October 2009
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Reminder: Upcoming campus meetings on UC’s future, retirement plan, budget
Four significant events are scheduled on campus over the next several weeks. Supervisors are encouraged to provide release time to allow employees to participate. The events are: Forum with the UC Commission on the Future October 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Stevenson Event Center Meeting of the UC Post-Employment Benefits Task Force November 3…
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Empire Grade reopened after several-hour closure this afternoon
Empire Grade is closed north of the West Entrance due to downed power lines.
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Work-Life balance series offered to staff and faculty
The Training & Development Department, in conjunction with our Employee Assistance Program, is offering a winter work-life balance series of workshops to help support employees through the challenges we are all facing at work and in our personal lives. The one to two hour workshops are free for all employees, and enrollment is required. Spaces…
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Archaeology course unlocks “silent history” of the slave trade in West Africa
Anthropologist J. Cameron Monroe led UCSC’s first undergraduate archaeological expedition to Benin this past summer.
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UCSC Senate opposes student-fee increases, application of salary-reduction program to all
UCSC’s Academic Senate today adopted a resolution opposing further student-fee increases. A two-step proposal to increase fees will be considered by the UC Board of Regents at its November meeting. In a second resolution expressing the “sense of the Senate,” UCSC faculty members also said they opposed the fact that UC-wide salary reductions, approved by…
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Message from Vice Chancellor Doyle about cyber security
As National Cyber Security Awareness Month comes to a close, I want to reinforce the need to be vigilant about two very relevant topics: the importance of security when working remotely, and the need to guard against scams. Working Remotely: As we all know, there has been a steady increase in the numbers and kinds…
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Lead poisoning threatens a vulnerable albatross population
Populations of Laysan albatross face severe declines due to widespread lead poisoning of chicks unless comprehensive cleanup measures gain momentum, according to a recent study.
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Try Zimride and win a $50 gas card
Zimride is UC Santa Cruz’s new and easy way to coordinate your daily commute or find rides where you need to go. Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) and Zimride have partnered to provide a UCSC-specific rideshare program that makes it easy to share the seats in your car or catch a ride with fellow UCSC…
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Campus Participation in E-Verify
As a federal contractor, UCSC and other institutions of higher learning are now required to verify the work status of certain new and existing employees using the E-Verify system. This new part of the campus employment verification process will ONLY affect employees who work directly on a federal contract or subcontract that requires the use…
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In Memoriam: Ching-yi Dougherty
It is with great sadness that I announce the death of Ching-yi Hsu Dougherty, Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Mandarin Chinese, who passed away at her home in Oakland on October 13. She was 96. Dougherty, a founding fellow of Merrill College and one of its first Resident Preceptors, began her career at UCSC in 1967.…
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Influenza Incident Reporting
To assist with the control of H1N1 Influenza Type A (Swine Flu) on the campus, it is extremely important that the Student Health Center be able to monitor the prevalence of flu within our campus population. As a contagious disease, knowing where incidences of flu are occurring on campus is an important tool in managing…
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UCSC in the News
The New York Post and San Francisco Examiner reported on an upcoming exhibit from UCSC’s Grateful Dead Archive at the New-York Historical Society.