UC San Diego Extended Studies: Showcase 2023

Join UC San Diego Extended Studies for our Campus to Community Showcase event to explore partnerships for your success, including an in-person exploration of the state-of-the-art, multilevel, mixed-use Park & Market facility in downtown San Diego and virtual afternoon sessions that highlight services and programs you can tap to realize or enhance your goals.

Kick off the morning with a continental breakfast, followed by a leadership welcome with Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth H. Simmons and Extended Studies Dean Hugo Villar and a partner panel discussion, featuring Carlos D. Jensen, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor of Educational Innovation; Wendy Hunter Barker, Assistant Dean, Strategy and Operations at the Rady School of Management; and Colleen Kollar Smith, Executive Director of the Campus Performance and Events Office. After the presentations, experience all Park & Market has to offer with tours of classroom, meeting, and event spaces, as well as arts and culture activities with Digital Gym Cinema and the public art gallery.

During the afternoon, enjoy virtual breakout sessions that allow for remote participation. Sessions will demonstrate successful collaborations that have benefited students, partners, colleagues, and friends in San Diego, throughout California, across the nation, and around the world.

The day is capped off back at Park & Marketing with an art reception from 4-6:30 p.m., highlighting new exhibition, "Sol y sombra: Immigrant Experiences in California," and a musical performance at 7 p.m. with Park & Market’s acclaimed Intersections Concert Series, featuring the Don Byron Quartet.

Everyone’s welcome! Enjoy the full day or attend the portions that are of most interest and benefit.