COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing no Longer Required at UCSC in-person Commencement
Important dates for graduates: Deadline to register for Slug Crossing: May 19 @ 11:59 p.m. Deadline to order regalia: May 21 @ 8:59 p.m. From a fully virtual commencement to the newly created Slug Crossing, UC Santa Cruz’s 2020 and 2021 graduating classes have watched…
UCSC Slugs Compete in the Coast to Coast Championship, Taking Home 8 Wins
When the UC Santa Cruz track and field team received the green light to compete in March, they had less than two months to prepare for the Coast To Coast Championship (C2C) in Maryland. Training started at twice weekly, before progressing to five times a…
UC-AFT Reaches Strike Pledge Goal During May Day Rally
“Insulted, degraded, angry, humiliated.” These words cascaded down the Zoom chat from UC American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) affiliates as they typed their responses to the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) ignoring their requests for rehiring rights during this April’s bargaining sessions. As they…
UC Lecturers Prepare to Strike Amid UC Failures to Address Job Security
UC lecturers are preparing to strike in response to the university’s reluctance to meet lecturers’ demands for increased job security, fair wages and adjustments to their workload. With two years of bargaining behind them and a year and a half since their contract ended, members…
20th Annual Earth Summit Features Naomi Klein in Discussion on Climate Crisis and LRDP
After the Democrats won back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Speaker Nancy Pelosi might have expected a victory parade. But as social activist Naomi Klein tells it, she instead got a crowd of young climate activists occupying her office on Capitol Hill demanding…
The Creation of an Uncommon Campus
When Gary Merrill transferred from Chapman College in Southern California in 1972 and made his way north to UC Santa Cruz, the campus had just taken shape and was tucked away behind a thicket of redwoods. A meadow surrounded the trees like a golden moat….
UCSC Offers Virtual Commencement and In-person Stage Crossing Opportunities for The Class of 2021
Even though there will be no crowds or diplomas on the stage, this year’s commencement will offer a chance for family and friends to celebrate their graduates around the globe via the internet. To add festivity to the occasion, UC Santa Cruz is holding an…
Jody Greene and CITL: How Classes Have Adapted Over the Past Year
Jody Greene is the last person you would think would be the founding director of the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) at UC Santa Cruz. She will tell you that herself. She’s old-school and appreciates the traditions of centuries-old learning structures, like…
COVID-19 Vaccinations Required for Fall 2021
Making preparations to reopen all campuses in the fall, UC Office of the President (UCOP) will require all campus personnel to receive the COVID-19 vaccination prior to returning to on-campus instruction and programs. UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive shared this policy with the campus…
Student Housing West Stalled by Legal Action Again
After being stalled through legal action two years ago, UC Santa Cruz’s Student Housing West project (SHW) hit a nearly identical roadblock on April 15. The East Meadow Action Committee (EMAC) filed their second lawsuit against the UC Regents, alleging that the reapproval of developing…