UC WI is an experiential professional development cohort program committed to enabling the full participation, success, and advancement of woman-identified professionals at the University of California (UC).
The program is designed to cultivate a professional network that spans the UC system, provide access to top UC Leaders to learn about their diverse leadership approaches and journeys, as well as strengthen skills and confidence through hands-on practice in the areas of self-awareness and reflection, professional development and impact, strategic relationship building, developing and delivering a compelling narrative regarding one’s professional accomplishments and vision, negotiating for yourself at work, and peer coaching.
The program involves employees from every UC location brought together as a chort for 4 days of sessions, assignments, access to an online networking platform and professional coaching.
This is a different program from the UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative and the UCSF-CORO Faculty Leadership Collaborative.
2024-2025 Program
- Who: The program is offered to mid-career woman-identified professionals and those who support them, including faculty, academic personnel and staff, people managers and non-people managers who have demonstrated potential to advance their careers at UC. UCSF has been allocated 18 spaces for the academic/fiscal year; alternates from the prior year's program are offered spaces first.
- Applications: are now closed for the 2024-2025 program. Applicants will be informed of their acceptance status by April 19, 2024.
The application asks for:
Cost & Location
- The $1,287.50 per-participant fee covers program delivery, resources, tools and support. Department chartstring(s) is requested in the application to cover this fee.
- The program will be offered virtually via Zoom.
Schedule
Each 30-person cohort is made up of 4 virtual sessions, plus up to 2 hours of additional work assigned between sessions. The schedule coincides with UC’s academic/fiscal calendar:
- Cohort 1: September to November, 2024
- Cohort 2: January to March, 2025
- Cohort 3: April to June, 2025
Participants must fully attend all sessions, as well as complete pre-work and a pre-program survey before the first day of their assigned cohort.
Contact
Sponsored by the President's Office and the Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW)
Offered by Systemwide Human Resources in partnership with Coro Northern California and SACSW
Questions? Contact [email protected]