Student Experience
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Fall Move-In and Slug Start 2026: a welcome built on belonging
Move-in and Slug Start welcomed thousands of Banana Slugs to UC Santa Cruz, creating connections and community at the start of a new academic year.
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UCSC to host webinar on sustainable dining
The lunchtime webinar will explore how campus food systems drive climate action, basic needs support, and everyday joy.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers launch real-time study on kelp resilience as a super El Niño unfolds
The sweltering seas expected this winter could threaten California’s kelp forests. UC Santa Cruz researchers are mobilizing to track the impacts and seek public support to sustain student engagement in the research.
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UC Santa Cruz poised to welcome students with annual “Slug Start” festivities
UC Santa Cruz launches Slug Start, a multi-week kickoff series featuring signature events, resource fairs, and campus traditions to help incoming Banana Slugs build community and transition to life on campus.
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Isabel White brings student perspective to global academic integrity conversation
UC Santa Cruz student and Academic Integrity Office senior peer educator Isabel White presented to an international audience on “Co-owning Integrity Work with Students in the Age of AI,” reflecting the office’s focus on student voice, education, and peer support.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Allysa Kazhe at Apple
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Allysa Kazhe(John R. Lewis ’25, electrical engineering) is an engineering program manager at Apple.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods 2025: Jennie Lin at Google
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Jennie Lin (Crown ’25, computer science) is a software engineer at Google.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Brock Hrehor at the Capitol Forum
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Brock Hrehor (Stevenson ’25, philosophy) is an investigative reporter at the Capitol Forum.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Evelyne Gong at Deloitte
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Evelyne Gong (Oakes ’25, business management economics) is an audit and assurance associate at Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Serena Ramirez at Pivotal and Northeastern University
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Serena Ramirez is a development associate for Pivotal, fundraising to bring educational and career opportunities to foster youth, and is pursuing her Master’s in public administration from Northeastern University.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Max Deneroff at Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Max Deneroff is a medical student at Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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Life Beyond the Redwoods: Owen Moosman at UC San Francisco
One year after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Owen Moosman (Stevenson ’25, molecular, cell & developmental biology) is working as a research associate in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department at the University of California, San Francisco.