Doctoral Summer Bridge Program

2025 GANAS DSB Program Dates
(August 3rd - August 10th)

The 2025 Participation Application for the GANAS DSB Program is LIVE and due June 6th! 

The GANAS DSB 2025 Program will host 20 incoming Graduate Students

To date, the GANAS Doctoral Summer Bridge Program has served 48 incoming graduate students with support from 10 graduate student mentors over 3 summers; we look forward to welcoming our 4th cohort of GANAS Doctoral Summer Bridge Program Scholars this coming summer. 

The GANAS Doctoral Summer Bridge Program is a part of the GANAS Graduate Pathways Project and includes interventions positioned to address the need to overcome institutional barriers that impede Latina/o graduate student preparation, retention, advancement to candidacy, and completion.

The GANAS Doctoral Summer Bridge Program aims to prepare incoming graduate students by providing a week-long program focused on best practices, campus resources, and student strategies to be utilized during their time with UCSC.

During the course of the week, students will be in community with the 4 GANAS Graduate Doctoral Summer Bridge Mentors, as well as the GANAS Graduate Services Counselor. Students will engage with various presentations and workshops highlighting the vast array of resources available to them as incoming graduate students. Students will also be given an introduction to various campus spaces and points of contact throughout the week in order to create a grounding sense of familiarity with their new environment.  

• Get to know on-campus resources.
• Build community with other grads.
• Learn more about UCSC and Santa Cruz.
• Get to know the physical campus & trails.
• On-campus housing and meals are provided for all program participants.
• GANAS DSB participants will be eligible for $300 in pre-program support.
• A $500 participation stipend will be awarded to all GANAS DSB participants who successfully complete and attend all "active programming" portions of the program (to be paid out in Fall Quarter).
• GANAS DSB participants will have the option to stay on-campus from August 11th - 18th.

More information about participation applications and informational sessions will be posted here soon!

Learning Outcomes 

Students will work to develop preparatory skills and strategies to be successful graduate students in their respective departments and fields of study. Students participating in the Doctoral Summer Bridge Program should feel prepared to begin their first quarter at UCSC with a sense of confidence and community. 

The Doctoral Summer Bridge program aims to provide students with opportunities to:

• Build community, 
• Prepare for their new academic setting and research, 
• Familiarize yourself with campus resources,
• Get introduced to faculty, staff, and resources on campus. 

Doctoral Summer Bridge 2023 Cohort

All questions regarding the GANAS Doctoral Summer Bridge Program and Graduate Student Mentor position may be directed to the Director of GANAS Graduate Pathways, Angel Dominguez at adomingu@ucsc.edu