", "Three Leading Research Universities Join the Association of American Universities (AAU)", "UC Santa Cruz joins Association of American Universities", "More than 12,000 fall grades missing as strike continues at UC Santa Cruz", "UCD students make demands as support grows for strike", "UCSB graduate students strike for Cost-of-Living Adjustment", "UC Santa Cruz Graduate Students on Strike Receive Termination Letter", "35 years later, students' environmental report seems prescient", "1980s ushered in discussion of UCSC expansion that continues today", "As College Grows, a City Is Asking, 'Who Will Pay? The class of 73 celebrated their 50th reunion. The 2,000-acre (810ha) UCSC campus is located 75 miles (121km) south of San Francisco, in the Ben Lomond Mountain ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Huey Percy Newton was an African-American revolutionary and political activist. Students run around campus naked or nearly naked to celebrate the school year's first night of heavy rain. Register as a visiting student (open April 1) [31] In May 1985, Sinsheimer, a molecular biologist, welcomed several scientists to Santa Cruz for one of the first meetings at which the idea of a Human Genome Project was discussed. Kim TallBear is a Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate professor at the University of Alberta, specializing in racial politics in science. The Dead Central exhibit space is open during all library business hours. Graduate students are not affiliated with a residential college, though a large portion of their offices, too, have historically tended to be based in the colleges. 4/19/2022 11:30am Arthur A. Torres is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Legislature. Alumni will be presented with the distinct recognition for their part in the history of UC Santa Cruz. [95] Money Magazine ranked UC Santa Cruz 41st in the country out of the nearly 1500 schools it evaluated for its 2016 Best Colleges ranking. Tom Lehrer, retired musician and satirist. The first plan was to build the campus on what is now the Great Meadow, so it would be close to the existing city of Santa Cruz. [49][50], In April 2010, UC Santa Cruz opened its new $35 million Digital Arts Research Center; a project in planning since 2004.[51]. UCSC alumni Tallula Preston and David Purgason founded Watsonville based Fruition Brewing in 2019. Below we share profiles of alumni who embody the values and qualities that represent UC Santa Cruzsocial justice, public service, environmental stewardship, a dedication to exploring the human condition, and a determination to change the world. She died at home of breast cancer. In 2005, Saturday Night Live hired the trio, with Schaffer joining as a writer. Susannah Bright is an American feminist, author, journalist, critic, editor, publisher, producer, and performer, often on the subject of politics and sexuality. We build meaningful and mutually beneficial lifelong relationships with UC Santa Cruz alumni for the purpose of promoting philanthropy, mobilizing for advocacy and providing opportunities to UC Santa Cruz and its students. Together, they offer 65 graduate programs, 64 undergraduate majors, and 41 minors.[67]. Anton Alexander Peterlin is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder, having previously played for San Francisco Seals, Ventura County Fusion, Everton, Plymouth Argyle and Walsall. Susan Diane Wojcicki is an American business executive who was the CEO of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Rachel Eva Goslins is an American arts administrator and documentary film director and producer. She is best known for her work on the television series BattleBots, where she competed with numerous robots and is currently a judge. [79] UCSC administers the National Science Foundation's Center for Adaptive Optics. UC Santa Cruz's brand of education is all about creating and imparting new knowledge, collaboration as opposed to individual competition, and student success. It has won several club national championships in men's tennis, 3 in men's waterpolo and also a women's Division I championship in club rugby. What better way to simultaneously help students as well as earn those yummy picnic items and craft brews at the Artisanal Carry-Out Lunch and Alumni Brewer and Vintner Reception later? To the north of the meadow lie most of the campus' buildings, many of them among redwood groves. She is primarily known for her ethnographic work on post-Communist Bulgaria as well as being a contributor to the field of postsocialist gender studies. As an actor, he has appeared on stage with the sketch comedy group Prank the Dean and on IFC's Comedy Bang Bang. Introducing a reimagined campus experience for UC Santa Cruz alumni. Bullseye (formerly The Sound of Young America), is distributed by National Public Radio to several hundred public terrestrial radio stations. Notable Alumni, Alumni Businesses, Crowdfunding, and other special projects that engage our alumni constituents as needed. J. Doyne Farmer is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur with interests in chaos theory, complexity and econophysics. Students and others openly smoked marijuana while campus police stood by. Sexual Violence Prevention & Response (Title IX). She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a recipient of the Audubon Medal. He is the brother of actors James Franco and Dave Franco. His seventh studio album, See the World was released in July 2021. Campus Directory - Find contact information for UC Santa Cruz faculty, staff, and students. Ronald R. Gonzales is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who served as the 63rd Mayor of San Jose, California. [11] The university is also a member of the Association of American Universities. During his career he has made important contributions to complex systems, chaos, artificial life, theoretical biology, time series forecasting and econophysics. Since then, he has enjoyed giving back to the UCSC community, honing his leadership skills, reconnecting with the community, and supporting students. (Students Against Greek Environments), and M.A.C. [18][19][20] According to founding chancellor Dean McHenry, the purpose of the distributed college system was to combine the benefits of a major research university with the intimacy of a smaller college. [68] List of famous alumni from University of California, Santa Cruz, with photos when available. [81], UC Santa Cruz was tied for 58th in the list of Best Global Universities and tied for 83th in the list of Best National Universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report's 202 rankings. The following year, the pilot Sustainability Office was created to help institutionalize sustainability, coordinate communication and collaboration between the many entities already engaged in campus sustainability activities at UCSC, support policy implementation, and serve as a resource for the campus.[154]. April Yee joined the UCSC Alumni Council in 2017. "We feel our life in Santa Cruz is immensely enriched when we are able to participate in the wonderful programs and lectures that The Humanities Institute provides for our community. [28] Another major factor behind the decrease in quality was a series of "grisly murders" around Santa Cruz,[28] which at the time was labeled the "murder capital of the world". Alumni Leslie Riehl (Cowell 78, Mathematics) and Pam Krone (Cowell 75) were the only women on UCSCs rugby club in 1974, making their stand as women in the sport years before the womens rugby club formed in 1979. Metropolitan Jonah is a retired American Eastern Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) with the title The Most Blessed Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada from his election on November 12, 2008, until his resignation on July 7, 2012. A daughter of a Vietnamese refugee and a Mexican immigrant, Kim Bernice Nguyen advocates for her community as the youngest person to hold a seat on the Garden Grove City Council. "[118] The archive became open to the public July 29, 2012. Last modified: January 10, 2022 128.114.113.87, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Lisa Winter is an American engineer, roboticist, and television personality. He co-founded Prediction Company, one of the first companies to do fully automated quantitative trading. [145], Student housing has become an issue on and off-campus with 9% of students in 2021 reporting that they lack stable housing. Mark Teague is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Reyna Grande is a Mexican-American author. Michael Charles Tobias is an American author, environmentalist, mountaineer, and filmmaker. Stephen Mirrione is an American film editor. As of 2016, she is the Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. Prominent graduates from University of California, Santa Cruz include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. There are cases where some students switch college affiliations as each college holds a different graduation ceremony. She was formerly the Health and Science editor at The Washington Post. In 1999, Manheim won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Practice. [26] Kerr later recalled this episode of "guerrilla theatre" as "one of the worst afternoons of my life. Although a USCS spokesperson could not confirm the exact weight of the joint possessed by Tsarinsky, it was estimated to be nearly three pounds. Packard is known for his contributions to chaos theory, complex systems, and artificial life. List of famous alumni from University of California, Santa Cruz, with photos when available. "List of University of California, Santa Cruz people", Learn how and when to remove this template message, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Nobody Left to Hate: Teaching Compassion after Columbine, Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, "Eva Hayward, The Department of Gender & Women's Studies", "Feline Fantasies: Cat Superheroes by Jenny Parks", "Catvengers, Assemble! Mario Galdamez joined the UCSC Alumni Council in 2022. UC Santa Cruz's famous forests and meadows will be the venue for this beautiful and challenging 5K stomp across the campus in support of student scholarships. AWARDS & HONORS. Allucqure Rosanne "Sandy" Stone is an American academic theorist, media theorist, author, and performance artist. Smith's work focuses on issues of violence against women of color and their communities, specifically Native American women. Next Steps. Nine UC Santa Cruz alumni are Pulitzer Prize winners, with a total of 11 Pulitzers awarded. Eight years after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Xiomara Lopez is the Director of Chicanx/Latinx resource center, El Centro, coming full circle to the center that transformed her undergraduate experience. [100] In 2012, UCSC was ranked No. [102] Other universities with similar college systems include Rice University and the University of California, San Diego. 3 in the Most Beautiful Campus list of Princeton Review.[101]. [13], However, Santa Cruz was selected for the beauty, rather than the practicality, of its location, and its remoteness led to the decision to develop a residential college system that would house most of the students on-campus. Gunjan Sinha is an Indian-American entrepreneur and business executive. William Drea "Bro" Adams is an American educator and advocate for the humanities. Sexual Violence Prevention & Response (Title IX). If there is a resource you'd like to see that isn't listed, please contact us at alumni@ucsc.edu. Beginning in 1997, UCSC allowed students the option of selecting letter grade evaluations, but course grades were still optional until 2000, when faculty voted to require students receive letter grades. Geoffrey William Marcy is an American astronomer. [97] In 2007, High Times magazine placed UCSC as first among US universities as a "counterculture college. Mark your calendar and join us on campus, August 18-20, 2023, Last modified: May 19, 2023 128.114.113.87, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064. Norman Harry Packard is a chaos theory physicist and one of the founders of the Prediction Company and ProtoLife. Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski is a Russian American journalist, television host and commentator. The percentage of students who received an income-based federal, The percentage of students who are a part of the. [60][61], Creeks traverse the UCSC campus within several ravines. astronomy and astrophysics 05) splits her focus on issues of both galactic and national scales. She is known for her role as Mystique in the trilogy of the X-Men film series, and, Susannah Bright, also known as Susie Sexpert (born March 25, 1958), is an American feminist, author, journalist, critic, editor, publisher, producer, and performer, often on the subject of sexual. How lucky we are to have so many intelligent, articulate and engaging UCSC professors close by to learn from!" . Stone has worked in and written about film, music, experimental neurology, writing, engineering, and computer programming. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810ha) of rolling, forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Gustav Hansen is a Danish professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark who has lived in Monaco since 2003. Associate Professor of Sociology Rebecca London testified before the California State Senate Education Committee on April 12 in support of SB 291, which would guarantee at least 30 minutes of recess per day for California students in kindergarten through eighth grade. In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting citing "her persistent, painstaking reports on secret "black site" prisons and other controversial features of the government's counter-terrorism campaign." A co-founder of INCITE! Over the years people move, change phone numbers, retire, create new email addresses and launch new social media profiles. Ben Goldberg is an American clarinet player and composer. The UC Santa Cruz Division of Physical & Biological Sciences has empowered more than 31,000 alumni. From September 2003 to July 2016, UCSC managed a University Affiliated Research System (UARC) for the NASA Ames Research Center under a task order contract valued at more than $330 million. She served on the San Jose City Council from 2005 to 2014, representing District 7, and she additionally served as Vice-Mayor from 2011 to 2014. The two met at the Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary special in October 1991, and shortly after Valtierra joined his band. Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun. The most recent appointment was Ken Feingold, who served from 2012-2014. Claire Pierangelo (Kresge College, History 82) will be sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros on May 2. Konstantin Batygin is an American astronomer and Professor of Planetary Sciences at Caltech. Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and political commentator. She was the first Vietnamese-American elected to the city council. Marcy was a co-investigator on the NASA Kepler mission. You are alumni if: You graduated from UCSC As part of UCSC's Summer Session, alumni can choose from hundredes of courses offered by in person and online. Lawrence Weschler is an author of works of creative nonfiction. Richard Wayne Bandler is an American consultant in the field of self-help. John Grinder (1971). [32], By the early 1990s, the campus was still inefficient in that average teaching loads were still light compared to other UC campuses, but SAT scores had stopped falling, the faculty was performing good research, and the campus was beginning to rise in university rankings. Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist, oceanographer, and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. Rebecca A. Hare Cokley is an American disability rights activist and public speaker who is currently the first U.S. He is best known for his work in horror films, including V/H/S, Southbound, Ready or Not, Scream and Scream VI. In 1981, he supported student athletes' preference for the sea lion as the campus mascot, but was forced to back down in 1986 when the student body voted to support the banana slug instead. Help find lost alumni! [69] UCSC students who declare their intent in their freshman or early sophomore year will complete three years at UCSC and then move on to UC Hastings to begin the three-year law curriculum. A grade of C and above would receive a grade of "pass". He served as the 14th President of Bucknell University from 1995 to 2000, and as the 19th President of Colby College from 2000 to 2014.