Campus Communications
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UCSC Welcomes Director of Internal Audit and Advisory Services
It is our pleasure to announce that Mr. Barry Long will be joining the campus as Director of Internal Audit and Advisory Services. Barry replaces Geri Gail, who is retiring from UCSC after 30 years of dedicated university service. Barry comes to UCSC as a Certified Public Accountant, and with a long and successful career…
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Budget update from Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Kliger
Campus Provost David Kliger provides an update on campus budget planning for 2009-10, including the next steps at the state level to address California’s economic issues
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Revised schedule for resurfacing lower Bay Street
Santa Cruz City Public Works has just notified TAPS that resurfacing work on Bay Street between West Cliff Drive and the railroad tracks near California Avenue is being delayed until Thursday, April 23rd, due to forecasts of drizzle tomorrow. As noted yesterday, Granite Construction crews will implement temporary road closures and detours around the work…
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Resurfacing work on lower Bay Street
The City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department has scheduled resurfacing work this week on Bay Street from West Cliff north to the railroad tracks near California Street. Today Granite Construction will prepare the road bed for resurfacing, with the majority of the work scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, 4/21 and 4/22. Commuters should anticipate…
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Campus safety, security update and scheduled CruzAlert tests
Today marks the second anniversary of the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, which claimed 32 lives and wounded many more. Since that time, UCSC has taken great strides to improve safety and security on our campus and our ability to respond to both man-made and natural emergencies. At the beginning of the Fall 2008 Quarter,…
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Rep. Sam Farr lauds Peace Corps volunteers at UCSC reception
Former Peace Corps volunteers, current members, and their families joined Rep. Sam Farr and UCSC Chancellor George Blumenthal for a spirited reception and film screening last Monday at the University Center Alumni Room.
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New book explores relations between universities and industry
Developing University-Industry Relations addresses the transfer of new discoveries and innovation from the research conducted at universities to the commercial sector.
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2009 Thumbs Up Awards
The Staff Advisory Board is pleased to again sponsor the UCSC Thumbs Up Awards. A “Thumbs Up” Award is a small form of recognition that can be given to an individual UCSC staff member, a team, or an academic in an administrative role (Dean, Dept. Chair) for special service she or he has rendered as…
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Rehire of retirees policy and senior management group review process
To ensure the effectiveness of the University of California’s practices regarding the reemployment of retirees, the University has enacted Rehire of Retirees Policy for UC employees who return to UC in either a staff or Senior Management Group (SMG) position. The policy became effective January 1, 2009 and is available online at: http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/employees/policies_employee_labor_relations/re-emp_ret_emp.pdf Questions about…
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Chancellor Blumenthal sends spring message to UCSC community
Welcome to spring quarter – a time of renewal; a time to celebrate personal and collective achievements; a time to act on strategic opportunities and address our many challenges. We can all take pride in several recent campus milestones: The Academic Senate recently approved significant revisions to undergraduate General Education requirements and added a new…
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In Memoriam–Gabriel Berns, Professor of Literature Emeritus
I write to inform you of the death of Gabriel (Gabe) Berns, Professor of Literature Emeritus. Gabe was a Cowell College “founding fellow,” arriving at UCSC in 1965, the year the campus opened. He taught courses in Spanish literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly poetry; literature of exile and of the Spanish Civil…