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It's official: Dining services now run by the university
Acting Chancellor Chemers to meet with Neighbors group
Women's basketball team holding camp for girls
Women at Work Retreat offering discounted tickets for Shakespeare Santa Cruz plays
UCTV featuring Long Marine Lab in July
Numerous professional development and technical training workshops offered this summer
Extension instructor Larry Lavendel to give presentation at national illustrators' conference
Psychologist Donald Saposnek was delegate to national conflict resolution meeting
Francisco Hernandez joins Sutter board
June 28, 2004
News Briefs
It's official: Dining
Services now university-run
Campus
dining halls were packed with a different clientele than usual on June
16 as faculty and staff members took advantage of a free lunch, courtesy
of University Dining Services.
The special offer was part of a “soft opening” for the transition
to a university-run dining hall system. (See earlier
Currents story.)
"Thanks to the dedicated and creative effort of many individuals,
UC Santa Cruz has a University-operated dining service, as of June 20,"
Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers said in a message
to the campus community.
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Chemers to meet with Neighbors
group on Tuesday
Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers will meet with area residents Tuesday
night at a forum sponsored by Santa Cruz Neighbors, a citywide organization
focusing on quality of life issues. The 7 p.m. forum will be at the community
room of the Santa Cruz Police Department at the corner of Center and Laurel
Streets. See
story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Women's basketball team
holding camp for girls
The
women’s
basketball team will be holding a basketball camp for girls ages 7-15
this summer. Open to girls of all skill levels, the camp will focus on
individual and team fundamentals, while also serving as a positive environment
for girls to build self-confidence and self-esteem, get active, and meet
positive role models.
The camp will take place August 9-13 at the West Fieldhouse. The cost
is $200. For additional information and to download a brochure, go to
GoSlugs.com or call (831) 459-1715.
If you would like to donate money for camper scholarships or to the UCSC
Women’s Basketball Program, make checks payable to the UCSC Foundation
and send to: UCSC Women’s Basketball, East Field House, 1156 High
St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95064.
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Women at Work Retreat offering
discounted tickets for Shakespeare Santa Cruz plays
The Women at Work Retreat is again this year sponsoring lower-priced group tickets for staff and faculty for Shakespeare Santa Cruz plays. The group rate is available for three Friday evening performances, at a cost of $22 per ticket.
The reduced-price tickets are available for the following performances:
- July 30 at 8 p.m., Festival Glen, The
Taming of the Shrew
- August 6 at 8 p.m., Festival Glen, The
Tamer Tamed
- August 13 at 8 p.m., Theater Arts Mainstage, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
To order tickets, print out the order form
and send it, along with your check, to Diana Sue Miller, c/o of Central
Purchasing. Tickets will be available for pickup July 28. For more information,
call Diana Sue Miller at (831) 459-2882.
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UCTV featuring Long Marine Lab in July
UCTV
will broadcast three programs from the series "Long Marine Lab: 25
Years of Science and Education" during the month of July. UCTV can
be found locally on Comcast, Channel 25.
Saturday, July 17, at 11 a.m.; Sunday, July 18, at 9 p.m.
Sedimental Journeys: Early Cultures Along the Central Coast
A review of early cultures sharing the Central Coast and how each viewed
and used marine resources with Sandy Lydon, professor emeritus, Cabrillo
College.
Saturday, July 24, at 11 a.m.; Sunday, July 25, at 11 a.m.
Sedimental Journeys: Coastal Development
UC Santa Cruz professor Gary Griggs presents a retrospective of attitudes
about coastal development in the Monterey Bay region and a geological
survey of the coast.
Wednesday, July 28, at 8 a.m.; Saturday, July 31, at 11 a.m.
The View Over Time and Space: Perspectives of an Astronaut/Oceanographer
Kathryn Sullivan, president and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry
and a UCSC alumna, shares her perspectives as an astronaut, oceanographer,
and educator.
All six programs from the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory series
are also available for online viewing at www.uctv.tv/ondemand.
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Numerous professional development and technical training workshops offered this summer
The Training and Development Office is offering a number of classes and workshops for staff this summer. Professional development classes include "Communicating for Success," "Supervisory Development," and "The Art of Leading Teams." Technical training offerings include classes in Photoshop, Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and Dreamweaver, as well as private tutoring. For a complete list of classes, go to the Training and Development web site.
To enroll, use the web registration
form or call (831) 459-5565.
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Extension instructor Larry Lavendel to give presentation at national illustrators' conference
Larry Lavendel, technology instructor for the UCSC Extension Science Illustration Certificate Program, will present a workshop at the annual Guild of Natural Science Illustrators' Conference next month. Lavendel is presenting a workshop titled "Procreate Painter Basic Illustration Techniques" and a technology demonstration on basic color management techniques using Adobe Photoshop. The conference will be held at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, July 4-10.
Joining Lavendel at the conference are Science Illustration Program director Ann Caudle, program coordinator and instructor Jenny Keller, and several certificate program graduates.
The Science
Illustration Program recently moved to Extension and will be headquartered
in University Town Center. Fall classes will start on September 23. For
additional information, visit the program
web site.
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Psychologist Donald Saposnek was delegate to national conflict resolution meeting
Psychology lecturer Donald Saposnek recently served as a national delegate
to a meeting in Washington, D.C., about conflict resolution. Dubbed the
"Knowledge Gaps Summit," the meeting brought together national
scholars on theory and research in the field of conflict resolution. Participants
identified knowledge gaps and developed research and social policy agendas
for the future.
The summit was jointly organized by individuals with the Conflict Resolution
Program of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Indiana Conflict
Resolution Institute at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental
Affairs, and Conflict Resolution Quarterly.
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Francisco Hernandez joins Sutter board
Francisco Hernandez, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, has been invited
to join the Board of Trustees of Sutter
Maternity & Surgery Center, a not-for-profit hospital serving
Santa Cruz County. His three-year term begins this month.
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Name change for UCSC Inn and Conference Center
The UCSC Inn and Conference Center will be knows as the University Inn
and Conference Center beginning July 1. A new sign in front of the hotel
will reflect the change.
"The change of name comes from input our guests have given us over
the course of the last couple of years. It is unclear from the name that
hotel rooms are available to the general public," said Alma Sifuentes,
director of Residential and Dining Services. "The change in name
is a slight one," she said, "but we feel that it will make a
significant difference in welcoming guests not affiliated with the university,
particularly during summer months."
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Student apartments, Engineering 2 almost finished
Two major campus construction projects--student apartments at three colleges
and the Engineering 2 Building--are on track to be completed this summer.
Construction update
story.
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