Welcome to UC Santa Cruz Government & Community Relations

The Office of Government and Community Relations serves as the Universityís liaison to elected officials, public agencies, and the community.

The goal of the office is to develop and maintain relationships, to provide public visibility, awareness, and support for the Universityís mission and to link campus resources with public policy.

This is accomplished through program services to the community, and in partnership with federal, state and local officials.

Above: Gathered at UC Day 2006 were (from left) San Diego area high school counselor Andres Martin (Oakes ’98), California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Director of Public Affairs, Margaret Fortune, and UC President Robert C. Dynes. UC Day is an annual event which brings alumni volunteers to Sacramento to advocate for UC and higher education. For more information about this annual event visit www.ucday.org.

DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

UC Day in Sacramento - March 4, 2008

UCSC Alumni delegates will meet with elected officials to discuss issues affecting higher education and University of California. For a detailed description of the annual conference, please visit the official UC Day website: http://www.ucday.org/. To become a member of the UCSC delegation this year or inquire about the event, please contact Allison Garcia at (831) 459-3966 or email: acgarcia@ucsc.edu.

Being a Good Neighbor

UCSC and the City of Santa Cruz developed the Good Neighbor Guidelines (MS Word format) for students and community to help promote positive relations in their neighborhoods. [More]

Take Action! Be an advocate for UCSC!

Let those in Sacramento know what UC means to California. Visit our new UCSC Advocacy Campaign website and sign up to be an advocate.

HEADLINES

How children learn to 'think like scientists' is focus of prof's work at Children's Discovery Museum [More]

Physicists Sriram Shastry and Peter Young honored by American Physical Society [More]

Separation of church and state to be discussed Oct. 14 [More]

Faculty to discuss presidential election during three public forums [More]

Four social scientists honored for teaching and research [More]

Arboretum features a wide variety of plants at annual Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 11 [More]