Welcome to the Educational Opportunity Program
The Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) is committed to providing a support and information base that validates each student's experience and nurtures a sense of participation, belonging and empowerment. Through mentorship, academic programs, one-to-one counseling/advising, campus student support service referrals and social/cultural programming, we strive to maximize a student's involvement and success in the campus academic community. In addition to assisting students through to graduation, EOP helps motivate and inform students to utilize services to enhance their preparation for the job market and/or graduate/professional school admission. EOP services all students, while focusing on those who are low-income and first-generation undergraduates.Excellence, achievement, leadership and community building serve as the key elements to EOP's purpose.
Hello everyone and welcome back to spring quarter 2009!
We at EOP are excited to announce that we are about to start the hiring process
for our 2009-2010 departmental student staff positions, i.e.,STEP, FSSP and Student
Mentors!
We have organized a number of one-hour informational meetings to talk to you about
these positions. If interested, you must attend one of the mandatory meetings. We
all look forward to seeing you there.
Click Here To Download the EOP Hiring Flyer.
Summer Transitional Enrichment Program
A BIG THANK YOU to all
of you who helped with the previous signature gathering campaign!
Thanks primarily to the tremendous individual and student group efforts, EOP succeeded
by February 11, 2009 in gathering the required 2700 signatures to place a fee initiative
on the spring 2009 ballot. The next step involves pursing student ballot votes on
EOP’s proposed $3.10 fee increase to help replace funds projected to be lost to
budget cuts.
This is where EOP can use your help again with this campaign! The entire EOP staff
is involved in the campaign however we need more help to spread the word about the
importance of voting. Remind students today about voting for the EOP lock-in fee
in spring.
Beginning Monday April 6, we can use your help in the following ways:
Volunteer to table at EOP designated locations.
Give presentations to student organizations.
Raise awareness of the reduction of student-centered services to EOP at every venue.
Finally, remind other students, your friends and roommates to join you in voting
between
April 20th through April 23rd.
To learn more about the status of the EOP budget and what has led the department
to pursing a Fee Initiative, please click on this link:
EOP Budget Cuts
A very large percentage of email Financial Aid sends to students are returned as undeliverable for a variety of reasons. Make sure yours is not one! That goes for you new students too!
UCSB juniors are encouraged to apply for the 2008 Nissan WWF Environmental Leadership Program. Information sessions will be held this Tuesday & Wednesday in the SRB Multipurpose Room.
Legends of China Website
If you are looking for a potentially life changing experience, consider an educational Legends of China trip to China this coming summer!