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Awards honor ‘Excellence Through Diversity’
UCSC Affiliates honors scholarship winners
Donald Osterbrock receives honorary degree from
University of Cincinnati
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June 28, 2004
Awards and Honors
Awards honor ‘Excellence
Through Diversity’
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| Diversity award recipients (l-r), back row: Scott Berlin (Dining
Services), Alex Reveles (Crown/Merrill), Phillip Crews (chemistry),
Candy Berlin (Dining Services), Blanca Caldera (Dining Services);
front row: Lucy Rojas (Dining Services), Alma Sifuentes (Dining
Services), Peggy Church (Multicultural Engineering Program), Patricia
Zavella (Chicano/Latino Research Center), Acting Chancellor Martin
M. Chemers, Olga Najera-Ramirez (Chicano/Latino Research Center),
Evelyn Parada (Chicano/Latino Resource Center), Ann Richards (Dining
Services) |
Efforts promoting a diverse and inclusive environment were recognized
June 10 at the UCSC Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Excellence Through Diversity awards. Acting Chancellor Martin M. Chemers
presented awards to five units and individuals providing programs, courses,
activities, and one-on-one mentoring that put into practice UCSC’s
Principles of Community.
This year's award winners are the Chicano/Latino
Research Center; Phillip
Crews, professor of chemistry; the School
of Engineering Multicultural Engineering Program; Alex Reveles,
college administrative officer at Merrill and Crown Colleges; and Dining
University, a training and orientation program for the more than
200 dining services employees who recently joined UCSC. For descriptions
of these individuals and programs, see the full text of press
release.
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UCSC Affiliates
honors scholarship winners
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| Affiliates scholarship winners (l-r) Salvador Contreras,
Lisa Caldwell, Jeffrey Henise, and Shannon Zollinger at a luncheon
at the University Center. Missing: Shawn Agarwal and Tiffany Fullmer |
Six students were awarded scholarships this past year by the UCSC Affiliates,
a campus support group. The six recipients were Shawn Agarwal, Lisa
Caldwell, Salvador Contreras, Tiffany Fullmer, Jeffrey Henise, and Shannon
Zollinger.
Four of the scholarship recipients were luncheon guests of the Affiliates
Board of Directors on May 20 at the University Center. The students
spoke to the board about their UCSC experiences and current work. Board
members were delighted by their presentations and enjoyed the opportunity
to get to know them better.
UCSC Affiliates was the first support group to organize on campus,
and the group has been awarding scholarships to deserving students from
the Monterey Bay area for nearly 40 years. The Affiliates scholarship
program differs from most award programs in that it continues its support
of students as long as they remain in good academic standing. In recent
years, students have received up to $800 per academic quarter.
Membership in the Affiliates is open to all interested in continuing
the support of a vital link between the campus and community as well
as providing scholarships for deserving students. For more information,
call (831) 459-2501.
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Donald Osterbrock
receives honorary degree from University of Cincinnati
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| Donald Osterbrock |
The University of Cincinnati awarded an honorary D.Sc. degree to Donald
Osterbrock, professor emeritus of astronomy and astrophysics and former
director of Lick Observatory. Osterbrock received the degree at a ceremony
on June 11 during the university's commencement exercises.
In honoring Osterbrock, the University of Cincinnati noted his many
accomplishments over the years, singling out two in particular. First,
he has been credited with almost single-handedly saving the Cincinnati
Observatory Center, which is in the process of being privatized and
is now a National Historic Landmark. Secondly, his book Astrophysics
of Gaseous Nebulae (and its expanded edition, Astrophysics of
Gaseous Nebulae and Active Galactic Nuclei) has been used as an
authoritative reference for half a century and remains the definitive
book on its subject. Osterbrock's work has taught a generation of astrophysicists
much of what they know about the interstellar medium.
Osterbrock said this degree has special significance to him because
he was born, grew up, and was educated in Cincinnati, as were both of
his parents. In addition, both his father and his brother were professors
of electrical engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
Osterbrock came to UCSC in 1972 and served as director of Lick Observatory
from 1973 to 1981. Before joining the UCSC faculty, he was affiliated
with Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology, and
the University of Wisconsin.
Osterbrock is now 80 years old and is officially retired, but continues
to mentor and work with students. He remains a highly regarded researcher
and contributor and has published several books on the history of American
astronomy. His many awards include the highest honors bestowed upon
astronomers by the world's leading astronomical societies.
By Tim Stephens
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