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. Our goal is to deliver programs and activities that enable a smooth transition and acculturation to the university environment. Counselors and staff provide a support network of excellence that validates and mentors each student as a contributing member to a pluralistic society at UCSB and beyond graduation. The Educational Opportunity Program is about serving students in a holistic manner – realizing that academic and social environments are integral to the success of students.
In co-sponsorship with other departments, counselors work with students individually and through group settings to address broader student issues. EOP coordinates the following major programs designed to assist students in their transition and immersion to the university environment.
- EOP Counseling Support Services assist students in clarifying their academic, career, financial, and personal concerns. Counselors are assigned a caseload and work with students individually or in workshops designed to address student issues throughout their college tenure.
- Summer Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) is a two-week summer residential program that provides incoming EOP freshmen with an in-depth orientation to university services.
- Peer Advisor Program is comprised of currently enrolled UCSB students, who are trained to help new frosh, transfer and re-entry students adapt both academically and socially to the University setting. Peers are familiar with campus life, student group involvement and other support services available to all students.
- Cultural Programming encourages students to engage in activities that serve to enrich their academic experience and increase their awareness by gaining an understanding and appreciation for their own culture(s) and perspectives that may differ from other students on campus.
- EOP Transfer Continuing Services Program Be on the lookout for our Peer Advisors,
who will also be on the lookout for you--the transfer continuing services.