2008
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CruzPay electronic workflow update
We are pleased to inform you that roll-out of CruzPay Electronic Workflow to our campus customers has been completed. All time reporting and supervisor approval is now done on-line via the CruzPay web interface. We currently have 1,600 staff employees, 200 academic employees (currently as timesheet approvers only) and campus senior management using the CruzPay…
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2007 Thumbs Up Awards
The Staff Advisory Board is pleased to again sponsor the UCSC Thumbs Up Awards. A “Thumbs Up” Award is a small form of recognition that can be given to an individual UCSC staff member, a team, or an academic in an administrative role (Dean, Dept. Chair) for special service she or he has rendered as…
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NAACP chairman says King’s spirit can help overcome racial divides
NAACP chairman Julian Bond sharply criticized the Bush administration and the nation’s electoral process in his speech for the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation January 30.
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Documentary on multiracial comedians to screen at Merrill College Feb. 7
Merrill College will host a film screening of the documentary Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians, with producer Darby LiPo Price on Thursday, February 7.
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Dave Kastak, researcher scientist in the Pinniped Cognition program
Dave Kastak, a researcher scientist in the Pinniped Cognition program at Long Marine Laboratory, died Jan. 12.
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UCSC Recreation offers trip to Kuumbwa Jazz Center for Latin jazz concert
UCSC Recreation is offering the campus community a trip to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center to see the Kat Parra Latin/World Jazz Ensemble on Thursday evening, February 7.
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Hundreds attend Seventh Annual Campus Earth Summit
The Seventh Annual Campus Earth Summit January 31 featured speakers, exhibits, workshops, organic food, and a few hecklers. Several hundred students, staff and faculty participated.
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Mary Doyle appointed new vice chancellor for information technology
We are very pleased to announce that the Board of Regents for the University of California has confirmed the appointment of Mary M. Doyle as the new Vice Chancellor for Information Technology (VCIT) at UC Santa Cruz. She replaces Vice Provost Larry Merkley, who is retiring after serving in the position since February 2003. We…
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Memorial for Gary Lease on Saturday, Feb. 2
A memorial for Gary Lease, former chair and professor of the History of Consciousness Department, will take place on Saturday, February 2, at 2 p.m. in the Humanities Lecture Hall. For more information, go to: Humanities web site.
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Angela Davis explores social problems of incarceration on UCTV
“The Prison: A Sign of Democracy?”– a lecture by UCSC history of consciousness professor Angela Davis–will premiere on UCTV, February 4 at 9 a.m., and run throughout the week. Davis explores the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination.…