2007
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Retirements
The following individuals retired during the period of May through August 2007.
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UCSC alumna receives award from Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets has honored UCSC alumna Brenda Shaughnessy with the 2007 James Laughlin Award, which gives $5,000 for the most outstanding second book by an American poet published in the previous year. Shaughnessy, who earned a B.A. in literature/creative writing from UCSC in 1991, received the award for her collection Human Dark…
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UCSC’s New Teacher Center launches online mentoring program for math teachers
The New Teacher Center has launched a new initiative to boost student performance in mathematics by providing an online network for beginning math teachers.
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Private donors step forward; fundraising up by 19 percent
Private donors increased fundraising at UC Santa Cruz to $25.7 million for the 2006-07 academic year, a 19-percent increase over the previous year.
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Quentin Williams appointed chair of UCSC Academic Senate
Quentin Williams, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, has been appointed chair of UCSC’s Academic Senate.
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Campus embraces news of Blumenthal’s appointment
As the news of George Blumenthal’s appointment as chancellor spread across campus Wednesday, cheers erupted in hallways, high-fives were exchanged, and the campus rejoiced at the selection of “one of our own.”
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Check before you dial: ‘502’ phone prefix expanding
Beginning June 2007, campus phone numbers with the prefix “502” will be assigned to newly hired faculty and staff e.g., (831) 502-1234.
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Zavella coedits new book on women and migration
Patricia Zavella, professor of Latin American and Latino studies, has coedited the new book Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader.
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In his first campus address, Chancellor Blumenthal promises to ‘act boldly’ to advance UCSC
In his first campus address as chancellor, George Blumenthal pledged to “plan strategically and act boldly” to advance UCSC’s standing in the world.
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UC President presents Chancellor Blumenthal on Monday
UC President Robert C. Dynes will officially present newly appointed Chancellor George R. Blumenthal to members of the UCSC community during an afternoon event on Monday, September 24. The campus event will take place from 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. A highlight of the event will be Chancellor Blumenthal’s first…
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UCSC Arts & Lectures season opens Oct. 7 with acclaimed one-man show
UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures kicks off its 2007-08 season on Sunday, October 7, with Emergence-See!, a provocative one-man show created by award-winning actor Daniel Beaty. Beaty portrays a cast of 40 characters–including a homeless man, a scientist, a Republican business executive, and an 11-year-old boy from the projects–who all react to the phenomenon…