Profile
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Volunteer profile: Yen Phan
“I still feel connected with UC Santa Cruz even though I graduated over 10 years ago and moved to an island thousands of miles away,” says volunteer Yen Phan.
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Volunteer profile: John Madrid
UC Santa Cruz was and still is a magical place for me. A huge part of what I learned there was a sense of social justice and giving back to the community. These ideals have remained with me ever since I left and are a key part of why I volunteer.
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Five artists collaborate on experimental book art
When fully opened, Felicia Rice’s book literally unfolds like an accordion along the length of a 30-foot table…
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Volunteer profile: Eion Lys
A volunteer can give back to UC Santa Cruz, experience the many social and intellectual rewards of being a Slug, and help to sustain the community life of the area where they live, all while having a good time.
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Volunteer profile: Beata Panagopoulos
In addition to having fun, I volunteer because I would like UC Santa Cruz alums to have a strong network they can rely on after they graduate.
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Human rights activist named winner of Gabriel Zimmerman Scholarship
Abuoali “Arash” Mohajerinejad is the third winner of the Gabriel Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship given to a social sciences undergrad committed to a career in public service.
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Oakes student’s football helmet science project scores two White House visits
A chance to visit the White House and chat with the president is a pretty big deal for most people, but UC Santa Cruz student Maria Hanes had the opportunity twice this week.
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Good humor and hard work: Associate registrar Margie Claxton recognized with Outstanding Staff Award
Margie Claxton, this year’s UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award honoree, takes on “unimaginably gargantuan tasks,” according to the co-workers who nominated her for the award.
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UCSC theater arts professor designs lighting for Billy Crystal HBO special
During the first week of January—in the midst of the polar vortex that was blasting the country—UCSC theater arts professor David Cuthbert was freezing in a video truck parked outside the stage door of the Imperial Theater in New York…
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UC Santa Cruz alumni perform at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
UCSC alumni filled the Kuumbwa Jazz Center last week for an upbeat evening of music and comedy from their multi-talented fellow banana slugs.
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UCSC alumnus Ron Yerxa up for ‘Best Picture’ Academy Award
“Election,” “Cold Mountain,” “King of the Hill,” “Little Miss Sunshine”…these are just a few of the high-quality films produced by Ron Yerxa since he left UC Santa Cruz with a masters degree in 1976…
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‘From These Woods’: UCSC duo honors Santa Cruz guitar makers
A new book by UCSC art alumna Renée Flower and former head of publications for University Relations Jim MacKenzie tells the story of how such a relatively large and robust community of guitar makers came to be located in Santa Cruz