TuesdayNewsdayVol. 5 - Issue 36 - June 11, 2019 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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Editor's note | The Tuesday Newsday staff extends its very best wishes to the campus community, particularly the new UC Santa Cruz graduates this weekend. Through summer, Tuesday Newsday will be published every other week with the next issue hitting inboxes on June 25. |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2019/june-11/images/commencement-banner.jpg) More than 5,200 UCSC students are graduating this week--congratulations to all! |
Hosted by the 10 residential colleges, graduate division, and Baskin School of Engineering, the ceremonies are scheduled for June 14–16 in the Quarry Amphitheater and on the East Field. |
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![Awards recognize work in diversity, inclusion](/tuesday-newsday/2019/june-11/images/diversity-awards-professor-400px.jpg) | The campus presented the 2019 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity last week.
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![Undergrad gets hands dirty learning about redwoods](/2019/06/images/delaespriella-lab-250px.jpg) | Lilianne de la Espriella is as comfortable in the stable isotope lab as in the redwood forest, where she gathered samples for her investigation of soil-carbon content. |
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![Student to pursue career helping immigrants](/tuesday-newsday/2019/june-11/images/hector-profile.jpg) | First-gen student Hector Arroyo De La Paz graduates this week with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies and Latin American and Latino studies. He credits his parents for making it happen. |
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![Seven exceptional instructors receive Excellence in Teaching Awards](/2019/06/images/teaching-awards-250px.jpg) | The annual Excellence in Teaching Awards recognized seven exceptional instructors who were selected from more than 430 nominations. |
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