#11 Nov. 4th, 2025
Eric Zimmerman
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IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES:
NOW!!! Winter Quarter Class
Scheduling Pass
#1 opens. Check for
your specific pass date and time on GOLD.
11/17/25 Winter Quarter Class Scheduling Pass #2 opens
12/1/25 Winter Quarter Class Scheduling Pass #3 opens
12/5/25 Fall
quarter deadline to change Grading Option or
submit a Withdrawal form for a Fall class
Click here to see UCSB’s 2025-26 Registration Pass Times.
To view UCSB’s Quarterly Deadlines click here.
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NEWS IN ES:
UCSB Current Article: “Bren
School leadership program highlights mentorship and student
research!”
The Bren Environmental Leadership (BEL) program saw more than a
dozen pairs of
undergraduate (many ES majors) and graduate students team
up for an intensive
10-week paid fellowship to network, workshop and produce special
projects in
their respective fields, from marine biology and agricultural
practices to
social justice and pollution reduction…. Among the BEL presenters,
third-year
environmental studies major Halia Fleming and mentor Caroline
Smith, who is
pursuing a masters degree with an emphasis in coastal resource
management, will
discuss their efforts to establish a baseline of marine mammal
species that
feed, migrate or live year round in the newly designated
4,543-square-mile
Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. See the complete
article here. Applications
for the
BEL program for Undergraduates will become available early Spring,
2026!
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INDEX:
1) Winter
Schedule Update: ENVS 190
has moved from Spring to Winter,
2026!
The class will NOT be taught in
Spring, so if you still need it, take it now!
2) Review
list of
Proposed ES Courses for Spring 2026 to help with your short
and long-term class
planning. Download
the list here or see attached.
3) The
Yale Student
Environmental Coalition’s COP30 Student Delegation
is bringing together
students from higher educational institutions around the
world to develop a
manifesto for COPs.
To join this effort, click here and signup by NOV. 4th (sorry for the quick turnaround) .
4) UCSB Draft Climate
Action Plan
comment period and public forum
Join us on November 5 for a draft CAP public forum
This 1-hour session will be held via Zoom on November 5, beginning at 3:00 pm PDT
Please RSVP here. Zoom link - https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83272808237
5) Join
the UCSB Sci
Comm Club for a Mental Health Communication workshop!
- Tuesday, Nov 4th, 6–7 PM, Bren Hall 1414
6) UCSB
LECTURE: Fireside Chat
with Michael Osterholm, PhD,
MPH, co-founded
the Vaccine Integrity Project in 2025 and is the author of THE
BIG ONE: How We
Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics
- Wed, Nov 5 / 4:00 PM / Henley Hall 1010
7) Volunteer at a We Are Isla Vista: Community Care Project event this November!
8) Welcome
to UCSB SEEDS (Strategies
for
Ecology Education, Diversity,
and Sustainability), a
student-led chapter program of the
Ecological Society
of America (ESA)
dedicated to providing hands-on, engaging experiences
in life sciences to
students of all backgrounds.
- Next meeting: Thursday November 6th at 5:00pm in
CITRAL (Library
1576)
9) JOIN
The UCSB Real
Food Challenge, trying to promote healthy and
sustainable food on campus,
as well as build a community around food in Isla Vista.
- Next meeting is Thursday, 5:30 in Girvetz Hall 2135
10) UCSB
Coastal Fund
Fall Minor Grant Applications Due Soon!
- 8 PM Friday November 7th, 2025
11) DID
YOU KNOW
about the The University of California Global Health
Institute (UCGHI) advances
local and global health equity so our people and planet thrive.
Learn more here!
12) Teach
English
Abroad or Locally: TESOL Course Info Session & Learning
Enterprises
Volunteers for Summer 2026
- Friday, November 14th 12pm-12:30pm On Zoom! https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/6876771425
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CONTENT:
1) Winter 2026 ENVS Schedule Update: ENVS 190 has moved from Spring to Winter, 2026! The class will NOT be taught in Spring, so if you still need it, take it now!
Normally, ENVS 190 is offered twice a year, in Fall and Spring quarters. But in 2025-26 it is being taught in Fall 25 and Winter 2026. It will not be offered in Spring 2026 and the next time it will be taught is Fall 2026. So if you need this required seminar to graduate this year, plan to take it in Winter 2026!
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2) Review list of
Proposed ES Courses for Spring 2026 to help with your short and
long-term class
planning. Download
the list here or see attached.
Every
year Environmental Studies provides a Proposed Schedule of ES
Courses we plan
to offer over the entire academic year as a tool to help
students plan their
course selection over the entire year.
This list is made available for download on the ES
Courses webpage here. As Schedule changes may
still occur prior to
the start of each quarter regular updates to the list of courses
is made. The current
list was last updated this week!
NOTE: ES course
descriptions and
prerequisites, along with a list of all cross-listed ES courses
with a second
department, and old course syllabi can also be found on the ES
Courses webpage at:
www.es.ucsb.edu/courses
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3) The Yale Student
Environmental
Coalition’s COP30 Student Delegation is bringing together students
from higher
educational institutions around the world to develop a manifesto
for COPs.
To join this effort, click here and signup
by NOV.
4th (sorry for the quick turnaround) .
It will primarily focus on recommendations for COP30 (and COPs in general) from the standpoints of accessibility, logistics, climate policy outputs, and more. The manifesto will be presented in Belém during Week 2.
We would like to invite all students and climate/environment-related student groups at colleges + universities to join and contribute, even if they’re not attending COP. Please submit this form by Nov 4 latest to join the coalition and contribute to the manifesto: http://tinyurl.com/cop30hes/. (It shouldn’t take more than a minute) We will host an online hour-long hackathon––tentatively on Nov 8 or 9––to finalize the manifesto.
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4) UCSB Draft Climate
Action Plan comment period and public forum
Join us on November 5 for a draft CAP public forum
This 1-hour session will be held via Zoom on November 5, beginning at 3:00 pm PDT
Please RSVP here. Zoom link - https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83272808237
On behalf of the Chancellor’s Sustainability Committee, we
are pleased to
share our draft Climate Action Plan (CAP). The 2025
CAP
assesses and analyzes UCSB’s current, historical, and projected
emissions and
evaluates the campus’s progress toward meeting the UC Climate
Policy. Planned and conceptual climate change mitigation
strategies
are outlined in the plan and provide a potential pathway towards
achieving the
90% reduction in total emissions by calendar year 2045 from a 2019
baseline.
The plan also addresses climate resilience and
how we can
prepare our campus community for future climate conditions. And
opportunities
for the campus to serve as a “living laboratory” for climate
action and
sustainability.
Join us on November 5 for a draft CAP public forum
This 1-hour session will be held via Zoom on November 5, beginning at 3:00 pm PDT
Zoom link - https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/83272808237
We welcome your review and feedback.
The final version of the plan will be submitted to UC’s Office of the President (UCOP) at the end of fiscal year 2025/26. Please submit your comments by Friday, December 5, 2025, by email to jewel...@ucsb.edu. This will give us adequate time to review feedback with the Chancellor’s Sustainability Committee, incorporate where feasible, before submitting the final version of the plan to the UCOP.
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5) Join the UCSB Sci
Comm Club for a Mental Health Communication workshop!
- Tuesday, Nov 4th, 6–7 PM, Bren Hall 1414
We’ll explore how to talk about mental health with care and
confidence. UCSB
Communication researcher Veronica Wilson will share insights from
successful
mental health campaigns, explain concepts like relational
immunity, and guide
us in mapping out our support systems, all through the lens of
science-based
communication!
For
more info see attached flier or visit: Instagram | Linkedin | Shoreline
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6) UCSB LECTURE: Fireside Chat with Michael
Osterholm, PhD,
MPH, co-founded
the Vaccine Integrity Project in 2025 and is the author of THE BIG
ONE: How We
Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics
- Wed, Nov 5 / 4:00 PM / Henley Hall 1010
A nationally recognized expert on infectious diseases, Dr.
Osterholm co-founded
the Vaccine Integrity Project in 2025 and is the author of THE BIG
ONE: How We
Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics as well as two New York
Times
bestsellers, Living Terrors and Deadliest Enemy.
Dr. Osterholm has advised U.S. and international leaders on
pandemic
preparedness, serving on President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19
transition
advisory
board, as a U.S. Department of State Science Envoy for Health
Security, and on
the
HHS National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity.
See attached Flier!
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7) Volunteer at a We
Are Isla Vista: Community Care Project event this November!
From November 8th-16th, The We Are Isla Vista: Community Care Project is hosting a variety of volunteer opportunities right in the heart of Isla Vista. Whether it’s helping out at a local community garden, compost sifting with IV Compost Collective, donating to the food drive, or doing litter pick-up to clean up the streets, there is something for everyone. All volunteers are invited to an end-of-week celebration and “thank you” lunch on November 16th. Come give back to our community and make Isla Vista a better place!
Find sign-up forms & more info by clicking here.
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8) Welcome to UCSB SEEDS (Strategies
for
Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability), a student-led chapter program
of the
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
dedicated to providing hands-on, engaging experiences in life
sciences to
students of all backgrounds.
- Next meeting: Thursday November 6th at 5:00pm in CITRAL (Library
1576)
We believe in diverse people for a diverse science.
Our November general meeting will be NEXT WEEK Thursday November 6th at 5:00pm in CITRAL (Library 1576)! We will be announcing our November events and the winner of the quarterly merch raffle!
DS has some EXCITING events planned for November you won't want to miss, including fun field trips and info on an amazing STEM program. Be sure to hear about them first at our general meeting.
HOW TO JOIN UCSB SEEDS
Register on Shoreline Follow
us on Instagram
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9) JOIN The UCSB Real
Food Challenge, trying to promote healthy and sustainable food on
campus,
as well as build a community around food in Isla Vista.
- Next meeting is Thursday, 5:30 in Girvetz Hall 2135
Building food culture and sustainability in IV
and
challenging the standards of food on campus!
See attached filer or follow us @therealfoodchallenge.ucsb or
contact Sammi
Dorostkar
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10) UCSB Coastal Fund
Fall Minor Grant Applications Due Soon!
- 8 PM Friday November 7th, 2025
As a reminder, here are our deadlines for Fall
quarter:
Minor ($1000 or less) Application Deadline-
8 PM Friday November 7th, 2025
The Coastal Fund (CF) is a student initiative dedicated to the
conservation of
the UCSB coastline. Our student body recognizes that the coast is
at the heart
of our campus’ culture and character and must be protected. In
response, each
undergraduate student contributes $5.75 per quarter, and each
graduate student
$3.00 per quarter, into a fund that provides over $450,000 each
year to protect
and enhance our coastline. Since Fall of 1999, the Fund has
allocated over $5
million to countless local projects or programs. The Coastal Fund
accepts
proposals during three funding cycles throughout the year (one per
academic
quarter) and critically reviews them for consistency to the CF
Mission
Statement vision and principals, relevance to the student
community, adherence
to UCSB and Regental policy and benefit to the UCSB shoreline.
Learn more about the UCSB
Coastal
Fund Grant Program here.
If you have any questions about an application or want to discuss
an idea
before submitting a full proposal, feel free to contact coast...@as.ucsb.edu
or our advisor Sarah at sar...@as.ucsb.edu.
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11) DID YOU KNOW
about the The University of California Global Health Institute
(UCGHI) advances
local and global health equity so our people and planet thrive. Learn
more here!
The University of California Global Health Institute leverages the research, teaching expertise and power of all ten University of California campuses by fostering relationships across institutions and communities, locally and internationally.
The relationships built through the Institute
lead to
meaningful partnerships which enable creative approaches and
successful
grantsmanship built on mutual trust and learning. We train the
next generation
of diverse leaders through our global health career opportunities
pathway. We
support health equity and advance health justice using
cross-disciplinary,
transcultural, and community-based research and advocacy to impact
change.
Includes the Center for Planetary Health that addresses
the looming
crisis resulting from the effects of rapidly growing populations,
limited food
and natural resources, and climate change on land, air, water and
life on our
planet.
Current Undergraduate Research Opportunities with Dr. Laury Oaks!
This research opportunity is open to all current UCSB undergraduates. Selected students will collaborate with Dr. Oaks on a student-led research project! The application deadline is November 14th at 11:59 PM. Apply here: https://forms.gle/P3PcQvtvKbBcBk2H8
UCGHI Student Ambassador Program
Applicants are also encouraged (but not required) to apply to the UCGHI Student Ambassador Program for additional exposure to global health education, seminar, and networking with faculty and students across UCS campuses. The application deadline is November 12th at 11:59 PM. Learn more and apply here: https://forms.gle/AVgkZyGeUhvh8REt9
Upcoming Advocacy Event:
Join us for our Call-A-Thon/Email-A-Thon, November 12th at 7:00 PM during our next general meeting! We will send messages to members of Congress and learn how to advocate for more equitable health-policy.
Stay up to date on our upcoming meetings, events, and guest speakers by joining our listserv! :) of Sign up here: https://forms.gle/ZPqeyL2VnQUQDJjA6
Questions, email Partners in Health UCSB <pih...@gmail.com>
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12) Teach English
Abroad or Locally: TESOL Course Info Session & Learning
Enterprises
Volunteers for Summer 2026
- Friday, November 14th 12pm-12:30pm On Zoom! https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/6876771425
Students from all majors and minors are
welcome!
Come learn about TESOL minor courses running in Winter and Spring
2026
Dr. Marie Webb, TESOL Minor Course instructor, Will speak about
the TESOL
course offerings and common Q&As about the field
Braedon Ervin, UCSB Junior, volunteer and taught English to 1st
through 8th
graders in Croatia. Will speak about volunteering with Learning
Enterprises
Learning Enterprises (LE) is an international non-profit
organization that has
been sending young adults around the world over the summer to
teach English in
under-resourced areas, with $0 program fees since 1992!
Friday, November 14th 12pm-12:30pm
On Zoom! https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/6876771425
Questions? ask Dr. Marie Webb mw...@ucsb.edu
Register on Shoreline! https://cglink.me/2dD/r2269468
-- Eric D. Zimmerman (he/him) Student Services Manager, Lecturer Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara To schedule a Zoom advising appointment visit: https://tinyurl.com/8nrcckds "Work Hard ~ Play Harder!"
