2014
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Update on strategic planning
As the campus’s year-long strategic planning process unfolds, Chancellor Blumenthal and CP/EVC Galloway invite stakeholders to provide input.
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UCSC grad student to promote short film at Cannes Film Festival
UC Santa Cruz graduate student Rolando Vargas is heading to France this week for the screening of his documentary film, “Walking Kids of Choco,” at the 67h annual Cannes Film Festival.
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Invitation for Voluntary Disability Survey
As a friendly reminder, if you have not already done so, please take a moment to complete the one-question voluntary survey emailed to all UC staff and academic employees on or around April 3rd, from the following sender UC_Disability_Survey@vres.us.
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Alumneye
With the spring 2014 issue of UC Santa Cruz Review magazine, we started a new alumni photo submission feature to highlight and celebrate the experiences, travels, and artistic insights of UCSC’s diverse and fascinating alumni.
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Philanthropy Focus: Students helping students
When students ask her why they should give to UCSC’s Undergraduate Scholarship Fund, Dominique Carella tells the story of her life.
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Into the wilderness: Intrepid hiker, biologist blazes her own trail
The 34-year-old UC Santa Cruz alum Sage Clegg is the first woman to complete the triple crown of long-distance, end-to-end trail hiking — hoofing 7,400 miles over the Pacific Crest Trail, the Continental Divide Trail, and the Appalachian Trail — in only 18 months.
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Alumni Profile / Alejandra Vargas: A light in the darkest hours
For 11 months, Alejandra Vargas and her father lived in half of a tiny garage. Her father, an electrician who often worked seven days a week, slept in a blanket on the floor. Vargas was 17 then, and living through one of the hardest times in her life.
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Good humor and hard work: Associate registrar Margie Claxton recognized with Outstanding Staff Award
Margie Claxton, this year’s UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award honoree, takes on “unimaginably gargantuan tasks,” according to the co-workers who nominated her for the award.
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Alumni Profile / Brett Dennen: Blessed
The singer-songwriter Brett Dennen (Kresge ’04, community studies) stands out like a bright-yellow banana slug on a brown leaf. He’s unmistakable, with his flame-colored hair, on-stage dance moves, and reedy voice.
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Making tangible change
Inspired by a UC Santa Cruz class, a group of friends formed a socially conscious nonprofit as a way of keeping in touch after graduating—and have since funded more than $180,000 in projects
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Awards recognize top presentations at Graduate Research Symposium
Graduate students from all divisions shared their research at the 10th Annual Graduate Research Symposium.
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UCSC Farm’s CSA program accepting members for 2014
The UCSC Farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is open for business and accepting new and renewing members.