Faculty
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Time to Renew Wellness Cards for OPERS Facility Access
It is time for faculty and staff to renew or purchase OPERS Wellness Cards for the 2008-09 academic year. The Wellness Card provides access to the OPERS facilities when they are open for recreational activity. This includes the 50-meter pool; the Wellness Center with cardio equipment and weights; tennis courts; handball/racquetball courts; the gyms, and…
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Campus provost gives early outline of budget cuts
UC Santa Cruz will need to cut between $7 million and $12.3 million from its 2008-2009 budget, Campus Provost and Executive Vice chancellor Dave Kliger told the Academic Senate Friday.
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Non-strike activities this week
As was communicated to the UCSC community last week, University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union have jointly announced that they are returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers…
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Campus community asked to participate in carpool survey
A group of students and researchers associated with Psychology 217, “Technology Benefiting Humanity,” have conceptualized a new carpool-on-demand service that could provide on-the-spot ride-matching using mobile phone technology. Considering dramatically rising fuel prices, as well as heightened concern about greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, we are interested in assessing the potential for this program…
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AFSCME strike rescinded
University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union have jointly announced that they will be returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers that AFSCME represents. The union will not be…
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UCSC humanities dean wins international award
Georges Van Den Abbeele, dean of humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been awarded the 2008 Blaise Pascal Medal for Social Sciences by the European Academy of Sciences.
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AFSCME strike on June 4-5
In a message to the UCSC community, Campus Provost David Kliger writes about an announced strike by the AFSCME union on June 4-5.
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Sale of fresh organic produce begins June 3
Berry lovers will celebrate the opening on Tuesday, June 3, of the UCSC Farm’s Market Cart at the base of campus.
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New edition of ‘Natural History’ is a love letter to campus
After nearly 25 years, a new edition of The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus was released this month. The book is lovingly assembled and packed with easily digestible information and more than 125 photos, drawings, diagrams, and maps.
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VETS program aims to help veterans returning to the classroom
Veterans Education Team Support (VETS), a program launching this spring and run by Services for Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS), is for veterans returning to school.
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Geographer Jeff Bury studies human impacts of climate change in central Andes
For residents of Peru’s remote villages high in the Andes mountains, climate change is right outside the back door.
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Week of events spotlights student achievement
Hundreds of UCSC students will be honored for their outstanding work in research and academic achievement during Student Achievement Week, taking place May 31-June 6.