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Bargaining Update (September 2025)

September 3, 2025

I am forwarding UC System Provost and Executive Vice President Katherine S. Newman’s most recent bargaining update, summaring the progress made in the August bargaining sessions.
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Announcing Associate Campus Provost

August 11, 2025

Dard Neuman, associate professor of music and the Kamil and Talat Hasan Endowed Chair in Classical Indian Music, will play a key role in evaluating academic resource allocation models and advancing strategic initiatives that will help address the campus budget deficit.
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Salary increase for policy-covered staff, academic appointees

June 30, 2025

All eligible policy-covered staff employees, Senate faculty, and policy-covered academic appointees will be eligible to receive a 3.2 percent salary increase.
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Technology guidance for international travel

June 10, 2025

The tips included below cover pre-departure preparations, how to safeguard your technology while abroad, and steps to take upon your return.
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Lawrence Andrews to serve as interim dean of the Arts Division

May 21, 2025

The appointment begins July 1, 2025. Larry has served as the division’s associate dean of Faculty Affairs since 2019. He joined UC Santa Cruz in 1991.
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UCSC University Librarian Elizabeth Cowell to retire

May 9, 2025

Cowell has served in the UC Santa Cruz leadership for 17 years and more than 30 years in higher education. Associate University Librarian Kerry Scott will serve as Interim University Librarian beginning January 2026.
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Christina Ravelo named next Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

May 8, 2025

Ravelo is a Distinguished Professor of Ocean Sciences and is currently serving as the Interim Director of the Institute of Marine Sciences. She has been a member of the UC Santa Cruz faculty since 1992.
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Labor strikes announced for Thursday, May 1

April 23, 2025

These unions represent employees who work in patient care, dining, custodial, transportation, information technology services, research areas and other service areas.
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Supporting International Students, Faculty, and Scholars

April 10, 2025

Last week, the federal government began terminating the F-1 records of international students across the country, including three within our campus community. We have been working to understand the situation through discussion with UC international and Federal Governmental Relations offices as well as UC Office of the President (UCOP) and national sources.
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Labor strikes announced for Tuesday, April 1

March 26, 2025

The University of California has been notified of a one-day systemwide labor strike on Tuesday, April 1 at all UC campuses and medical centers.
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UCSC Arts Dean Celine Parreñas Shimizu to join UCLA

March 6, 2025

Arts Dean and Distinguished Professor of Film and Digital Media Celine Parreñas Shimizu will become the next dean of the School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT) at UCLA. She will step down from her position at UC Santa Cruz in June 2025.
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Initial review date for Vice Provost of Academic Affairs applicants is March 14

March 4, 2025

UC Santa Cruz has launched an internal search for the next Vice Provost of Academic Affairs (VPAA). UCSC candidates can apply through UC Recruit, with an initial review date of Friday, March 14, 2025.