UCSB Community Liaisons
As a key stakeholder in the affairs of Isla Vista, it is pertinent that UC Santa Barbara have many staff members that act as liaisons to Isla Vista. Staff members serve a number of roles in bridging the relationship between UC Santa Barbara students and the greater Isla Vista community. The groups listed here comprise staff members that continually interact with the non-student community in Isla Vista.
Alcohol and Drug Program
The UCSB Alcohol & Drug Program strives to create a safe, healthy, and learning-conducive environment through the promotion of healthy choices concerning the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
935 Embarcadero del Norte, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Jackie Kurta, PSDY, MFT
Email: alcohol@as.ucsb.edu
Number: (805) 893-5013
Website: UCSB Alcohol and Drug Program
Facebook: UCSB Alcohol and Drug Program
Instagram: @ucsbadp
Apartment Living
UCSB Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Enterprises provides housing and associated residential life services for UCSB’s undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty population in Isla Vista and at UCSB.
1501 Residential Services, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-2760
Website: UCSB Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Enterprises
Facebook: UCSB Housing
Twitter: @UCSBHousing
Associated Students
The Associated Students (A.S.) of the University of California, Santa Barbara is a non-profit organization funded by undergraduate student fees. Through elected student positions and appointments we voice student concerns and express student opinion to the UCSB administration, UC system, our community, and state and local governments. A number of A.S. Units, Boards, and Commissions work directly in Isla Vista and make a combined financial investment of more than $540,000 annually in the community.
Current Staff: Marisela Márquez
Email: mariselam@as.ucsb.edu
Number: (805) 893-4141
Website: UCSB Associated Students
Facebook: Associated Students UCSB
Instagram: @asucsb
Twitter: @AS_UCSB
Children’s Centers
Open year-round, 7:30 – 5:30 Monday through Friday, more than 200 children, ages 3 months to 5 years, attend daily.
UCSB West Campus, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Annette Muse
Email: annette.muse@sa.ucsb.edu
Number: (805) 893-3665
Website: UCSB Children’s Center
Career Services
The mission of Career Services is to help the students and recent graduates of the University of California identify and fulfill their career goals.
Career Services, Bldg. #599, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Ignacio Gallardo
Number: (805) 893-4412
Website: UCSB Career Services
Facebook: UCSB Career Services
Instagram: @ucsbcareer
Twitter: @UCSBcareer
Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Coal Oil Point Reserve is part of the UC Natural Reserve System. Coal Oil Point, located just west of the UCSB campus, is an ecologically important area that is home to a number of endangered and threatened species.
UCSB West Campus, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Cristina Sandoval
Email: sandoval@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Number: (805) 893-5092
Website: Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve
Facebook: Coal Oil Point Reserve
Community Housing Office (CHO)
The Community Housing Office manages non-university-owned rentals for Faculty, Staff & Students.
UCEN 3rd Floor, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-4371
Website: Community Housing Services
Community & Organization Research Institute (CORI)
The Institute for Social, Behavioral and Economic Research (ISBER) is UCSB’s Organized Research Unit for sponsored research in the social sciences and, to a lesser extent, other divisions of the university.
2201 North Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-5021
Website: UCSB ISBER
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) is committed to providing timely, culturally appropriate, and effective mental health services to our diverse UCSB student body, as well as professional consultation to faculty, staff, and families.
Counseling & Psychological Services, Bldg. 599, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-4411
Website: UCSB Counseling & Psychological Services
Faculty Housing
The Faculty Housing Office provides housing assistance designed specifically for Faculty in the areas of relocation counseling assistance and referrals, home purchase assistance and For Sale housing.
1501 Residential Services, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-3772
Website: UCSB Faculty Housing
Gift Administration
The Division of Institutional Advancement works to further public understanding and recognition of UC Santa Barbara and its important mission as a leading research university, and to develop support for the institution, politically as well as financially.
1180 & 1172 Phelps Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-2897
Website: UCSB Institutional Advancement
Gifts to UCSB
The Development Office provides leadership for encouraging private support from alumni and friends, corporations, and foundations to advance the educational, research and service priorities of the campus.
1180 Phelps Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-5254
Website: UCSB Giving
Governmental Relations
The Office of Governmental Relations serves as UC Santa Barbara’s liaison to federal, state and local elected officials and public agencies.
1005 Cheadle Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Horse Boarders Association
The Horse Boarders Association is a UCSB student organization that provides affordable horse boarding to students, faculty, and a limited number of community members.
Email: ucsbhorses@gmail.com
Number: (805) 893-4208
Website: UCSB Horse Boarders Association
Facebook: UCSB Horse Boarders Association
Instagram: @ucsbhorses
Hosford Counseling & Psychological Services Clinic
The Hosford Clinic is a university-based community clinic that provides low-cost individual, couple, family, and group psychological treatment.
Education Bldg. #1113, UC Santa Barbara
Number: (805) 893-8064
Website: Hosford Counseling & Psychological Services Clinic
Facebook: Hosford Clinic
Mediation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
This program assists the UCSB community with the informal resolution of any University-related complaint or conflict.
1205-K Girvetz Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Caroline Adams
Number: (805) 893-3285
Website: Office of the Ombuds
Facebook: UCSB Office of the Ombuds
Instagram: @ucsb_ombuds_office
Natural Reserve System
The Mission of the UCSB Natural Reserve System is to contribute to the understanding and wise management of the Earth and its natural systems by supporting University-level teaching, research, and public service at protected natural areas throughout California.
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-4127
Website: UCSB Natural Reserve System
Facebook: UCSB Natural Reserve System
Office of Education Partnerships
The Office of Education Partnerships (OEP) has a mission of increasing college-going rates for students who are primarily lowincome and/or will be the first in their families to pursue higher education.
1501 South Hall, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff: Mario Castellanos
Number: (805) 893-3105
Website: UCSB Office of Education Partnerships
Office of Public Affairs & Communications
The Office of Public Affairs and Communications is responsible for providing strategic communications support for UC Santa Barbara, working with both internal and external audiences.
Office of Public Affairs and Communication, UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-2191
Website: UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications
Student Affairs Grants & Development
This division of Student Affairs manages gifts and donations made to UC Santa Barbara.
Current Staff:
Email:
Number: (805) 893-5037
Website: UCSB Student Affairs Grants
Vice Chancellor Office of Student Affairs
The UCSB VCSA Office supports the Division of Student Affairs in its mission to provide services and programs that promote physical and emotional wellbeing and foster intellectual and personal development for all UCSB students.
2105 Student Resource Bldg., UC Santa Barbara
Current Staff:
Email: SA-vcsaoffice@ucsb.edu
Number: (805) 893-3651
Website: UCSB Student Affairs
UC Santa Barbara Foundation
Founded in 1973, the UC Santa Barbara Foundation is a non-profit, public benefit corporation organized to raise, accept, and administer private gifts and grants to UC Santa Barbara.
Current Staff:
Number: (805) 893-8000
Website: UCSB Foundation