September 2009
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UC Santa Cruz welcomes 11 Pister Scholarship students to campus as 2009-10 school year begins
Eleven dedicated community college transfer students will attend UC Santa Cruz this fall as recipients of Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Awards.
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Impact of Budget Cuts and Furloughs (PID3159 PROTOTYPE)
As the University pay reduction/furlough program takes effect this fall, most of UCSC’s workforce will be unavailable for work an average of 8 percent of the time – almost two full working days a month per employee. When combined with the significant budget cuts sustained over the past two years, the campus has much less…
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UPTE Strike Information
The union representing Research Support Professionals and Technical employees (UPTE) has announced its intention to conduct a one-day UC systemwide strike on Thursday, September 24. I am sending out this message so that you can plan accordingly and ask for your cooperation to ensure we maintain our commitments to our students and to the campus…
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Update from Campus Provost/ Executive Vice Chancellor Kliger
For many months now, we have been dealing with budget reductions and their regrettable impacts on you, our campus, and its educational, research and service mission. Program cuts and consolidations, pay reductions, and furloughs, all threaten to overshadow the promise and possibilities that brought most of us to UC Santa Cruz. Today, on the cusp…
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Yudof talks about fiscal crisis, possible fee increases
Videos of President Mark Yudof’s remarks to the UC Regents on September 16, 2009.
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Recent retirements, May – August 2009
Faculty and staff retirements from May through August 2009
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Fundraising campaign for apprenticeship housing succeeds
The Grow a Farmer campaign to raise funds for permanent apprenticeship housing at the UCSC Farm was a success.
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UCSC in the News
Economist Rob Fairlie was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and Entrepreneur magazine on the topic of entrepreneurship in the midst of the recession.
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Move-in weekend: Students excited, parents bittersweet
Students were excited and nervous while parents said bittersweet goodbyes during this year’s “move-in” weekend.
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Impact on Receiving Services
If the strike exceeds one day, either a Receiving staff person or a contracted vendor (Cal-West Transfer) will pick up shipments from the UPS Center and deliver them to campus. Packages picked up from UPS will be held at Receiving Services for customer pick up or to be delivered at a later date. Where possible,…