Campus Communications
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Campus Elections – Mandatory Orientation for Student Fee Referendum and Opinion Polls
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming orientations for those interested in authoring a student fee referendum, opinion polls, or SUA Constitutional Amendments on the 2010 Campus Elections ballot. It is mandatory to attend one of these three sessions if you plan to author a referendum, opinion poll or SUA Constitutional Amendment. Please note: No…
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Archived video of the UC Commission on the Future meeting at UCSC
Archived video is available of the October 29 meeting at UC Santa Cruz of the Work Group representatives of the UC Commission on the Future. The Commission on the Future meeting may be viewed at: http://webcast.ucsc.edu/commissionfuture.mov The commission, founded by UC Board of Regents Chairman Russell Gould and President Mark Yudof, is looking at how…
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Ridesharing opportunity for Thanksgiving
Heading home for Thanksgiving? Use Zimride to find others going the same way as you are. Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has partnered with Zimride to provide a UCSC-specific rideshare program that makes it easy to share seats in your car or catch a ride with fellow UCSC students. Zimride works at the spur-of-the-moment for…
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Summer 2010 Orientation Dates: Mark Your Calendars
Each year during Summer Orientation the campus officially welcomes new students and their families. Summer Orientation represents the first step toward a student’s academic and social transition into university life, eventually leading to graduation and becoming a UC Santa Cruz alumnus! Faculty, advisers, and staff are an invaluable resource for new students during Orientation. Your…
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Cosmology lectures by Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams now on YouTube
Joel Primack, professor of physics, and his wife Nancy Abrams gave a series of four public lectures at Yale University in October, and videos of those talks are now available on YouTube.
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H1N1 clinics administer 1,800 doses of vaccine to UCSC students
H1N1 influenza immunization clinics on campus during the past two week administered 1800 doses of vaccine to UCSC students. We are awaiting our next shipment of vaccine, at which time additional campus shot clinics will be arranged. A campuswide broadcast email will go out to all students when the next round of shot clinics are…
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Nobuhiko Kobayashi named co-director of Advanced Studies Laboratory
Nobuhiko Kobayashi, associate professor of electrical engineering, has been appointed co-director of the Advanced Studies Laboratory, a collaborative research facility jointly administered by UCSC and the NASA Ames Research Center.
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Reduction in Library Journals Subscriptions
In May, I alerted you to the impact of the budget reductions faced by the Library. Over the past 2 years, the University Library’s budget has been reduced by approximately 17 percent. While the cut in FY 09 impacted library operations and staffing, this year’s cut of $1.55 million means the Library’s Collection Budget can…
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In memoriam: Lena Loucks
It is with great sadness that I write to inform you of the untimely death of Lena Loucks, a Crown College undergraduate, last week. Lena was a second-year student with a proposed major in Environmental Studies. She was an excellent student, making Dean’s Honors twice last year. Lena’s service will take place at 3 p.m.…
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2009 UC Ethical Values and Conduct & Conflict of Interest Compliance Briefings
I write to inform you about the 2009 systemwide UC Ethical Values and Conduct and Conflict of Interest Compliance Briefings soon to be deployed to all UC locations using the UC Learning Management System. The purpose of these mandatory briefings is to familiarize UC employees with the University of California Statement of Ethical Values and…
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Lecture series on healthier food systems continues Nov. 17 and Dec. 1
A lecture series titled “Speaking of Food: Thoughts on Healthier Food Systems,” presented by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems and Kresge College, starts November 12.
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Reminder: Upcoming campus meetings on UC’s future, retirement plan, budget
Four significant events are scheduled on campus over the next several weeks. Supervisors are encouraged to provide release time to allow employees to participate. The events are: Forum with the UC Commission on the Future October 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Stevenson Event Center Meeting of the UC Post-Employment Benefits Task Force November 3…