Campus Communications

Along with a large portion of the Santa Cruz area, the campus experienced a complete power outage today, Tuesday, January 16, starting at 8:47 a.m. and lasting until 9:58 a.m. PG&E reports the cause as a fault at their Paul Sweet Substation, and estimates that the outage affected approximately 20,000 of the utility’s customers. The…

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that one of our most distinguished faculty members, Donald Osterbrock, died suddenly on Thursday. An eminent astronomer, leading authority on the history of astronomy, and former director of UC’s Lick Observatory, Don was 82. A professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics, Don was on…

The Payroll Office is pleased to announce that the monthly Statement of Earnings for those employees receiving their payroll through direct deposit will be available online from the secure and confidential UC At Your Service online web site (AYSO). Online Statement of Earnings are available for viewing for payroll payment dates beginning on or after…

We are delighted to announce that the offices of Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action, Title IX/Sexual Harassment, and the Ombudsman will again report directly to the Chancellor’s Office. Day-to-day oversight will be with Assistant Chancellor/Chief of Staff Ashish Sahni. It is important to note that these three offices are responsible for areas the entire campus cares…

As you may know, during 2006-07 Staff Human Resources is taking an opportunity to update our campus preparedness and response to potential violence in the workplace. Thus far, we have revised the UCSC Workplace Violence Policy and Procedures and sponsored five (5) briefings on Violence in the Workplace for UCSC managers and supervisors. Now, we…

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Carl E. Walsh to provide administrative leadership for UC Santa Cruz Extension on an interim basis effective immediately. Walsh will include oversight for this program within his role as Vice Provost for Silicon Valley Initiatives. The appointment fills a vacancy resulting from the resignation of Cathy…

The ITS Support Center will be closed during the campus holiday closure dates from December 23, 2006, through January 1, 2007. If you have a critical system or a network emergency during the campus closure, please call (831) 459-HELP (4357). Messages will be reviewed every six hours during the closure, and support staff will be…

Yesterday marked the end of a successful visit by UC Regents and other guests to the UC Santa Cruz campus. This was a major event that will provide long-term benefit to UCSC. We were proud to present representative campus distinctions, showcasing students and faculty whose scholarly and interdisciplinary work is both innovative and beneficial to…

I am gratified to announce that at their meeting in San Francisco yesterday, the UC Regents voted unanimously to approve the UCSC 2005-2020 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR). (See story.) This outcome is the culmination of both campus-wide and community-wide efforts that spanned almost four years. I want to…

As you may already have read in last week’s news reports, UCSC has submitted its 2005 – 2020 Long-Range Development Plan (LRDP) and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for consideration by the UC Regents at their meeting of September 19 – 21. At that meeting, I will ask the Regents to approve my recommendation that the…