Contents of this page: Mission Street paving this week Recreation registration begins this week Mystified by fruit trees? Answers are free January 12 UCSC COSMOS lecture series to air on UCTV Help identify a UCSC student Regent Hearing for Engineering Building draft EIR scheduled Volunteer training classes at the Arboretum Researchers sought for career day presentations Construction update	January 7, 2002 More Campus News Mission Street paving this week UCSC TAPS has been informed by CalTrans of their Mission Street paving plans for the first half of January. Weather permitting, paving of the section of Mission Street between Rigg and Younglove Streets is expected to begin on Monday, January 7, and continue through the week. At present, crews plan to begin paving the northbound outside lane from Rigg Street toward Younglove, followed by the northbound inside lane. Traffic delays should be expected from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. throughout the week. For the latest information on this work, call the Mission Street Widening Hotline at (831) 420-6242 or visit the Mission Street Widening web site. Back to top Recreation registration begins this week The Winter 2002 Recreation, Intramural, and Sports Guide has an extensive list of activities and classes for all interests. Recreation registration for winter activities for staff, faculty, and community members begins on Wednesday, January 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the East Field House (UCSC students may begin registering on January 8). Phone-in recreation registration begins for all on Thursday, January 10; call (831) 459-2806 and have your credit card ready. Back to top Mystified by fruit trees? Answers are free January 12 Sixteenth-century woodcut found in De Omnibus agriculturae partibus, by Petrus Crescentius. Have you been lusting after your neighbor's lemon tree? Attracted by the bounty of a friend's apple tree? Coveting the apricot tree down the block, yet too intimidated by the care of fruit trees to add these beauties to your garden? Fear no more, for help is on the way. Fruit tree expert Orin Martin, manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden at UC Santa Cruz, will hold a free question-and-answer session on Saturday, January 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at the San Lorenzo Garden Center at 236 River Street in Santa Cruz. Martin will discuss the general care of fruit trees and will offer advice on the varietal selections that are best suited for home gardens. Martin's talk is sponsored by the Friends of the UCSC Farm & Garden, which supports the activities of the UCSC Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems. For more information, call (831) 459-3240. Back to top UCSC COSMOS lecture series to air on UCTV Three lectures drawn from the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) at UCSC will be shown in January on UC TV. The programs are: The Birth and Evolution of Galaxies: Time Machines, Cannibalism and Chemical Pollution, with Professor Sandra Faber and Associate Professor Raja Guha Thakurta, January 15, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Astrobiology and the Origins of Life, with Professor David Deamer, January 22, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Volcanoes and Hot Spots, with Associate Professor Justin Revenaugh, January 29, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. UCTV has a viewing audience of over 6 million and focuses on academic programming. It is reached at EchoStar's satellite dish network, channel 9412, and on campus community television Channel 33. COSMOS is UC's four-week residential program that gives students a chance to take advanced math and science classes in a college setting. Programs are offered at UCSC, UC Irvine, and UC Davis for students entering grades 8 through 12. Back to top Help identify a student Regent The Career Center is asking for the campus community's support in identifying students who may be want to apply for the student Regent position on the Board of Regents of the University of California. The appointee will be a non-voting participant until July 1, 2003, when the student will become a full voting member. The student Regent must be an enrolled undergraduate, graduate, or professional student in good academic standing for the two-year term. Once appointed, the student Regent must resign all other elected or appointed positions. University fees, tuition, and parking at UCSC are waived for the student Regent, who is also reimbursed for expenses incurred attending meetings. Applications are available at the Career Center, 305 Bay Tree Building, or may be downloaded from this web site: http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/jobs/regent.html. All applications are due by February 21. Back to top Hearing for Engineering Building draft EIR scheduled A public hearing on the Draft Focused EIR for the proposed Engineering Building will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, at UCSC's Campus and Community Planning office at 515 Swift Street in Santa Cruz. Back to top Volunteer training classes at the Arboretum The Arboretum is offering a volunteer training class on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to noon for six weeks, January 9 through February 13. The class is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Arboretum's collections, gardening in our Mediterranean climate, and the role of public gardens in plant conservation. No experience is necessary. The class is free, but attendees are expected to buy a book: Plants of the World's Mediterranean Climates, by Peter Dallman (approximately $28). The majority of the time will be spent out in the gardens. The Arboretum's collections include extensive Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Californian gardens. The Arboretum staff hopes some who attend will become inspired to join their community of volunteers who greet visitors, repot plants, help with plant sales, and work in the gardens. The class will be held at the Horticulture Building. New members can preregister by calling (831) 427-2998, or just show up at the first class. Those interested in leading tours can attend the Tour Guide Training class on February 20 and 27, led by Phyllis Norris and Stephen McCabe. Training is free. Call (831) 427-2998 for information or optional preregistration. Back to top Researchers sought for career day presentations If you are a researcher willing to spend part of a Saturday in early March describing your career to high school girls, then the planning committee for the UCSC Expanding Your Horizons career day wants you! The committee is looking for faculty, postdoc, and graduate student volunteers to organize workshops and presentations that show the variety of research careers in natural sciences, social sciences, and engineering--and, in particular, the excitement that draws people to devote their professional lives to research. The Expanding Your Horizons career day for high school girls will take place on Saturday, March 2; the deadline for submitting workshop ideas is January 14. For more information, contact Roberta Valdez, director of the UCSC Women's Center, rvaldez@cats.ucsc.edu. Back to top Construction update Currents provides regular updates on construction projects that have an impact on campus transportation and parking. Construction update story For more information, visit the Transportation and Parking Services web site and the Physical Planning and Construction web site. Back to top