Eighth College
Critical Community Engagement
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Eighth College's theme of Engagement & Community is both timely and persistent. It is at the heart of some of the most difficult challenges that humanity faces worldwide: structural racism; widening disparities in economic wealth, health and wellbeing; climate disruption; ecological degradation; the globalization of chronic and infectious disease types and vectors; and the declining resilience in the capacity of human settlements and working lands to adaptively respond to increasingly frequent and devastating shocks happening worldwide. Importantly, the Engagement & Community theme leverages and is aligned with campus-wide efforts to combat structural racism and anti-Blackness.
Learn more about our theme and mission at https://eighth.ucsd.edu/Â
The application will be open November 18, 2024 at 9am to January 5, 2025 at 11:59pm
Eighth College's Residence Halls
Eighth College's Residence Halls
Podemos and Sankofa
Podemos and Sankofa
Our first two residence halls opened in Eighth College's inaugural year!
Podemos translates from Spanish as "we can". It expresses a world of future possibilities of what may, might, or could happen. The name looks forward, aligning to the Eighth College's strong sense of purpose. Fitting that it was our first building launched in Fall Quarter 2023!
Sankofa loosely translates from Twi as "to go back and get". It is a phrase that encourages learning from the past to inform the future, reaching back to move forward, and lifting as we climb. Sankofa was Eighth College's second building to open, welcoming its inaugural residential class in Winter Quarter 2024!
Survivance and Azad
Survivance and Azad
Azad translates from several different languages as "freedom". Azad is an expression of freedom, choice, voice, and liberation that emphasizes a broadening of perspectives.
Survivance represents the idea of going beyond survival towards thriving. It is word that was coined to denote how Indigenous people have not only survived, but have actively resisted colonialism, declaring a dynamic presence through acts of resistance and combining traditional ways of knowing with contemporary innovations.
Both Azad and Survivance welcomed their inaugural residential class in Summer 2024!
Pulse
Pulse
Pulse represents a heartbeat, the rhythm of music that connects to the body, the sound of things circulating, a place to dance and find community. Pulse welcomed its inaugural residential class in Summer 2024!
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Our buildings and the land they're on provide a vibrant home for our Eighth community. Don't miss the sunsets and ocean views!
What to Expect as an Eighth College RA
What to Expect as an Eighth College RA
Develop and plan individual and collaborative programs for residents
Work in collaboration with Eighth College Student Affairs Staff and student leaders to create new Eighth College traditions and College-wide events
Lead regular community meetings and individual check-ins with residents
Participate in a duty rotation for your building
Address policy violations, mediate roommate conflicts, and have educational conversations with residents.
Support students experiencing difficulty, assist in their transition to college and help them identify appropriate resources
Participate in a collateral committee that supports a departmental mission (Examples include: Hall Council Liaison, Traditions, Staff Development and Recognition, and Eighties Living in Sixth Liason)
Live in a private single room no matter building you're placed in
Have an active voice in how Res Life and the wider Eighth College work is done
Get leadership from the dopest Pro Staff this side of the Mississippi!
Have access to the Pulse gym, the market plaza, Survivance game room, an
RA Application Information Sessions
RA Application Information Sessions
Couldn't make it to an info session? Check out one of the recordings below!
RA Info Session #1.mp4Info Session #1
Info Session #1
11-22-2024
RA Info Session #2.mp4Info Session #2
Info Session #2
12-5-2024
The application will be open November 18, 2024 at 9am to January 5, 2025 at 11:59pm
Still have questions?
Still have questions?
Send an email to eighthreslife@ucsd.edu and include "RA Application Question" in the subject line!
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