Contact Us
Contact Us
Learning Support Services calls the ARCenter home, but our tutoring happens all over campus. Visit our space at the STEM Hub in the Science and Engineering Library. Stop by the Oakes Learning Center for tutoring, or visit our cozy nook in the Hispanic Serving Institution’s Modular Office overlooking the East Field. In all of our locations, LSS students find community, resources, and fulfillment.
Academic Resource Center (ARC)
Main LSS Office
Main LSS front desk: Upstairs, ARC 221
Phone number: (831) 459-4333
LSS office email: lss@ucsc.edu
Hours: Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–6 p.m.
Summer hours: Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.*
LSS mailing address: 221 Academic Resource Center (ARCenter) University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064
*In-person hours may be inconsistent during the summer
ARCenter Location (LSS is on the 2nd Floor)
We share the building with our partners in success – Educational Opportunity Programs (EOP) on the first floor. At the ARCenter, students can find spaces perfect for tutoring and studying. They can find free printing upstairs at the LSS front desk and staff ready to support students.
STEM Hub at the Science & Engineering Library
Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Summer hours: Closed
Find the STEM Hub at the back of the first floor, behind the active learning classroom
STEM Hub Location (Science & Engineering Library Room 214)
The idea of the STEM Hub came from the work of our HSI Initiatives partners as well as our EOP partners. Here, students can find tutoring, peer mentoring, and study spaces.
Oakes Learning Center (OLC)
LSS hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Oakes College shares their space with our tutors during the academic year. Students are welcome to study in the space!
Oakes Learning Center Location
Oakes College was the original home of LSS. In the 1980’s LSS was named the EOP Learning Center and provided tutoring for EOP students at UC Santa Cruz. In 2005 students voted to fund tutoring for all students and Learning Support Services was born. To this day, LSS carries the values of Oakes College – equality and freedom from oppression and to provide the highest quality education to students from diverse backgrounds.
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Office
LSS hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The HSI Office shares their space with our tutors during the academic year. Students are welcome to study in the space!
Find the HSI Office between Cowell College and the East Field, next to The Cove.
Innovative tutoring programs aimed at supporting Latinx success have been funded through federal HSI funds since 2015, like Supplemental Instruction, Mentoring, Small Group Tutoring, Embedded Tutoring, and much more. We are proud to have a shared vision to help students be the most successful they can be at UC Santa Cruz.
