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Unit 1 Residences, 2650 Durant Avenue, Barbara Christian Hall, 5th and 6th Floor
Coed floor; double and triple occupancy residence hall rooms, suite style.
The African American Theme Program provides residents and interested community members with the opportunity to discuss specific issues relating to the African American culture. It also promotes social and political awareness among students and provides information about resources within the African American community.
The theme program is fully supported by the African American Student Development Office and the Department of African American Studies
Unit 3 Residences, Beverly Cleary Hall, 2424 Channing Way
Coed floor; single, double, triple occupancy residence hall
rooms
The Asian Pacific American Theme House (APATH) is a living-learning environment that works to educate the residents about the unspoken issues of the Asian Pacific American community. Residents are required to take the Asian American Studies 20A course that teaches students about the history of Asian Americans. APATH focuses on the contemporary struggles Asian Americans face living in America, which is taught through a student-run weekly seminar. It offers a unique perspective about identity and discrimination, where students can share their ideas and experiences with their floor mates. The living-learning environment creates a close-knit community, where residents feel free to share their points of views and challenge the views of others. Residents also participate in programs and community service to educate and help the community at Cal.
Unit 3 Residences, Beverly Cleary Hall, 2424 Channing Way
Coed floor; single and double occupancy residence hall rooms
Casa Magdalena Mora is a cross-cultural theme program for residents who share interests in Xicana/Latino culture, community, and organizing for social change. Casa creates a familia environment, where Casistas create a supportive, politically conscious and active community. The program provides advisors to help new students transition into Cal, in addition to working closely with the Raza Center and Progressive Community Organizations. Casistas enroll in a weekly Xicana Studies seminar, participate in committees, and engage in the major issues facing the Raza community. Casa provides ways to connect with other students and spaces to work to change and facilitate empowerment in the community. The Xicana/Latino Agenda Office and the Xicana/Latino Studies Department sponsor the program.
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Foothill, 2700 Hearst Avenue
Single Gender: single, double, triple occupancy rooms in a
suite
The Women in Science and Engineering Theme Program aims to provide a unique living and learning environment for women students with a strong interest in math, science, and engineering. Through the theme program seminar, WiSE students will expand their awareness and understanding of their potential fields as well as gain skills necessary to succeed at Cal. In the classroom, WiSE students will likely be taking introductory courses in mathematics, chemistry, computer science, and physics together. Outside of the classroom, WiSE students will continue to learn from their peers and receive specialized advising and mentoring to facilitate their transition to University life. Continuing WiSE students are recruited to act as peer mentors for incoming first-year and transfer students. The goal of the theme program is to provide a supportive and encouraging environment for its students. By offering students the chance to socialize with others in their prospective fields, these women can forge friendships and build supportive networks that can last long after graduation.
Foothill, 2700 Hearst Avenue
Coed suites; double and triple rooms in suite environment
The Global Environment Theme House (GETH) provides a living and learning environment for students interested in social, economic and scientific issues affecting our Earth's urban, rural and global environment. The goal of the program is to bring students and faculty together in a variety of structured and informal ways to explore issues such as global environmental change, policy and management of natural resources, sustainable rural and urban environments, and environmental leadership. The program provides students and faculty with a forum to exchange ideas, challenge each other's thinking, and share experiences about a variety of topics in small group settings. Residents will receive specialized advising and mentoring to assist them in their academic career at UC Berkeley and beyond. As Berkeley students, they will experience all of the opportunities of a large university, but will have the added benefits of being part of a smaller and closer community of 25 Global Environment House residents and the teaching and advising faculty who dedicate their time to the program.
Foothill, La Loma, 2700 Hearst Avenue
Coed suites; double and triple rooms in suite environment
The Unity House theme program is unique to Berkeley and pioneering in its intentional focus on gender AND sexuality, support of mixed gender room assignments, and academic connections to the Gender and Women's Studies major and LGBT studies minor. In addition to creating safe space for students of all identities, Unity House fosters involved discussions and exploration of the numerous approaches, cultural and individual, to gender and sexuality. Unity House is a community that is committed to the examination and celebration of all our identities. We explore the intersection and expression of identities including, but not limited to-gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, social class, spirituality and body image. The academic seminar offers students both a theoretical study of gender and sexuality and an outlet to share their individual experiences. Socials, community activities, event planning, faculty and staff interactions, and community outreach allow students to develop leadership experience while having fun and developing friendships that may last a lifetime.
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