Author: Dan White
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True Originals series: Coffee and games
The popular True Originals notable alumni speaker series returns with an artisan coffee innovator, and two creative Slugs who are setting bold new standards in the world of video games.
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Alumni Weekend 2016: Get ready for the ride, and Come Home
Alumni are welcomed back to campus for a weekend of reminiscing and reveling, with a plethora of events ranging from the scholarly to the celebratory.
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Humanities, Kuumbwa partner to jazz up Alumni Weekend
This special event will feature a conversation on the history of jazz by experts in the field, followed by the vocal styling of jazz singer Kim Nalley.
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Black Lives Matter cofounder wows capacity crowd at MLK Convocation
Alicia Garza had the rapt attention of the crowd as she reflected on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and her “love letter” to African Americans.
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Educator, student advocate to receive Tony Hill Memorial Award
Michael Watkins, Santa Cruz County superintendent of schools and a tireless advocate for students, is this year’s winner of the eighth annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.
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50 years of OPERS at UC Santa Cruz: pride, memories, and vintage snapshots
This fall, a group of long-time OPERS staff members shared recollections and vintage photos celebrating the office’s history.
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The year in review at UC Santa Cruz
At UC Santa Cruz, 2015 was a year celebrating our 50th anniversary by advancing knowledge, challenging the status quo, and taking risks. And the campus capped it all off with a big top celebration.
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How rugby arrived—unexpectedly—at UC Santa Cruz
Begun in the late 1960s, rugby teams remain a force on campus, and committed alumni have launched a new tradition of an annual rugby reunion
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Rising to the challenge
Leaving behind an early life of poverty, student Layla Cervantes is defying the statistics and becoming ‘a great scientist.’
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Life, realized
Alumni authors give voice to transformative experiences at UC Santa Cruz that changed their lives and shaped their careers.
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Founders Celebration Fiat Fifty: Spectacular night highlights proud past, bold future
The crowning event of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th anniversary celebration set the tone for the campus’s future while remaining true to its creativity and iconoclastic spirit.
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Reuniting and remembering
Pioneer student reunion brings together UC Santa Cruz’s original students for laughs, insights, and memories of the unique and intense educational experience of the campus’s first years