Announcements

6/24 Email sent by Susan Toma-Berge

Hello MAT Anteaters,

Welcome to your first week in the MAT program!  I wanted to share this note from our Financial Aid team:

Thank you for your patience as the Financial Aid office works through the issues with the new program.  Just a few updates from them.

- No one with an accepted financial aid offer will be dropped at this time. 

- The disbursement of accepted aid is actively being processed by management and eventually applied to each student's account. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear the process will be completed today, but we are optimistic it will be finalized before the end of this week.

- If they are unable to complete the disbursement by this Friday, they will request an additional fee deadline to July 3rd.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Susan

6/11 Email sent by Susan Toma-Berge

Hello MAT Anteaters,

We are counting down the days until our Orientation on Friday, June 20th.  I was asked by our Financial Aid office to relay two messages to you.

- The Financial Aid offers are expected to go out early next week (June 16-19)

-  If you are applying for summer aid, once you complete the Summer Aid Application (including UCI undergrads) please send an email to Maria Noblejas at mnobleja@uci.edu.  Make sure to include your ID number.  

Stay safe everyone!

Take care,

Susan

6/5 Email sent by Amisadai Garcia, Summer Session Student Services Lead

Dear Incoming MAT student,

Earlier today you received an email from summer-confirmation@uci.edu with a link to pay for your Summer Session Fees. This is a friendly reminder that your fees for this summer are due on Friday, June 20th, 2025. You can also access your Summer Session Schedule & Statement by logging into the Summer Session website (summer.uci.edu) with your UCInetID and password.

If you plan on using Financial Aid to cover your fees or have any questions regarding Financial Aid for this Summer, please feel free to email Financial Aid Counselor Maria Noblejas - mnobleja@uci.edu.

If you did not receive the email today, no further action is needed at this time.

If you have not already contacted me regarding applying your VA benefits or Cal Vet Fee Waiver (if applicable), feel free to do so between now and the deadline.

If you have any further questions, feel free to reply to this email.

Sincerely,

Amisadai Garcia

Student Services Lead

UCI Summer Session

949.824.6494

6/5 Email sent from Jaycee Chu, Director of Student Affairs, jhchu@uci.edu 

Dear Incoming MAT Candidates,

You should now have access to the Student Health Center’s My Student Chart portal to upload your TB Test results and Immunization requirements. Instructions on how to upload documents and how to comply with the UCI requirements are available on the SHC’s website: Immunizations | Student Health Center

Please check the Student Health Center’s My Student Chart portal regularly to access your status and for secure messages related to medical information/questions use the “New Student Immunization Requirement” message mailbox.

The deadline to submit TB Testing documentation and to request for the Online Health Clearance is June 27th, 2025. Please note: there will be a $20 charge to your zotaccount from the UCI Student Health Center to conduct this review.

How to submit a request for MAT TB Clearance:

1. Log-in to your Student Health’s My Student Chart portal using your UCInetID.

2. Select “Schedule an Appointment” from the home page.

3. Click on “ASYNCare Online Services”

4. Select “Health Clearance”

5. Answer the following questions and check the statements, then click “Continue” to send your request.
   
   Allow 3-5 business days for your request to be processed.

6. Once the TB Clearance letter is available, please email to jhchu@uci.edu to be cleared for student teaching.

7. A $20 charge will be automatically billed to your UCI Zot Account. Please log into your Zot Account to pay the fee once it is available: https://zotaccount.uci.edu/

If you have specific questions related to the TB requirement or your incoming student immunizations, please contact shc-immunization@uci.edu.

Thanks,
Jaycee

5/9 Email sent from Jaycee Chu, Director of Student Affairs: MAT TB Requirement

Dear Incoming MAT Candidates,

Welcome to UCI and I look forward to meeting you all this summer!

As part of your UCI School of Education admissions requirements and in preparation for your student placements, you will be required to submit a negative TB test by the deadline of June 27th, 2025. If you have a history of a positive TB test, you will need to complete the TB Health Assessment form (signed by your primary care provider) and perform a chest x-ray (dated within 1 year of school start date). Compliance with the SOE TB requirement and the UC mandated requirements are monitored by and facilitated through the UCI Student Health Center (SHC).  The TB test, for purposes of SOE requirements and required for fieldwork placement during the program, is valid for 3 years and must remain current throughout the program. We will accept valid test results dated from January 1st, 2025.

I will email you again once you have access to the UCI Student Health Center system but we want to make sure you can prepare in advance. The deadline to submit TB Testing documentation is June 27th, 2025. Please note: there will be a $20 charge to your zotaccount from the UCI Student Health Center to conduct this review. Directions on how to pay for the review will be included in my next email.

Students will need to submit verification of a valid TB test by confirmation from a doctor’s office or confirmation from a lab or clinic. If you do not have a valid TB test on file (dated from January 1st or after), we would recommend you completing this requirement as well as obtaining immunizations through one of these options:

• UCI Student Health Center:

  • For students enrolling in the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP)- The cost of testing and immunizations are 100% covered by UC SHIP and your coverage will begin on June 23rd, 2025.  A referral is required by SHC if you receive TB testing and/or immunizations at any outside clinic or provider’s office. A referral is not required if you obtain these services at an in-network retail pharmacy. Note that CVS Minute Clinic is a clinic, a separate billing entity from their pharmacy and, therefore, a referral is required. Contact SHC’s Insurance Services department at shc-insurance@uci.edu or 949-824-2388 to obtain a referral once your coverage begins.

• Contact your primary care physician’s office for testing and immunizations.  Reminder – SHC is the PCP for all students enrolled in UC SHIP. A referral is required if a student wishes to obtain TB testing and/or immunizations from any other primary care provider.

• CVS Minute Clinic: https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/services/tb-testing.

• Additional local sites that may provide TB Tests and Immunizations here .

Please contact me if you have any questions and I’ll be following up in a few weeks with next steps.
Best,

Jaycee

jhchu@uci.edu 

5/6 Email from Susan Toma-Berge to registrants of the Financial Aid Info Session

Hello MAT Anteaters,

Unfortunately, the Financial Aid office asked us to reschedule this info session.  There is a new system they are working out and it is not yet ready for 2025-2026.  We will reschedule for May 14th but do not have the time yet.  I will email/post as soon as we are ready to register for the May 14th info session.  My apologies for this inconvenience.

Thank you,

Susan Toma-Berge

tomas@uci.edu

4/23 Email sent by Susan Toma-Berge:

Hello Future MAT Candidates,

I am looking forward to meeting you at our Orientation on Friday, June 20th.  The Orientation will take place at UCI in the MPAA Building, very close to the School of Education.  We will be giving out MAT polo shirts so please fill out the order form by May 6th. We are providing lunch, so please fill out the lunch order form by June 20th.  

We will hold our Financial AId Info Session on May 7th at 3:00 10:30 am on Zoom.  To attend the info session, please use this LINK to register.  The session will be recorded and posted for anyone unable to attend.  Information about applying for scholarships will be posted on the MAT website soon.

The coordinators and I are busy preparing for you to begin in June.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Susan

3/10 Email sent by Susan Toma-Berge

One more thing I forgot to mention, if you are interested in signing up for UCI Housing, you will probably not be able to sign up yet until your UCI email is set up.  For this reason, please contact Robin Michaels <robin.michaels@uci.edu> directly and let her know that you are a newly admitted MAT student.