No, let me clarify. I was allowed to work with two professors here who mentored me. I was even able to co-publish a paper with one professor. But I had to be very pro-active. I had to search to find out that UCSD offered 199's-where one can "create a class" This is how I learned to research, not in the classroom.

I admire your efforts and hope other students learn from your efforts. What do you think we can do to open these opportunities to other students?

Regarding the Student Experience report, I relate strongly to principle 7 regarding the physical environment.

I hope you saw our Welcome banners at the Price Center this year. we wanted to officially welcome students back to campus

I loved the banner at the price center!

csholley, AS President christopher sweeten is working on this effort with signs for both campus and in local stores csholley, i will pass along your suggestion about publicizing the committees

what is your typical day at work like?

I start early and end late....just like our students do with studying and classes!

csholley, AS President Sweeten has been exceptional in keeping me informed of AS activities. He meets regularly with me

The regents set our tuition and regularly hear from students in public forums. the chancellors also reflect the views of students as we discuss the future for the UC

Please be aware that we have found that students signing on late may not be seeing the full chat conversation. We will be posting the transcript later on my website at http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu

supersauce, when you first log in you don't see the thread. Glad you joined in. I agree with csholley--this is great.

when will we be changing our sports programs to div 1

this is an option suggested in the undergraduate report but one must realize that it would require a great deal of funding

justin, thanks for the reminder about healthy and love your body day

supersauce, are you a chef? are you offering to cook?

i really like the idea of fruit producing trees on campus

d4, can you provide your fellow students with more info about coop?

Justin is correct. There are places on campus where it is so wet you can not walk through--parts of TMC field, for example.

Are you going to be running/walking in the Chancellors 5k this Friday? Or just cheering us on?

I'll walk some of the route and greet the finishers

if you are talking about university house, i would love to have people there but it is unsafe

The Chancellor is doing her best to keep up w/ all the different threads, she will try to get to them all. Thank you for your active participation.

I will confirm that it is posted and will ask that it be posted on my chancellor's website as well

No, that's university house and it is unsafe to live there

How do you think that we can get alumni more involved at UCSD?

we are actively working with Alumni director John Valva to engage our alumni in their alma mater. what else do you think we can do?

i don't know if we have the audience for monthly. we have been trying to gain support from students to do this at the beginning and the end of the school year

I would suggest more volunteering at student events--or speaking at student events??Alumni events are nice, but they don't engage current students much.

concerned student: i believe we have answered the questions we have from you. which one was not answered?

Like all universities, we are concerned about rapidly increasing health costs. i know the office of the president is negotiating for the best policies for the greatest value

rcorell, we would need this to be driven by student interest for this to be successful. Is there sufficient interest for a monthly chat?

The audience is here!

Thanks to all the students who joined me in today's chat. I really enjoyed this exchange. If I didn't get to your question, I encourage you to visit during my student walk in hours posted on my webpage. Please continue to send me your thoughts and insights by writing to me at chancellor@ucsd.edu. Thank you