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Acting Chancellor Chemers to answer questions at forum

UCSC musicians to give benefit concert for New Horizons School

Free breakfasts offered on Bike to Work/School Day.

Library to hold map sale on May 22

Callers reach million-dollar mark in record time

Seymour Center to receive funding from Surf Industry

Continuing student enrollment appointments June 1-9

Wellness Week is under way

Guggenheim award recipient to visit UCSC as Distinguished Fellow in Global Studies

Choreographer Mark Franko directs 'Featured in the Unbodied Air'

'Edibles & Medicinals' class offered

Public hearing on Draft EIR on McHenry Library Project

Preparation work under way for Humanities and Social Sciences Building

 

May 17, 2004

News Briefs

Acting Chancellor Chemers to answer questions at spring forum with staff on May 24

Martin M. Chemers
Photo: Victor Schiffrin

Acting Chancellor Chemers will host the spring staff open forum on Monday, May 24, from 12:30 to 1:40 p.m. in Oakes 105.

Chemers and Campus Provost Delaney will present an update on the budget as well as updates on the Executive Budget Committee initiatives and the chancellor search process.

The forum will include time for questions.

Staff forums are held every quarter during the academic year, and are cosponsored by the Staff Advisory Board and the Chancellor's Office.
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UCSC musicians to give benefit concert for New Horizons School

UCSC pianists Mary Jane Cope, Amy Beal, and Erika Arul are joined by violinist Michelle Witt in the second Mission Concert Sunday afternoon, May 23, at 4 p.m. at Holy Cross Church. The program is a family concert featuring music inspired by children, and is suitable for the young and young at heart. Admission is free; donations will be accepted at the door to benefit New Horizons School for homeless and disadvantaged children.

Mission Concerts was conceived by Michelle Witt and Mary Jane Cope as a series to present classical chamber music to new audiences while developing increased awareness and support of the work of certain local nonprofit agencies. The series debuted in January with a highly successful concert to benefit the Homeless Garden Project; musicians have agreed to donate their performances, and Holy Cross has provided its sanctuary and the use of its fine piano for these concerts.
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Free breakfasts offered on Bike to Work/School Day

Spring Bike Week will be celebrated throughout Santa Cruz County with events encouarging bicycle use. On Wednesday, free breakfasts will be offered to cyclists at several locations, including three on campus. Breakfasts will be served between 5:30 and 9:30 a.m. at the UCSC Bike Co-op (new location, across from Bay Tree bookshop), the Women's Center, and at the top of the bike path. Additional information on the week's events is available at http://www.bike2work.com/
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Library to hold map sale on May 22

Don't forget the big Map Sale this Saturday, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the foyer of the Science & Engineering Library. Maps will be individually priced, with many offered for as low as twenty-five cents each. Many will be free.

Hundreds of maps will be available, including world and foreign maps, road and tourist maps, and other geographical materials. A small selection of local-area California maps will be offered. In addition, a large number of free, superseded USGS topographic maps will be available (mostly western states).

The maps frame quite nicely. Many of them are printed on acid-free material, making them also ideal for craft projects and wrapping.

Proceeds from the sale will contribute to the library's funds for new maps. Items will be sold on a "first-come, first served" basis. Materials cannot be previewed prior to sale. There is also no catalog of listing of the items to be sold.
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Callers reach million-dollar mark in record time

UCSC's Telephone Outreach callers, student workers who call alumni and parents to raise money for the Annual Fund, have raised more than $1 million--in record time--this year.

This is the sixth year in a row that the campaign has reached the million-dollar mark, but that level is not usually reached until later in the year. This year that figure was reached April 29. The all-time Telephone Outreach Program high of $1.11 million is expected to be exceeded by the time the program ends in six weeks.
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Seymour Center to receive funding from surf industry

The Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory is among the 10 environmental organizations chosen by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) to receive proceeds from the 2004 Waterman's Weekend, the surf industry's annual environmental fundraiser.

The SIMA Environmental Fund provides grants to environmental organizations based on their commitment to specific projects that will protect and preserve oceans, beaches, or surf breaks. The Seymour Center will use the funds from SIMA to educate young people about the role marine science plays in understanding and conserving the world's oceans.

The exact amount of the grant depends on the funds raised during the Waterman's Weekend. Last year, the Seymour Center received $8,000 from the SIMA Environmental Fund.

The annual Waterman's Weekend serves as the primary fundraiser for the SIMA Environmental Fund through the Waterman's Classic Golf Tournament and Waterman's Ball and Auction. This year's Waterman's Classic will take place August 27 at the Monarch Beach Golf Links. The Waterman's Ball and Auction will be held August 28 at the St. Regis Monarch Bean Resort & Spa in Dana Point, California.
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Continuing student enrollment appointments June 1-9

Continuing student enrollment appointments will begin on June 1 and end on June 9. The enrollment appointment schedule will be included in the Fall 2004 Schedule of Classes, which will be available the week of May 24. Check http://reg.ucsc.edu/soc for further updates as the campus approaches fall 2004 enrollment using the new Academic Information System.

Also, the 2004-05 Key Dates and the 2004-05 Detailed Academic and Administrative Calendar are available at http://reg.ucsc.edu/calendar.
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Wellness Week is under way

Events ranging from free body fat testing to a Prediction Walk/Run are part of a crowded calendar for Wellness Week, May 17-21.

The popular Prediction Walk/Run will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in East Field on Tuesday, May 18, with free blood pressure checkups and skin screening also available. Wednesday is Health Promotion Day at BayTree Plaza, with a free Tai-Chi demonstration, acupressure, HIV testing, and prevention information, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and skin screening from 1 to 2 p.m. On Thursday, lunch break massages will be available for $10 for 20 minutes, with advance sign up at (831) 459-2668. Presentations on healthy eating, body image and Chinese healing will also be offered on Thursday, and free samples of Odwalla juices will be available at the Wellness Center on Friday. For more information, call (831) 459-2995.
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Guggenheim award recipient to visit UCSC as Distinguished Fellow in Global Studies

Professor Michael J. Watts, faculty member of the Geography Department and outgoing director of the Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley, will be visiting UCSC on May 20 and 21 as a Distinguished Fellow in Global Studies of the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies. Watts, the recipient of a Guggenheim award in 2003, will be speaking on "Imperial Oil" in the UCSC Media Arts Theater, from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 20. He will also be giving a lunchtime colloquium at Colleges Nine and Ten on Friday, May 21, and will be available to speak to selected classes and have consultation hours with interested faculty and students.

Watts's Guggenheim award supports research on petroleum and economies of violence in Nigeria, where he has been conducting research for more than two decades. This project is part of a larger examination of conflicts engendered by the exploitation of strategic resources such as petroleum. More information on Watts, his work, and his Guggenheim award

At UC Berkeley, Watts is Class of 1963 Professor of Geography and founder of the Berkeley Working Group on Environmental Politics.
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Choreographer Mark Franko directs 'Featured in the Unbodied Air'

An all-student ensemble will perform a new work by choreographer and dance professor Mark Franko when the Theater Arts Department presents its annual dance theater production on the UCSC Mainstage. Franko has choreographed an evening-length modern-dance work entitled "Featured in the Unbodied Air," set to the music of American composer Morton Feldman for an ensemble of 17 dancers. Performances are May 21-23 and May 27-30.

For ticket information, check http://events.ucsc.edu/tickets
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'Edibles & Medicinals' class offered

Darren Huckle, a practicing herbalist and acupuncturist, will teach a one-day class touching upon the skills of a field botanist including: identification, natural history, ecology and edibility of plants. The class will go around campus through Redwood forest, meadows, and chaparral to look at the world of plants. Particpants should bring a field journal or notebook, water, lunch, Thermos with hot water (for herb tea), and wear walking shoes. The class will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, and meet at the Merrill Baobob Lounge. The cost is $18 for UCSC students/$23 general. To register, call the Recreation Department at (831) 459-2806.
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Public hearing on Draft EIR on McHenry Library Project

There will be a public hearing on the Draft EIR for the McHenry Library renovation and expansion project on Wednesday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the UCSC Barn Theater. The McHenry Library Project would provide an additional 116,550 assignable square feet (asf) of space to the existing McHenry Library, as well as renovate the existing 161,700-asf building.

At the public hearing, campus planners will provide a description of the project and its environmental effects, and members of the public will be invited to give oral comments on the university's Draft EIR. Written comments on the Draft EIR can also be submitted during the public review period, which closes on June 14.

Copies of the Draft EIR are available for review at the McHenry Library and at the main branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library. Copies of the Draft EIR may be purchased from Kinko’s Copies in downtown Santa Cruz for the cost of duplication. Copies of the Draft EIR on CD are also available free of charge from UCSC Physical Planning and Construction. Call Kay Wiebe at (831) 459-2170 for additional information or to request accommodations for persons with disabilities.
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Construction to begin this summer on Humanities and Social Sciences Building

Construction of the $29 million Humanities and Social Sciences Building will begin this summer and continue through summer 2006.
Construction update story
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