Author: Dan White
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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.
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Campus comes through for the less fortunate during holiday season
UC Santa Cruz community members demonstrated their generosity once again during the holiday season, stepping up to feed hungry families, distribute toys, and raise funds for social services agencies.
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30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation will feature Freeman Hrabowski, III
Hrabowski will draw from his memories as a Civil Rights-era youth marcher during the 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Convocation.
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The spirit of generosity: holiday giving is a longstanding tradition on campus
This is the season for staff members, faculty, and students to show their support for the Second Harvest Food Bank and other organizations that help families and children in need.
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A year to remember: dancing sea lion, 100,000th degree awarded, ED Talks debut
Ronan proved that sea lions have the beat, the campus launched an unprecedented $300-million campaign, awarded its 100,000th degree, and researchers opened up a new front in the high-tech cancer wars this year.
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Acclaimed director Peter Sellars channels the power of art at Maitra Lecture
Peter Sellars, one of America’s leading directors, spoke of art’s transformative and community-building power at sold-out, 13th annual Maitra Lecture on campus.
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Lawyer’s class on JFK assassination draws crowd
Many students in a UC Santa Cruz course about the John F. Kennedy assassination were born more than three decades after the president was gunned down in Dallas. But interest in that tragic day remains strong on campus 50 years after the fact.
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Honoring excellence and generosity at UCSC Founders Dinner
Don and Diane Cooley, Jock Reynolds, Howard Haber and Abraham Seiden received special honors at Friday’s celebration, held at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz.
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Boldness and vision: Frank Gehry talks about creative risks and ‘serious play’ at UCSC Foundation Forum
During Friday’s Foundation Forum, one of the featured events of UCSC’s Founders Celebration, the legendary architect spoke candidly about his career.