GANAS Graduate Services Counselor

All UCSC graduate students are welcome to schedule a 1:1 appointment with the GANAS GSC!

The GANAS Graduate Services Counselor (GSC) serves as a one-stop center for first-generation and low-income graduate students to address non-academic challenges that impede transition and degree completion through 1:1 holistic counseling appointments.

Services are designed to provide a safe space for holistic counseling and emphasize financial planning, budgeting, cost-control strategies, borrowing, financial literacy, and holistic wellness approaches and strategies.

What’s covered in GANAS GSC appointments?

Financial health, literacy, planning, and wellness

Budgeting, healthy spending, and finding funding

Familial and personal Responsibilities

Setting boundaries

Campus community and cultural wellness

Navigating a new space as a person of color

Campus and community resources

Programs, software, support

Graduate reading and writing support

Qualifying exam and dissertation planning support
Writing tutoring and student-led groups

Academic and career trajectories

What do you do with that degree?

Strategies for self-care

Tips, tricks, and practices to take care of yourself

University forms and processes

Leave of absence, In-absentia, Part-time enrollment, graduation, etc.

Attending your appointment

In-person meetings on campus are possible with advance notice and on designated drop-in hour days. The GSC office is currently located in the HSI Modular Offices, near the East Field House.
Please note: Masking with a KN95 or N95 mask is strongly encouraged for indoor in-person meetings.
You can switch to a Zoom or phone meeting format up to one hour before your designated meeting time by emailing the GANAS GSC.

Questions

For any questions or further assistance setting up an appointment or just navigating graduate school in general, you’re welcome to reach out directly to Angel Dominguez, Graduate Services Counselor, at adomingu@ucsc.edu.