Campus Field Trips, Games and Activities

Take some time at the end of the conference on Wednesday, August 17, to join a field trip and visit some special campus sites before heading home. Choose a field trip to see art installations, theatres, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Or visit the television and maker studios where students create, our new Design and Innovation Building, and the Qualcomm Institute.

We have two field trips with shuttle transportation (20-person capacity each, with some walking) and three full walking field trips alternating among four locations (15-person capacity each).

Please note:

• Field trips are 12:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and depart from Price Center. Look for UC Tech volunteers on hand to help get you where you need to be!
• Separate signup required.
• If you need any accessibility accommodation please sign up by August 10 and respond to the relevant question on the signup forms. 
• Shuttle Field Trips A and B: Capacity limited to 20 people. These will be conducted on UC San Diego transportation with masks required. 
• Walking Field Trip: Capacity limited to 15-20 people. 
• Field trips subject to change or cancellation by venue(s); you'll be notified if that happens. 

Signup Form Links:

• Shuttle Field Trip A signup form
• Shuttle Field Trip B signup form
• Walking Tour signup form

For questions about Field Trips contact Ronise Zenon at cybersecurity@ucsd.edu.

Shuttle Field Trip A

This field trip starts with visiting the locations of seven art installations that are part of The Stuart Art Collection. The site-specific sculptures that comprise the Stuart Collection each have a unique story to tell. The collection is designed to enrich the cultural, intellectual, and scholarly life of the campus and community. A short walk from Price Center to the first two installations, then pick up the shuttle to ride to the remaining five:
[note, number is the location on map: https://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/map/index.html]

* Fallen Star (#18)
* Bear (#16)
* Sun God (#1)
* Red Shoe (#13)
* The Wind Garden (#19)
* La Jolla Vista View (#8)
* La Jolla Project (#3)

The next stop is the La Jolla Playhouse, where artists and audiences come together to create what’s new and next in American Theatre. From Tony Award-wining plays and musicals, to imaginative programs for young audiences, to interactive experiences outside our theatre walls, the Playhouse brings people together to inspire discussion and open pathways to new ways of thinking. A visit to the Playhouse is an invitation to harness the transformative power of theatre to explore the here and now – and together, expand our world’s compassion, understanding, and hope. (2910 La Jolla Village Drive – Google Maps Plus Code VQC5+HP La Jolla, San Diego, CA)

The field trip ends with a visit to Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) for a tour from their Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE) team. (8650 Kennel Way, La Jolla, CA 92037 – Google Maps Plus Code VP8W+G4 La Jolla, San Diego, CA)

* Tour of the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier
This is our most popular tour. Visitors will learn about the history of Scripps including uses of the pier over time and the importance of having a pier to conduct research. Depending on the expertise of the tour guide and requests of the visiting group, the focus might be biology, geology, chemistry, or physics of the oceans.

* Tour of the local beach geology
Participants will get their feet and ankles sandy (and maybe wet) while learning about the principles of erosion. This is a fun tour for all ages, including elementary students.

** Requesting accommodations for a disability:  Since there are hills and steps on SIO's standard tour, please indicate below if you will require assistance or accommodations and submit the form no later than Wednesday, August 3.  Every effort will be made to provide participants with reasonable and appropriate accommodations.

**  Note: field trips are subject to change if required; you will be notified if that is the case.

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Shuttle Field Trip B

Signup form

Walking Field Trips

Taking a walking field trip sets you on a path to see one of our newest buildings (and the even newer trolley running overhead), places of innovation, engineering and creation.

The Media Teaching Lab offers undergraduate and graduate students production studios, editing bays, a vast array of equipment for checkout, and provides technical workshops to the entire UCSD community. You’ll have an opportunity to visit these spaces and see how such an undertaking can be established on your campus if desired. (Media Center/Communication (MCC) Building, 251 – Google Maps Plus Code VQJ5+HV San Diego, California)

The Qualcomm Institute offers state-of-the-art laboratory space and equipment, specializes in cutting-edge applications of technology and communication needs, and prototypes and builds enabling technologies. (3390 Voigt Dr – Google Maps Plus Code VQJ8+X2 San Diego, California)

The EnVision Arts and Engineering Maker Studio in the Structural & Materials Engineering (SME) Building is an experiential teaching facility where both engineering and visual arts students are empowered to think, design, make, tinker, break, and build again. (Matthews Lane – Google Maps Plus Code VQJ8+2F La Jolla, San Diego, CA)

The new Design and Innovation Building houses not only classrooms and work spaces, but is also a space for students of all academic disciplines to test innovative ideas and apply theory to real-world experiences. We will visit The Basement which serves those who want to make a difference in the world by offering a place where students can take ideas and turn them into reality, creating startup companies. On the second floor is Maker Space UC San Diego where students are provided access to various creative modalities: 3D Print + Laser Cutter Studio, Wood + Foam Shop, Electronics Studio + CNC Machining Shop, (Matthews Lane – Google Maps Plus Code VQH9+Q3 La Jolla, San Diego, CA)

** Requesting accommodations for a disability:  Please indicate below if you will require assistance or accommodations and submit the form no later than Wednesday, August 3.  Every effort will be made to provide participants with reasonable and appropriate accommodations.

**  Note: field trips are subject to change if required; you will be notified if that is the case.

Signup form

The "Triton Tasting" features San Diego craft breweries is Tuesday afternoon 12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in Matthews Quad. ID required for entrance and participation! The following purveyors of craft beer are helping underwrite Triton Tasting and will be on hand to amuse and delight with selections of ales, IPAs, lagers and perhaps a few surprises:

• Border X Brewing
• Hopnonymous
• Novo Brazil
• Societe Brewing Company

Meditation

Start UC Tech with self-guided meditation in the Dance Studio Tuesday, August 16, 8-8:30 a.m.

Yoga

Join us for quick 30-minute yoga sessions. Classes are meant to be light and basic - just enough to get you stretched out and breathing right. No experience required and you can participate in your general conference attire. Sessions are in the Dance Studio at Price Center at the following times:

Tuesday, August 16

• 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 17

• 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
• 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.