Re-Emerging Scholars Center

Re-Emerging Scholars provides meaningful support in the lives of justice-involved and formerly-incarcerated students looking to take steps toward a new path. The program supports students at any level–from the enrollment process through successful completion of education and career support.

What Is Re-Emerging Scholars?

Campus Resource Center

We provide programming, support, and a safe space for formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students, including:

• Assistance with enrollment and financial aid
• Weekly check-in sessions with faculty
• Counseling, case management, and therapy
• Workshops on personal development and career readiness
• Mentoring: a peer-to-peer mentoring program
• Community resource referrals and support
• Money: emergency funding and scholarships
• Support: study skills support, school supplies, snacks, and t-shirts
• University connections to CSUS, UCD, and UCB programs
• A sense of community and a place to be

Cohort-Based Learning Community

A learning community for formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted students to complete personal, professional, and educational development courses with supportive faculty, staffing, and counseling toward transfer and career.

Students are enrolled in coordinated transfer-level courses:

• College Success
• Accelerated English Writing
• Sociology (with re-entry lens)
• Personal Finance or Accelerated Math/STATs
• Marriage and Family
• Internship
• Nutrition
• Public Speaking
• an additional group study course

After their first year, cohort students can be nearly 75% of the way through their General Education requirements.

Clubs

Two campus clubs for all formerly incarcerated and system-impacted students to:

• engage with Re-Emerging Scholars
• find community and fellowship
• continue to build a pro-social network
• support sobriety
• engage in advocacy
• attend campus and community events

Check out:

• Re-Emerging Scholars Club
• Sobriety Society Club

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