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Home > Students > Resources > ESS Podcast > About the ESS podcast

About the (Not so) Secret Guide

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Navigating your college years can seem like a daunting task. Between choosing your semester schedule, getting familiar with campus resources, learning to adapt to a college environment and preparing for a rigorous engineering curriculum, there’s a lot to learn about UC Berkeley and the College of Engineering.

Engineering Student Services is proud to present a weekly podcast, the (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer, as your guide to Berkeley Engineering. You’ll hear from students, advisers, faculty and staff on ways to ensure that your first year at Cal is a successful one.

New episodes of the (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer are released regularly throughout the summer for our incoming frosh and transfer students.

Your host, Laura Vogt, is the associate director of Marketing and Communications at the College of Engineering. After many years of working in theater and local TV news, she’s thrilled to bring her technical knowledge to the podcast. Her goals are to help students learn more about available resources, events and the people who are here on campus to help engineering undergraduates succeed.

Take a look below at how the podcast comes together.

  • Lisa Ngo, UC Berkeley Librarian, discussing library services available to all UC Berkeley students.
    Lisa Ngo, UC Berkeley Librarian, discussing library services available to all UC Berkeley students.
  • Khalid Kadir, UC Berkeley Lecturer, discussing Engineering Scholars and social justice for engineering students.
    Khalid Kadir, UC Berkeley Lecturer, discussing Engineering Scholars and social justice for engineering students.
  • Laura Vogt, Engineering Student Services, Communications Manager and podcast host
    Laura Vogt, Engineering Student Services, Communications Manager and podcast host
  • Christopher Branner-Augmon and Amanda Tomlinson; UC Berkeley Transfer Students
    Christopher Branner-Augmon and Amanda Tomlinson; UC Berkeley Transfer Students
  • Katie Crawford, Career Center Adviser
    Katie Crawford, Career Center Adviser
  • Taping the Career Center podcast
    Taping the Career Center podcast
  • Laura Vogt, podcast host, at the microphone
    Laura Vogt, podcast host
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