Donor News
- December 09, 2009
Shakespeare Santa Cruz announces 2010 season lineup
The 2010 Shakespeare Santa Cruz season will feature a slate of three plays that explore the theme of "love" in all of its ramifications--from first blush, to wrenching jealousy, to familial dysfunction of the highest order.
- November 18, 2009
Student protest impacts campus transportation
Approximately 300 students gathered at noon on Wednesday, November 18, at Quarry Plaza to protest the student fee proposal currently before the UC Board of Regents.
- November 08, 2009
UCSC Library meets goal to receive $700,000 challenge grant from Kresge Foundation
UCSC has met the requirements to receive a $700,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation toward the modernization and expansion of McHenry Library.
- October 28, 2009
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.
- October 23, 2009
Project YouCan: UC Santa Cruz joins other UC campuses by pledging to double fundraising goal for student financial support
University of California President Mark Yudof has announced that the system's ten campuses have embarked on a four-year effort to raise $1 billion for student financial support programs.
- October 21, 2009
Friends group to unveil National Register of Historic Places plaque
A permanent National Register of Historic Places plaque will be placed near the Cook House to recognize the campus's historic lime-producing district.
- October 13, 2009
UC Santa Cruz announces Shakespeare Santa Cruz will continue in 2010 with 29th season
UC Santa Cruz announced today that Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC)-the university's nationally renowned theater company in residence at the campus-will continue in 2010 to present its annual season.
- September 30, 2009
Donors rally to support UC Santa Cruz, pushing annual fundraising to $30.5 million
Donors rallied to support UCSC last year, helping boost private fundraising to $30.5 million.
- September 29, 2009
UC Santa Cruz receives $615,000 grant to digitize Grateful Dead Archive
UC Santa Cruz has received a major grant to help digitize the Grateful Dead Archive at the University Library.
- September 28, 2009
3rd annual UCSC 'Founders Day' gala dinner at Cocoanut Grove to honor five exceptional individuals
UCSC will host its third annual Founders Day gala dinner at the Cocoanut Grove on Friday, October 23.
- September 18, 2009
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.
- August 21, 2009
Composer donates score of acclaimed Dead-inspired symphony to UCSC Library's Grateful Dead Archive
This summer, renowned conductor Marin Alsop brought orchestral music inspired by the Grateful Dead to the 2009 Cabrillo Music Festival as a tribute to the band's archive being housed at UCSC.
- July 24, 2009
Budget cuts will make for a different UCSC
UC Santa Cruz, faculty, students, and staff worry about the impact the state's financial meltdown is having on the campus, and will have on the social and economic health of the state.
- July 21, 2009
UCSC scores high in competition for UC multi-campus research funding
Four research programs headquartered at UC Santa Cruz have received awards in the 2009 UC Multi-Campus Research Programs and Initiatives Competition (MRPI).
- July 07, 2009
Twenty-seven youngsters graduate from Girls in Engineering summer program
Twenty-seven local youngsters recently graduated from the Girls in Engineering summer program, which encourages girls to imagine a future in a traditionally male-dominated field.
- May 28, 2009
Students experience the power of the written word
This spring, students in Sarah Rabkin's <i>Environmental Action Through Writing</i> class tried their hand at producing works powerful enough to change hearts and minds.
- May 25, 2009
It's all in the family when children of alumni choose UCSC
Last spring, when their daughter was deciding where to go to college, UCSC graduates Moira and Dency Nelson tried to play it cool and hide their Banana Slug pride. They wanted their daughter, Charlie, to make her own decision.
- May 05, 2009
In memoriam: Foundation trustees Betsy Woolpert, Paul Irwin, and Bud Kretschmer
With sadness, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation announces the passing of three former Foundation trustees in April.
- April 24, 2009
Chez Panisse and others rally to support UCSC's Grow a Farmer Campaign
Chez Panisse and others are hosting benefits during the month of May to support the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture
- April 23, 2009
UC Santa Cruz veterans' programs get $100,000 funding boost
UCSC's veterans' programs are among the best in the country, say funders.
- February 01, 2009
Sold out Scholarship Benefit Dinner raises more than $165,000
In the midst of a historic economic downturn, more than 310 people turned out to raise funds for scholarships and honor UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Emeritus Karl Pister and his wife Rita Olsen Pister at the sixth annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner Saturday ni
