Campus Communications
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Summer 2008 Orientation – Dates Update
Each year the campus officially welcomes new students and their families and guests during Summer Orientation. 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! On behalf of new UC Santa Cruz students and their families, we…
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Spring 2008 Campus Elections
I write to announce that the sample ballot for the Spring 2008 Campus Elections is now available for your review at http://elections.ucsc.edu/. Please take a moment to review this year’s ballot which includes the following: Measure 34: Sustaining the Student Media Voice Measure 35: Student Health Center Green Building Fee Measure 37: Support GIIP: Undergraduate…
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Jack Baskin School of Engineering Dean Search
As many of you are aware, the first round of interviews for a new Jack Baskin School of Engineering Dean did not result in a successful hire. The Search Committee will now re-evaluate the pool of candidates, including applications that were received after the initial review date. Depending on the outcome of that review, a…
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César Chávez Convocation to honor late labor leader, civil rights activist
The Fifth Annual César Chávez Convocation will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at UCSC’s College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room.
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Steering Committee provides Inauguration update
As you know, George Blumenthal will be inaugurated as UCSC’s tenth chancellor in a public ceremony on the East Field during the morning of Friday, June 6. In this email, we want to update you on two aspects of the inaugural ceremony: This is a reminder that Monday, May 5, is the deadline to participate…
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Email Hoax sent out today
Early this morning, a fraudulent email was sent to an undetermined number of UCSC email accounts. Contrary to the contents of this message, UCSC classes have not been cancelled today. This message, which may have led recipients to believe it was transmitted from the campus’s Public Information Office, was sent from a source that is…
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Business-related use of Zipcar Car Sharing program
As many of you are aware, TAPS recently contracted with a company called Zipcar to introduce a new sustainable transportation program on campus called “car sharing”. Car sharing is essentially a membership-based car rental program that allows members access to vehicles without the need for car ownership. UCSC has seven Zipcar vehicles conveniently located both…
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Two UCSC faculty members elected to prestigious academic societies
Faculty members Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, and Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences, have been elected to internationally renowned academic societies. The announcements were made today. Max was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. She joins 12 other…
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Renee Tajima-Peña’s film wins documentary prize at film festival, premieres May 4
Renee Tajima-Peña’s film Calavera Highway, named the best television documentary by the San Francisco International Film Festival, will premiere during the festival on Sunday, May 4, at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas.
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Economist contributes to report on business startups
Entrepreneurial activity among women dropped sharply last year, while the rate of activity among men and immigrants surged, according to a national index developed by UCSC professor of economics Robert Fairlie, and published in a report by the Ewing Mario
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Staff advisors to the Regents to meet with UCSC staff May 5
The two UC staff advisors to the Regents will hold an open staff forum at UCSC on May 5 from noon to 1:15 p.m.
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Grateful Dead Archive gift to UCSC generates widespread news coverage, interest
Yesterday morning in San Francisco, two former Grateful Dead band members announced a gift of their extensive archival memorabilia to UCSC’s McHenry Library Special Collections.