UC Women’s Initiative: Nominate someone or apply by March 24

Nominations and applications are open through March 24, 2023, for the UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI), a systemwide experiential professional development program for mid-career woman-identified professionals and those who support the advancement of woman-identified professionals.

Participants include faculty, academic personnel and staff — people managers and individual contributors.

UC WI seeks participants who have demonstrated the potential to advance their careers at UC. The cohort teaches them to fully participate, succeed and advance at the university, with the goal of employee retention.

The program is sponsored by the President’s office and the Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW) and offered by Systemwide Human Resources in partnership with Coro Northern California and SACSW.

UC WI typically takes place in person but will be offered virtually for the 2023/2024 program year in support of ongoing remote work requirements.

Benefits of participating in UC WI

• Cultivate a professional network that spans the UC system
• Learn from top UC leaders about their diverse leadership approaches and journeys
• Strengthen skills and confidence through hands-on practice with a range of tools in the areas of professional development and impact, strategic relationship-building, negotiating for yourself, peer coaching and more.
• Increase your awareness of diverse UC career paths

Please visit the UC WI website for more information, including participant testimonials.

Nomination and application contacts by location

Below are contacts for location-specific UC WI information:

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Learning and Organizational Development
• UC ANR: Learning and Development
• UC Berkeley: UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC Davis: UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC Irvine: Training and Development
• UCLA: 2022-23 Systemwide UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC Merced: 2023-2024 Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC Riverside: 2023-2024 UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC San Diego: UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UCSF: UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development
• UC Santa Barbara: Learning Center
• UC Santa Cruz: Leadership Programs
• UCOP: UC Women’s Initiative application information