Professional Development Opportunities

• Website: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/

• 1:1 meeting with a Career Counselor: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/node/10

• Career Assessments: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/career-assessments

•  School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/ssha

• School of Natural Sciences: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/natsci

• School of Engineering: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/engr

• Graduate Division: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/students/graduate-school

• First Generation Career Conference: https://hire.ucmerced.edu/students/first-generation-career-conference

• Success Workshop Series

• Any workshop on the Student Career Center Calendar:

• https://hire.ucmerced.edu/events

• Events or workshops held by the Financial Wellness Center

• 1:1 meeting with the Financial Wellness Coordinator or Coaches

   

   

• Website: https://studentleadership.ucmerced.edu/

• Leadership Conference

• Workshops

• Bobcat Leadership Series

• Must complete entire series (4 workshops) to receive credit

• If a you are 3rd or 4th year scholar, this can fulfill all 3 of a scholar’s PD requirements 

• Website: https://studyabroad.ucmerced.edu/

• 1:1 Meetings with a Study Abroad Advisor

• International Education Week Events

• Events listed on the OIA and Study Abroad Calendar:https://international.ucmerced.edu/events

• Office hours

• Info Sessions

• UC Merced students can choose to study abroad with a variety of programs, including the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP), UC Summer Abroad (UCSA), or International Opportunities Program (IOP).

• *Please contact the Fiat Lux Scholars Program if you are accepted to study abroad. We will work with you regarding program requirements.

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• Website: https://prehealth.ucmerced.edu/

• Events or workshops on the following Pre-Health calendar:https://prehealth.ucmerced.edu/events

• 1:1 meeting with Pre-Health Advisors:https://prehealth.ucmerced.edu/contact-us-0

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• UROC: https://uroc.ucmerced.edu/

• Staff Office Hours appointment:https://uroc.ucmerced.edu/office-hours

• Interview for a specific UROC program you have applied for (Ex. LEADS, UROC-H, SURF, etc)

• Participation in a Research Symposium

• Presenting Research outside of UC Merced

• UCDC:

• Website: https://ucdc.ucmerced.edu/

• Info session

• Meeting with Coordinator or Outreach Chair

• Interview for the program

• UC Sacramento:

• Website: https://uccs.ucmerced.edu/

• Info session

• Meeting with Coordinator or Outreach Chair

• Interview for the program

• Strauss Foundation Scholarship
• Website: https://ue.ucmerced.edu/academic-competitions 
• Info session
• Meeting with Coordinator or Outreach Chair
• Submitted application for the program

• Peace Corps  

• Website: https://international.ucmerced.edu/events/peace-corps-prep-program-webin...

• Info session

• Meeting with Coordinator or Outreach Chair

• Interview for the program

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• Over the phone

• Via a virtual platform (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, etc)

• In-person

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• A scholar can hold multiple research assistant positions and have each one count as a PD (must be separate labs and under the supervision of a different Professor or Graduate Student)

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• A scholar can hold multiple internship positions and have each one count as a PD (must be separate company/organization and under the supervision of a different supervisor)  

*Please note that this list of examples is not exhaustive nor does it represent an endorsement.