Campus News
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2007-08 Annual Call for Performance Appraisals
I write to announce the annual call for performance appraisals. Performance appraisals are required annually for all career staff employees and are an essential component of a successful performance management program. I ask for your full participation in making this another record year in the performance completion rate for each division. We had a 95%…
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Summer 2008 Orientation – Dates Update
Each year the campus officially welcomes new students and their families and guests during Summer Orientation. Summer Orientation represents the first step toward a student’s academic and social transition into university life, eventually leading to graduation and becoming a UC Santa Cruz alumnus! On behalf of new UC Santa Cruz students and their families, we…
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President-designate Yudof speaks with campus editors
UC President-designate Mark Yudof participated in a group interview last week with campus faculty/staff newspaper editors and reporters, answering questions about his plans, the budget, fee hikes, and more.
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Spring 2008 Campus Elections
I write to announce that the sample ballot for the Spring 2008 Campus Elections is now available for your review at http://elections.ucsc.edu/. Please take a moment to review this year’s ballot which includes the following: Measure 34: Sustaining the Student Media Voice Measure 35: Student Health Center Green Building Fee Measure 37: Support GIIP: Undergraduate…
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Jack Baskin School of Engineering Dean Search
As many of you are aware, the first round of interviews for a new Jack Baskin School of Engineering Dean did not result in a successful hire. The Search Committee will now re-evaluate the pool of candidates, including applications that were received after the initial review date. Depending on the outcome of that review, a…
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UCSC in the News
UCSC in the News is a weekly column summarizing prominent media placements UCSC faculty, staff, and students have received.
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Steering Committee provides Inauguration update
As you know, George Blumenthal will be inaugurated as UCSC’s tenth chancellor in a public ceremony on the East Field during the morning of Friday, June 6. In this email, we want to update you on two aspects of the inaugural ceremony: This is a reminder that Monday, May 5, is the deadline to participate…
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Zipcar usage at UCSC zooms to top of car-share’s university programs nationwide
The Zipcar service brought to campus and environs by UCSC has become the most well-utilized and fastest-growing car-share program of any university in the nation.
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Email Hoax sent out today
Early this morning, a fraudulent email was sent to an undetermined number of UCSC email accounts. Contrary to the contents of this message, UCSC classes have not been cancelled today. This message, which may have led recipients to believe it was transmitted from the campus’s Public Information Office, was sent from a source that is…
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César Chávez Convocation to honor late labor leader, civil rights activist
The Fifth Annual César Chávez Convocation will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, at UCSC’s College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room.
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Two UCSC humanities professors win President’s Research Fellowships
Two UC Santa Cruz professors have won UC President’s Research Fellowships in the Humanities. Noriko Aso, assistant professor of history, and John Bowin, assistant professor of philosophy, are among 15 fellows selected for 2008-2009.
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Seismologist Thorne Lay elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.