Campus Communications
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Best practices for hybrid and remote teams
Our work environment has changed dramatically. Our management and supervision practices are changing as a result.
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Open Enrollment 2020
The annual Open Enrollment (OE) period Open Enrollment will take place from 8 a.m. on Oct. 29 through 5 p.m. on Nov. 24. Changes made during Open Enrollment become effective on January 1, 2021.
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Update about the campus budget, voting and COVID testing
The economic impacts of COVID are also sobering, for families and our country. The University of California system is not immune to these realities.
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Campus publishes reports on CARES Act funding
UC Santa Cruz has published two reports summarizing how it has used funding received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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Big Ideas contest offers up to $20,000 for big ideas in social innovation
Big Ideas contest, open to all UC students, seeks student-led, early-stage projects or ideas with a social impact focus.
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Planned power outage announced for Santa Cruz County
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced late Friday that it will likely preemptively cut power tonight to a large swath of Central and Northern California, including parts of Santa Cruz County, to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires during dry and extremely windy weather forecast for later this week. Thirty-eight counties may be affected by…
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Information forum materials
The video, slide deck and Q-and-As from the October 2020 information forum.
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Campus conducting post-CZU Fire community experience survey
The campus is conducting a Post-CZU Fire Campus Community Experiences Survey. The intent of the survey is to hear the perspectives of our community members about the campus response to the fire. An email invitation was sent out yesterday to faculty, staff and students. Please check your email for your survey invite. The survey should…
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Reminder: COVID-19 information forum tomorrow
The next UC Santa Cruz COVID-19 Information Forum will be on Friday, October 23 from 9:30–11 a.m.
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Rolling out new telecommuting tools
While in many cases, remote work is situational and will eventually return to working on-site, there are other cases in which working remotely, part-time or full-time, can be a long-term model for our employees.
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UCSC Winter Break Curtailment
Like many of you, we were discouraged to learn we would no longer be allowed to use our available COVID-19 UC Expanded Paid Admin Leave to cover campus-based winter break curtailment days for this year.
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Provide feedback on UC’s proposed systemwide curtailment/salary reduction plan
President Michael Drake and the UC Office of the President seek feedback from all campuses on a proposed systemwide combined curtailment and salary reduction plan that would apply to both staff and faculty to help mitigate the financial impacts of COVID-19.