Individual advising can be done over the phone or in person. Career advisers are also welcome to participate in on-campus panel discussions and career fairs. The network is maintained electronically by The Career Center. The Alumni Association supports the program by promoting it in Association publications, providing mailing labels, and by giving out information and applications to alumni. Over fifty alumni return to campus for the day-long event to advise students on career choices and to provide professional advice.
Alumni participate in a series of workshops and provide individual career counseling for students.
Other alumni outreach activities include mentoring new students, telephoning prospective students, and hosting local receptions for newly admitted students. UCSC alumni who are members of the Legislative Advocacy Network come to Sacramento each year, along with alumni volunteers of other UC campuses, to spend a day in the state capital, meeting with members of the state legislature to discuss current educational and research issues of common concern. The next conference is March 13 and 14 . As a public university, UC is heavily dependent upon state funding to accomplish its mission, and alumni play a key role in garnering legislative support. In addition to attending the annual legislative day in Sacramento, Legislative Advocacy Network volunteers are periodically asked to write or call their state legislators on behalf of the university.