Our Diversity Initiatives team often collaborates with campus partners across UC Santa Barbara. These campus partners provide resources and services for our UCSB community.
Questions? Contact our Diversity and Outreach Peer.
The Black Book was created to provide the African American student population with useful resources and in turn, help ease their transition to UCSB.
Undocumented Student Services (USS) is committed to fostering a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment for prospective and current undocumented students, students with mixed-immigration status families, and students from refugee backgrounds.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides students culturally responsive mental health services and a safe, inclusive, and affirming environment.
The MultiCultural Center (MCC) offers a broad spectrum of events including lectures, panel discussions, films and videos, musical, dance, and dramatic performances, and poetry readings, which are all open to the general public.
The Office of International Students & Scholars (OISS) provides immigration support, advising, and cultural programming for international students & scholars at the University of California Santa Barbara.
The Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD) staff and volunteers serve the LGBTQIA+ community through advocacy, education, programming, resource creation, and referral.
The Women, Gender & Sexual Equity (WGSE) Department is made up of distinct program areas: Women’s Center Programs, Campus Advocacy Resources and Education, and the Non-Traditional Student Resource Center.
Veterans and Military Services (VMS) provides assistance on educational benefits, finding housing, advocacy, and resources for all military-related students at UCSB, including active/reserve and National Guard members, as well as spouses and dependents.
The Non-Traditional Student Resource Center (NTSRC) is a home for undergraduate students who are over 24 years old (25+), graduate students who are over 28 years old (29+), students with dependents, or re-entering students.
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is the elected representative government for the UC Santa Barbara graduate students.
For student parents, it is crucial to find adequate support and resources for your family in order to thrive as a scholar. Whether you already have children or are planning to start a family while in grad school, UCSB has resources, support, and benefits to help you succeed.
UCSB is deeply committed to diversity, and the lasting contributions of champions, advocates, and allies across the institution have been invaluable.