Author: Dan White
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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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Slugs, selfies, and loads of ‘likes’: well-wishers converge for Alumni Weekend 2014
Old pals reconnected, Sammy the Slug photo-bombed a few ‘selfies,’ and revelers took classes just for the fun of it during UCSC Alumni Weekend 2014
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Leon Panetta touts ‘real grit,’ blasts congressional gridlock at Launch celebration
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fired up a crowd of 275 with shout-outs for ingenuity and “sheer grit” at Launch! A celebration of the UCSC student experience
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Dry, dry again
UCSC researchers are confronting the challenges of consecutive dry years that have left California in a water crisis.
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On campus: Making every drop count
UCSC has reduced its per-capita water use over the past 20 years, even while the number of students on campus has increased over that time. Still, the current water emergency means the UCSC community needs to do more.
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Panetta to deliver keynote at Launch! a celebration of the student experience
Leon Panetta, former CIA director and secretary of defense, will address whether America is in renaissance or decline during Launch! A celebration of the UCSC student experience featuring a dinner and exhibitions of student work.
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Great classes, no quizzes: alumni go ‘back to school’ for Teach-Ins
Choose between forensic anthropology, evolution, and espionage at annual academic afternoon featuring Alison Galloway, Ed Green and Bruce Thompson.
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Alumni Weekend: Get ready for ‘likes,’ laughs, and memories
Banana Slugs will turn their antennae back to their redwood-forested alma mater from April 25-27 for Alumni Weekend 2014, returning to the special place that provided many alums with their “original social network.”
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UCSC ranks high in Peace Corps participation for 12th straight year
This year, UC Santa Cruz is once again being recognized for its alumni’s high rate of participation in the Peace Corps, the hands-on leadership experience program that offers volunteers the opportunity to travel to the farthest corners of the world and make a lasting difference in the lives of others.
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Innovative probation officer/soccer coach Gina Castaneda to receive 2014 Tony Hill Award
Gina Castaneda is being honored for her groundbreaking work with at-risk teens who use soccer as a way off the streets. She will receive the Tony Hill Award during this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. convocation on February 6.
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Pride, perseverance, and ‘worlds of possibility’: interview with Freeman Hrabowski III
Freeman Hrabowski, III, keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation Feb. 6, and regarded as one of America’s top education leaders, speaks candidly of his days as a child marcher with King in Birmingham, Ala.