Campus Communications
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Community day highlights college pathways, accessibility
In an effort to highlight community resources and the college/career preparatory programs at Seaside and Marina high schools, UC Santa Cruz and CSU Monterey Bay are hosting a community day on Aug. 19. The event will be 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of the Monterey Peninsula, 1332 La Salle Ave, Seaside CA.…
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UC Learning Center Upgrade and Downtime
As mentioned in last week’s Tuesday Newsday, the UC Learning Center is getting a helpful upgrade, which will be available on 8/9/17.
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Jaye Padgett named vice provost for the Division of Student Success
I am pleased to announce that Jaye Padgett, interim vice provost for the Division of Student Success, has been formally named to the position.
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Campus hires new AVC for Physical Planning, Development, and Operations
UC Santa Cruz has hired Traci Ferdolage to serve as the associate vice chancellor for Physical Planning, Development, and Operations. She starts in September.
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Conserve energy for today’s PG&E Peak Pricing Day
PG&E has notified Physical Plant that there will be a Peak Pricing Day from 2–6 p.m. today.
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Reminder: Campus Solutions and MyUCSC changes this weekend and system outage
This is a reminder that major improvements to Campus Solutions and MyUCSC will be implemented over the weekend, July 8-9. MyUCSC will be merged with Campus Solutions.
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California Whistleblower Protection Act – Annual Notice
The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission. The University’s Whistleblower Policy provides multiple avenues for employees to bring forward concerns of potential employee misconduct.
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Updates about our athletics program
As you know, students in May approved a referendum that will provide much-needed funding for our NCAA Division III athletics program. Had it not passed, I would have faced a truly difficult decision: whether to continue to fund intercollegiate athletics on campus.
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New international activities policy
The new policy covers all international activities conducted by all UC employees and students including routine activities by setting out governing principles, clarifying approval levels, and directs proponents of international activities to consider and address attendant risk.
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Brad Smith to serve as interim vice chancellor for IT
It is a pleasure to announce that Brad Smith, director of information technology services, research and faculty partnerships, and adjunct associate professor of computer engineering, has agreed to serve as vice chancellor for information technology on an interim basis.
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New Social Sciences dean
I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Katharyne Mitchell as dean of the Social Sciences Division. She starts on Aug. 15.
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Formal review of campus community comment for proposed systemwide video security/safety systems policy
The Office of the President invites comments on a proposed new policy for video security/safety systems.