UCUES 20th anniversary program

The University of California is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) on August 25, 2022. Captioned videos are linked from the session titles.

9:00 am - 9:20 am (All times in PDT):

  • Welcome Speech by Michael Brown (UCOP Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of California Office of the President

    Introduced by Pamela Brown, Vice President for Institutional Research and Academic Planning at the University of California Office of the President 
9:20 am - 9:50 am:
  • Panel - History of the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES)
    Facilitator: John Douglass, Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor, Public Policy and Higher Education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education in Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley. Founding PI of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium.

    Panelists:
    William Armstrong, Director of Student Research and Information, Institutional Research at the University of California, San Diego
    Steven Brint, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, University of California, Riverside; SERU Principal Researcher
    Julian Fernald, Director, Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz
    Gregg Thomson, Principal Research, SERU Consortium
10:00 am - 10:50 am:
  • Panel – A Conversation with UC Leadership on the impact and future of UCUES 
    Facilitator: Pamela Brown, Vice President for Institutional Research and Academic Planning at the University of California Office of the President

    Panelists:
    Sarah Frey, Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education at the University of California, Merced
    Brian Haynes, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of California, Riverside
    Julian Ledesma, Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity and Excellence at the University of California, Berkeley
    John Moore, Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of California, San Diego
11:00 am-11:40 am:
  • Panel - Students as Survey Takers and Survey Researchers
    Facilitator: Igor Chirikov, Senior Researcher and SERU Consortium Director, the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley

    Panelists:
    Sophia Corona, undergraduate student at the University of California, San Diego
    Hannah Dolan, undergraduate student at the University of California, Davis
    Sophia Lee-Park, undergraduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara
    Sam Tan, undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley
11:40 am - 1:00 pm: Virtual Lunch  

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm:
  • Panel – High impact practices: Using UCUES to support campuses and students 
    Facilitator: Sereeta Alexander, Executive Director, Office of Planning and Analysis at the University of California, Berkeley

    Panelists:
    William Armstrong, Director of Student Research and Information, Institutional Research at the University of California, San Diego
    Cinnamon Danube, Principal Analyst, Institutional Research and Decision Support at the University of California, Merced
    Andrew Eppig, Research Analyst, Division of Equity & Inclusion at the University of California, Berkeley
    Erika Jackson, Assistant Director, Institutional Research at the University of California, Davis
    Anna Sher, Assistant Director, Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm:
  • Talk - Opportunities to learn more about UCUES  

    Presenters:
    Andrea Belgrade, Institutional Research & Planning Analyst at the University of California Office of the President
    Tongshan Chang, Director, Institutional Research and Academic Planning at the University of California Office of the President
    Courtney Sanders, Institutional Research & Planning Analyst at the University of California Office of the President
    Yang Yang, Institutional Research & Planning Analyst at the University of California Office of the President
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm:
  • Closing Speech by Pamela Brown, Vice President, Institutional Research and Academic Planning at the University of California Office of the President
 

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