Campus Communications
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EDITOR’S ADVISORY: You are invited to cover a tour of new apartments for 651 students on the UC Santa Cruz campus
New on-campus apartments for 651 UC Santa Cruz students will be on display during an open house and tour for local government officials, the campus community, and the news media. Students will occupy the housing when the fall quarter begins later this month. When and where: 9:30 a.m. to noon, September 9, beginning with a…
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Awards honor ‘excellence through diversity’
Efforts promoting a diverse and inclusive environment have been recognized with the UC Santa Cruz Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Excellence Through Diversity awards. Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers presented awards June 10 to the following units and individuals providing programs, courses, activities, and one-on-one mentoring that put into practice UCSC’s Principles of Community: . Chicano/Latino…
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Six faculty members named to provost positions at UC Santa Cruz
Six faculty members are being either appointed or reappointed to positions as college provosts, Lynda J. Goff, vice provost and dean of undergraduate education at UC Santa Cruz, has announced. “These college provosts are fundamental to the character of UCSC,” Goff said, “A provost is the academic head of the college and is an important…
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Excellence in Teaching Award winners announced
Eight faculty members have received 2003-04 Excellence in Teaching Awards from the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching. Given each spring, the awards honor those who have demonstrated exemplary and inspiring teaching. Nominations are submitted by students, and the committee also reads a statement on teaching written by the nominee, as well as a letter from…
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Fourth in a series of LRDP public workshops planned for June 9
UC Santa Cruz will hold a fourth public workshop in June as part of a multiyear effort to update its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), a revision that is expected to guide the campus’s physical development through the year 2020. The public workshop on Wednesday, June 9, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.…
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NASA Ames research director G. Scott Hubbard to speak at UCSC
NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard, who was the first NASA Mars program director and served as the sole NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, will speak at UC Santa Cruz on June 3. Hubbard will speak on “Space Exploration: The Moon and Mars–A Vision of the Future,” for the spring…
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Class of 2004’s commencement exercises begin Friday, June 11
Commencement exercises at UC Santa Cruz will be held this year on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 11-13. A total of 1,922 students are candidates for bachelor of arts, music, or science degrees. Also this spring, 232 students are eligible to receive master of arts or science degrees (of these students, 114 will complete UCSC’s…
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Governor’s Office on Volunteerism honors 51 UCSC students
The hard work of 51 UC Santa Cruz students who spent their spring break building a house, digging trenches, and repairing roofs in Mexico hasn’t gone unnoticed. GOSERV, Governor Schwarzenegger’s Office on Service and Volunteerism, has highlighted the students on its web site with a “Spotlight,” honoring the state’s “everyday heroes who give selflessly so…
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Enrollment procedures changing for continuing students
Continuing students will enroll in fall 2004 classes using the new UCSC Academic Information System (AIS). To enroll, you will need your new Student ID and password. Come to a Student Town Hall to find out what you need to do to get your new Student ID and password and how you will enroll in…
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Governor’s ‘May revision’ restores some funding to UC, adds Cal Grant money to cover fee increases
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the May Revision to his original state budget proposal for 2004-05 today (May 13), protecting the University of California from additional state budget cuts and restoring $20 million in previously cut funding to the university. Acting Chancellor Chemers issued a brief statement on May 11 informing the campus community about the…
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UC President Dynes names search committee for new UC Santa Cruz chancellor
University of California President Robert C. Dynes has named a 15-member committee to advise him in the search for the next chancellor of the UC Santa Cruz campus, it was announced today (April 28, 2004). For more information, please go to the Chancellor’s Search page on the UCSC web site. On April 1, M.R.C. Greenwood,…