U.S.
student program for UCSC seniors approaching graduation and currently
enrolled graduate students.
Office of Registrar
Information on publications and scheduling, enrollment, fees, transcripts,
special programs, and graduation.
Disability Resource Center
The DRC offers a wide range of services to enrolled students with
disabilities,such as: notetaking, on-campus transportation, special
testing arrangements,typing, proofreading, tutoring in many subjects,
liaison with faculty and staff, sign language interpreting, housing
assistance, readers and referral to books on tape, and advising. Student Affairs
Student Affairs is a cluster of units designed and devoted to serve all
students, and to make sure that the learning and living environment on
campus is conducive to attaining your academic goals.
UC Systemwide Education
Abroad Program
The University of California's Education Abroad Program has been
providing diverse, high quality academic programs to UC students for
the past 40 years. Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Grants
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Fulbright Grants
Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual
understanding between the peoples of the United States and other
countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. Laws & Regulations:
Immigration Links
Listing of imigration sites and links.
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
The USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and
naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration
services policies and priorities. Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Research Support
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Science & Engineering Library Home Page
Library Instruction Resources
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a reference librarian.
Travel Information
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U.S. Department of State: The Bureau of Consular Affairs
Information for foreign citizens travelling to the United States.
CNN World News
CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information
delivery. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from
live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news
features and background information. Yahoo Weather
Can browse for U.S. and International Forecasts.
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Websites
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EduPASS
This site provides information for international students who are
thinking about pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or professional
education in the United States. It also contains material of interest
to international students who are already in the United States. CollegeBoard.com
A website with information on college success, information on
academics, writing college papers and important transition tips. Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Writing Tools
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Books about communication of technical information , and books about technical writing are available for you to borrow at the Science & Engineering Library. Check the lists to see what's available.
The S&E Library also has a copy of Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals by Lawrence F. Locke, et al. that you might find useful.
Faculty Guide to Cyber-Plagiarism
A
site primarily focused on information for faculty regarding the
recognition and prevention of plagiarism. A helpful section on writing
tips for students is also available.
UC Copyright
Links to UC copyright policies at the systemwide and local campus
level, plus local campus contacts, copyright FAQs, and other information
related to the use of copyrighted and public domain materials.
Copyright Law & Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights and Your New Dissertation by Kenneth D. Crews
EndNote
EndNote (available for purchase at an academic discount at the UCSC Bay Tree Bookstore )
is a database manager used in concert with a word processor on PCs and
Macs. EndNote allows you to create your own personal library to store
and manage references to documents. It works with Word and WordPerfect,
and with other common PC and Mac word processors, to insert citations
into papers and to format bibliographies in any of hundreds of styles.
EndNote can import search results from many bibliographic databases,
including INSPEC, Current Contents, and Web of Science.
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Public
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How
to Give a Talk: Changing the Culture of Academic Public Speaking -
Editor's Choice!
A short paper full of excellent practical advice. From Paul N. Edwards
at the School of Information, University of Michigan.
Dealing with Presentation Disasters
Very
useful suggestions for the most common disasters that befall almost
everyone, even though the perspective here is business oriented.
Books on communicating technical information and using Microsoft PowerPoint available for checkout from the UCSC Libraries.
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