Public Affairs

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Last night, a gunman opened fire at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy. Three people have died and a dozen more are being treated for their injuries. The gunman was killed by police.

The Campus is continuing necessary construction and repairs on sections of McHenry Road. The segment of McHenry Road between Arts Parking Lot 126 and Parking Lot 120A will have lane closures through 8/2/2019.

Microsoft will end support of Windows 7 on January 20, 2020. UCSC currently has more than 500 Windows 7 computers in use by instructors, staff and students. Therefore, ITS is preparing now for the Windows 7 retirement.

On Saturday, July 20, 2019, the Santa Cruz Mountains Challenge (SCMC) road bike event will take place, affecting use of the bike path and some roads on Campus.

I am happy to announce that P.K. Agarwal will join us as UC Santa Cruz’s new dean of University Extension, effective Aug. 1.

On August 26, you will begin accessing the UCSC Google Apps with your CruzID and Gold password (not your Blue password). UCSC Google Apps includes campus email, calendar, drive (docs, sheets, forms) groups, sites, etc.

We write to strongly reaffirm that UC Santa Cruz will not participate in any immigration raids and will uphold the civil and privacy rights of all of our community members regardless of immigration status.

This communication provides updates on the UC Santa Cruz 2018-19 performance appraisal call for all staff and the merit program for policy-covered employees.

As the Campus continues summer construction and repairs, Kerr Road will be closed in the coming weeks for new electrical service installation.

Zoom has assured us that the vulnerabilities are low risk and that UCSC Zoom accounts have not been exploited.