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Digital Badges Blog

These digital badges will help you showcase your accomplishments and skills on social media, and keep employers up to speed on your achievements.

PaCE Pod - Infrared

We hope this conversation can provide plenty of insight into the course, what it entails and what you can expect.

The University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) has partnered with online course and program platform Edgox to offer its career-focused programs to an international market of college students, corporate executives, and professionals looking to further their education in their fields.

Why Are Certificates Valuable?

In a recently released report by Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce, we can gather some valuable information on the labor-market value of certificate programs.

PaCE Pod - Student Highlight - Lindsay Garris

Calvin kicks off our student highlight series by spotlighting Lindsay Garris...

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Beautiful UCSB

Experience Beautiful UC Santa Barbara Each year, UCSB Extension brings hundreds of international students to our campus on the Pacific – the University of California, Santa Barbara.

PaCE Pod - ABA

Today Alex speaks with doctor Sunny Kim, coordinator for the Applied Behavior Analysis program (ABA).

Blog - PaCE Pod

We've started a podcast! With these mini podcasts, we will provide you with a unique perspective into all that we offer our students, community members, and working professionals.

International Programs Safely Reopening

A typical day for nurse Jillian Coar at the Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center, a facility in Yonkers that offers long-term care to medically complex youth, involves administering medications, monitoring feeding tubes, suctioning tracheostomies and dressing wounds.

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Child Life Comes Full Circle

I was five years old the first time I met a Child Life Specialist (CLS) after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. The CLS, who worked at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital in CA, became my guide through the process of surgery, treatment, and recovery, making my stay at the hospital less traumatic and more positive.