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For over a decade, Berkeley Connect has provided undergraduates with personalized mentoring and an inclusive intellectual community, while simultaneously supporting graduate students with valuable mentoring experience, mentorship from faculty, and fellowships. Since its inception, over 16,000 undergraduates and 300 graduate students have benefitted from this program... UC Berkeley is a large campus that can be difficult for new students to navigate. Berkeley Connect creates a nurturing, tightly-knit community where students develop a greater sense of belonging and begin to envision new possibilities for their educational journey. Undergraduates are matched with a graduate student who serves as their personal mentor, advising them on academics, offering guidance on future career goals, and coaching them on how to build productive relationships with professors. Facilitated by their mentors, participants meet regularly with peers for informal small group discussions related to their..

Also known as: berkeleyconnect

Primary location: Berkeley United States