Campus Communications
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Incidents of Vandalism and Harassment
We are writing to inform you of several recent incidents of intimidation to faculty and staff, purportedly over laboratory research involving animals. The incidents include harassing phone calls and graffiti vandalism at the victims’ homes. While property damage thankfully was not major, these events are deeply upsetting to the people involved and their families. We…
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School of Engineering Dean Finalists, Campus Visits Update
I write to provide you with an update regarding our Baskin SoE Dean finalists visits to our campus. * Professor Mark Spong’s visit has been rescheduled to: Thursday, February 14 and Friday, February 15 Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign * Professor Jean-Luc Gaudiot will visit Thursday, February 28 and Friday, February…
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Community Television to rebroadcast MLK Jr. Memorial Convocation
Community Television of Santa Cruz County plans several rebroadcasts of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation, which was January 30.
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UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference calls for presentations
The Seventh Annual UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference will be held July 31-August 3 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Conference organizers are seeking posters and presentations from students, faculty, and staff. Registration for the conference begins in Mar
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Rescheduling School of Engineering Dean Finalists, Campus Visit
On behalf of the School of Engineering Dean Search Committee, I write to inform you that due to inclement weather and subsequent flight cancellations in the Midwest, Dr. Spong’s campus visit has been rescheduled from tomorrow and Friday to next Thursday and Friday, February 14-15. While this is not ideal, it is unavoidable and we…
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CruzPay electronic workflow update
We are pleased to inform you that roll-out of CruzPay Electronic Workflow to our campus customers has been completed. All time reporting and supervisor approval is now done on-line via the CruzPay web interface. We currently have 1,600 staff employees, 200 academic employees (currently as timesheet approvers only) and campus senior management using the CruzPay…
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2007 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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Documentary on multiracial comedians to screen at Merrill College Feb. 7
Merrill College will host a film screening of the documentary Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians, with producer Darby LiPo Price on Thursday, February 7.
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UCSC Recreation offers trip to Kuumbwa Jazz Center for Latin jazz concert
UCSC Recreation is offering the campus community a trip to the Kuumbwa Jazz Center to see the Kat Parra Latin/World Jazz Ensemble on Thursday evening, February 7.
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Angela Davis explores social problems of incarceration on UCTV
“The Prison: A Sign of Democracy?”– a lecture by UCSC history of consciousness professor Angela Davis–will premiere on UCTV, February 4 at 9 a.m., and run throughout the week. Davis explores the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination.…
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Mary Doyle appointed new vice chancellor for information technology
We are very pleased to announce that the Board of Regents for the University of California has confirmed the appointment of Mary M. Doyle as the new Vice Chancellor for Information Technology (VCIT) at UC Santa Cruz. She replaces Vice Provost Larry Merkley, who is retiring after serving in the position since February 2003. We…