2009
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We invite your nominations for UCSC Alumni Association awards
It is not too late! The deadline for submitting your nominations for the 2009-10 Distinguished Teaching and Outstanding Staff Awards, as well as the 2010-11 Alumni Achievement Award is Friday, June 12, 2009. Award descriptions, criteria, and nomination form can be found at: http://alumni.ucsc.edu/programs/awards/award_nomination.html Make your nomination today. Please feel free to contact the Alumni…
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Retirees group awards student scholarships
The UCSC Silver Slugs presented six students with scholarships at their May event at the Arboretum.
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Veterans host first ever student-led campus Memorial Day observance
Veterans and the Services for Transfer and Re-entry Students program last week presented the first ever student-led Memorial Day celebration on campus.
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Chancellor Blumenthal and Campus Provost describe new budget challenges
Following last week’s rejection by voters of five ballot measures, we are bracing for another round of budget cuts to UC and our campus. These expected cuts come in the wake of $17.5 million in permanent cuts to UCSC since 2008. We now confront a series of even more difficult choices, just as we prepare…
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Men’s tennis team wins 7th national title
For the seventh time in school history, UCSC’s men’s tennis team has captured an NCAA national championship.
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UCSC in the News
Slate magazine interviewed anthropologist Nate Dominy for a column on whether obesity existed in ancient times.
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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.
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Main entrance to campus reopened
A suspicious object, observed in a stormwater drain near the main entrance to campus earlier today, resulted in the closure of that entrance and the temporary evacuation of selected campus buildings in the immediate vicinity. As of 12:15 p.m., Santa Cruz City Police determined that the object as not a threat to safety. The main…
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CruzAlert: Campus entrance closed Thursday morning as a precaution; reopened after several hours
A suspicious object, observed in a stormwater drain near the main entrance to campus earlier today (Thursday, May 21), resulted in the closure of that entrance and the temporary evacuation of selected campus buildings in the immediate vicinity. Santa Cruz City Police subsequently determined that the object was not a threat to safety, and they…
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Porter College class features alumni professionals working in TV and film
For 13 years, alum Loren Steck has taught “Working in TV and Film.”
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Budget cuts presenting ‘challenge for everyone,’ say campus leaders
The day after ballot measures meant to balance the state’s finances failed soundly at the polls, UCSC leaders acknowledged the campus’s budget picture was even bleaker than before.