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• Brewing

  Courses listed as "Live Online" will include synchronous (live) remote lessons each week using our Zoom conferencing system. "Online" classes will be comprised of weekly pre-recorded lectures and guided assignments from the instructor. Both course types include communication...

• Essentials of Leadership and Management (ELM)

Courses

• Accommodating Adult ADHD & Autism in Education & Employment - EDUC-42356

  This asynchronous online course uses an interdisciplinary approach to familiarize participants with complex challenges and hidden strengths associated with ADHD and Autism in adults in higher education, continuing education, and the workplace for the purpose of improving diver...

• Culture and Inclusion - EDUC-31217

  Examination of culture and cultural diversity and the relationship to academic achievement, development, implementation and evaluation of culturally inclusive instruction. Topics include cultural concepts and perspectives; cultural contact; cultural diversity in California and...

• Technical Communication I - WCWP-40151

  Technical Communication I 10 weeks | Online This is a practical, hands-on technical writing course for all currently practicing or would-be technical communicators wishing to get a firmer grasp on this extremely broad and quickly evolving industry and develop some of th...

• Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Communication Installation Considerations - ECE-40312

  With the passage of IEEE 1547-2018, as of 2021 nearly all Distributed Energy Resources, including solar PV, energy storage systems, and natural gas/diesel generators, will be required to communicate with utilities and system operators using communication protocols specified ...

Instructors

• Calfee, Sarah

  Sarah Calfee is the Owner and Principal Consultant of Calfee HR Consulting. She helps her clients with issues of training and development, standard HR compliance, HR strategy, and more. Her background includes 25 years of corporate HR experience in technology, manufacturing, r...

• Cross, Shondale

  Shondale Cross, M.ED. is a devoted educator with many years of experience in elementary education. As a firm believer in team effort and the immense benefits it brings to an education setting as a whole,  she has devoted her career path to cultivating a culture of  inclusio...

• West, Summer

  Summer West has worked with UCSD Extension on a part-time basis since 2010. She currently works in Hessen, Germany as a research associate in Social Work and a PhD candidate in Linguistics, teaching courses in both programs. Her current research merges autism, ADHD, and dyslex...

• Cescon, Chiara

  Chiara Cescon is the Program Manager of the HR Management Certificate and the Fundraising and Development Certificate Programs at UCSD Extended Studies.    A native of Italy, she studied foreign languages and their real-world applications earning both a bachelor's and a ma...

• Vizzo, Emily

  Emily Vizzo teaches Writers Workshop: Read and Critique and Memoir Writing for UC San Diego Extension's Creative Writing Certificate Program .  Emily is a writer and educator. She previously covered Congress for the Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C., and...

News, Events, Blogs

• The Importance of Teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace

  By Jennifer McEntee There are laws and guiding principles to prevent harassment and discrimination in the office, but that’s not enough to let employees feel safe to be their authentic selves. “A culturally competent workplace goes beyond compliance,” shares human re...

• NBC News Covers Brewing for Diversity Scholarship

  This news is worth a toast: San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Co. – in partnership with UC San Diego Extension – is launching a scholarship that aims to advance diversity and inclusion across all parts of our city’s brewing community.

• Brewing for Diversity Scholarship Launched

  Ballast Point Brewing Co.​ Launches Brewing for Diversity scholarship in partnership with UC San Diego Extension​ to advance diversity and inclusion across all aspects of the brewing community.

• Inclusive Excellence Advisory Council Members Announced

  The leadership team of Extension established a volunteer committee of staff interested in helping the division pursue its aim to improving the inclusive experience of every current and future student, instructor, staff and administrator. 

• Juneteenth Holiday Is An Opportunity to Reflect On Past and Future

  By Felicia Campbell [3-minute read] Image: Houston Public Library "We are hopeful that many more people in our UC San Diego community will take the opportunity to learn about Juneteenth and explore the history and meaning of this annual event," said Pradeep K. Khos...

• Search for the Dean of Extension

  UC San Diego is pleased to invite nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Extension.

• Ballast Point Brewing-Brewing for Diversity Program Awards Two Scholarships

  Ballast Point has awarded two full scholarships as part of its inaugural Brewing for Diversity partnership with the UC San Diego Extension Brewing Program. 

• Connected to everything else: Practical arts integration

  By Morgan Appel, director of UC San Diego Extension's Education Department As this series on the arts in education draws to a close, we can argue that we have made a compelling, albeit brief, case for meaningful inclusion of the arts in P-12 curriculum. As we transition du...

• As past times go by, instructor asks: 'How do I make history come to life?'

  Dale Pluciennik: "Depending on the time period, I try and put my students back in time ... as if they were there."   Dale Pluciennik has always been fascinated by history, from ancient to modern times. That’s why he enjoys teaching U.S. history at San Marcos High Schoo...

• An iron-CLAD commitment to working with English learners

  Candidates Reflect on a Highly Specialized Training at UC San Diego Extension By Karen Schwanke and Jessica Ade, candidates, English Language Authorization Program and Morgan Appel, director, Education Department, UC San Diego Extension English Language Authorization ...

• Full STEAM ahead: Youth program celebrates college-prep students

  UC San Diego Extension’s leadership-oriented STE[+a]M program will hold evening graduation ceremonies for 17 young students Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Joe & Vi Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall . Presented under the banner of “ Full STEAM Ahead ,” the free summer youth progr...

• Connected to everything else: Music and the curriculum

  By Morgan Appel, director of UC San Diego Extension's Education Department Our last installment in the present series on arts education explored the cognitive and affective characteristics of the gifted and talented pupil and a few of the ways in which the arts contribute ...

• UC San Diego Extension to Open Innovative Cultural and Education Hub in Downtown San Diego

  Proposed urban presence in the East Village will expand the university's educational reach to diverse communities throughout the region.

• UC San Diego Extension's Academic Connections Helps 452 High School Students Prepare for College

  Three-week program has special focus on assisting students from underserved communities.

• UC San Diego and Holland Partner Group Break Ground on New Downtown Development

  Project will expand the university's educational reach and offer community-engaging outdoor space along with 426 housing units

• Connected to everything else: More neuroscience and the 'gifted brain'

  By Morgan Appel, director of UC San Diego Extension's Education Department In our last outing, we explored elementary elements of neurobiology as they pertained directly to teaching and learning — and perchance more importantly, our engagement in the digital, performing an...

• UC San Diego Extension Breaks Ground on Downtown Project

  As a world leader in research and innovation, UC San Diego is expanding its reach to downtown San Diego’s East Village neighborhood where the university recently broke ground on a state-of-the-art development at the corner of Park and Market. The new facility will co...

• Sally Ride Science Launches at UC San Diego

  STEM outrach program to continue legacy of first American woman to fly in space.

• UC San Diego Extension Welcomes New Dean After Nationwide Search

  Dr. Hugo O. Villar brings over a decade of experience with the UC San Diego System; Aims to continue entrepreneurial spirit, diversity and access; Tenure to begin July 1, 2021

• UC San Diego Sees Downtown As Innovation’s Next Frontier

  by Jennifer Davies Since its inception more than 50 years ago, UC San Diego has been an agent of change in the region. But its transformative role was hardly by chance. Rather, it was the stated goal of civic leaders in the 1950s and 1960s. They envisioned a world-class r...

• The Next Chapter for Libraries

  By Jennifer Davies A dark computer room at the Central Library in downtown San Diego would seem like the last place a teenager would want to be on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon. But that’s exactly where a dozen or so students from around San Diego have chosen ...

• Program Prepares Teachers for the Dual Language Classroom

  By Jennifer McEntee Kimberly Morrison teaches K-12 teachers how bilingualism can translate into greater achievement in the classroom and beyond. She struck upon the idea for a UC San Diego Extension program in dual-language immersion while working as an elementary schoo...

• The Best of UCSD Extension 2021: Social Media

  By Stephanie Stevens Congratulations, everyone! We made it through 2021. And while it was in many ways a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, it's also been a year of innovation, resilience and hope for the future. Here are highlights of the 2021 posts on each of ou...

• Building better bridges to global health / El desarrollo de puentes académicos hacia una salud globa

  By/Por Jill Esterbrooks Translated by/Traducido por Patricia Fierro, Word Awareness (For the Spanish version, scroll down.) Dr Villa-Caballero (Left) with students and instructors form the CTLA intensive workshop in Mission Valley, 2016. When it comes to advances ...

• The Best of UCSD Extension 2020: Highlights & Future Plans

    By Mary L. Walshok [8 minute read] Recently, I was in a board meeting with some of our regional tech executives at which each of us was invited to comment on "What was the best thing that happened to us in this, possibly the worst year of our lives?"  It turne...

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