2008
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Recognizing community service
To Mary Solari, it’s important to help students who really need it and can advance in their careers “with a little bit of help.”
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Green entrepreneur, urban advocate, author to address King Convocation Feb. 12
Van Jones, founding president of Green For All, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, and author of The Green Collar Economy, will speak at UC Santa Cruz’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation February 12.
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Nurturing Change: Nidya Ramirez works to empower those most in need
Alumna Nidya Ramirez feels a responsibility to help people in difficult circumstances –including immigrants, the poor and working class, refugees, children, and abused women.
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Sharing a love of opera: Directors Nicole Paiement and Brian Staufenbiel make student opera sing
Excellence in student opera,” may not be the first thought that comes to mind when people hear “UC Santa Cruz.” But that’s changing almost as rapidly as Don Giovanni’s amorous conquests.
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Sony’s unexpected gift
Sony employees have established a scholarship program for students majoring in UCSC’s computer game design program.
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Dick Cheney’s indictment signals need for a federal civil grand jury
We need a civil grand jury at the federal level to investigate allegations of government wrongdoing that reach beyond the limited judicial boundaries of state jurisdictions.
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STARS helps uncommon students shine
More than 30 years ago, a group of single mothers at College Eight on the UC Santa Cruz campus got together to help each other with child care and studying. Today, what those single moms began has turned into the Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Student
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UCSC in the News
The mentoring model developed by the New Teacher Center was featured in coverage by the Times Educational Supplement (U.K.).
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A path of service: Joshua Karrasch helps a rapidly expanding student population–vets
Joshua Karrasch, a former Navy corpsman who spent a tour of duty treating patients in sweltering field hospitals in Kuwait, helped STARS develop a peer-mentor program for veterans.
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Lara Hale embraces interdisciplinary approach to environmental problems
Lara Hale is one of only a few students who traveled to the Lolland region of Denmark, where residents are overcoming their dependence on fossil fuels.
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Honorable mention photos capture serenity of UCSC
These shots were given Honorable Mentions in the 2008 Chancellor’s Office photo contest.