Author: Public Affairs

"A Mediterranean Victorian Medley" is the theme of this year’s Women’s Club Garden Tour, which will take place on Sunday, May 31, from noon to 4 p.m. Four unique Santa Cruz gardens will be showcased, and a reception at the Arboretum will follow from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Rita Pister Endowed Scholarship…

For the fourth time in a highly successful 10-year run, the men’s tennis team at UCSC has captured the national title. Traveling to Williamstown, Massachusetts, for the season-ending tournament, the Slugs came home with the NCAA Division III crown after a 4-2 win over host and previously undefeated Williams College. The team championship was UCSC’s…

Students who participated in East Side’s Saturday College took their final exams in early May. This young woman is taking a test for her SAT preparation course. Saturday College also offered a special component for parents, who were invited to learn how to access information about higher education on the World Wide Web during the…

More than 27,000 high school seniors are planning to attend the University of California as freshmen in the fall, up by 1,331 students or nearly 5 percent over last year. This is based on Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) responses from high school seniors who had previously been admitted to one of the UC…

The award-winning staff of City on a Hill Press and Primer. SANTA CRUZ, CA–Student journalists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, produced some of the best work in the region and country last year, according to two leading journalism associations. The two organizations presented multiple awards to the student- run City on a Hill…

‘Statement Of Intent To Register’ Figures Forecast Freshman Enrollment Of 2,532 SANTA CRUZ, CA–More than 2,500 students have indicated they are planning to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz, as freshmen this coming fall. The entering class is expected to be more ethnically diverse in spite of new regulations that eliminated the use of…

Asteroid San Jose, as shown in this photo taken from Lick Observatory ‘Asteroid San Jose’ Is A Tribute To The City’s Longtime Support Of Lick Observatory FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SANTA CRUZ, CA–Representatives of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Lick Observatory presented the San Jose City Council on Tuesday (May 19) with a commemorative…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Someday these may go for 100 times as much, but right now the work of student printmakers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, can be had for a mere song at the Art Department’s annual print sale. Hundreds of original etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, and linocuts by current and former students will be…

Governor Wilson has proposed that the state provide an additional $108 million to UC as part of the governor’s 1998-99 state budget proposal. Gov. Wilson proposed the additional funding for UC as part of his May revision of last January’s state budget proposal. In the January proposal, UC was to receive $175 million in state…

A committee of University of California faculty presented to the UC Board of Regents on Thursday, May 14, a proposal that would create an additional path of eligibility to the university. The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), a committee of the Academic Senate responsible for establishing eligibility criteria for undergraduate admissions, presented…

UCSC hosted the Western Regional Ultimate (frisbee) Collegiate Championship tournament May 9 and 10. Thirty-three men’s and women’s teams from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona came to compete for two berths to the National Final Championships. Here, Slugs (l-r) Ryan McEvoy, Jason Hakes, and Steve Stratton exchange high fives after a score against…

Chancellor Greenwood demonstrated the facility’s long-range communication capabilities by discussing the project with Craig Broadway, who took the call in Connecticut. Broadway is CEO of AVAI, Inc., the company that developed the software for the videoconferencing classroom. Executive Vice Chancellor Tanner demonstrated the room’s many interactive capabilities, discussing music with Associate Professor Anatole Leikin (Tanner…