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14th Annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting and Silent Auction July 27
Regents vote to increase out-of-state tuition; resident fees to remain the same
NSF grants support research on active volcanoes
Graduate Studies offices have moved
Outdoor Equipment Rental Center open this summer
Draft on housing access to be posted before fall public forum
July 22, 2002
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14th Annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting & Silent Auction July 27
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| Artwork by Lynn Zachreson |
Enjoy the fruit of the vine at the 14th Annual Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting & Silent Auction on Saturday, July 27, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center.
The event will bring new alumni vintners--Barefoot Cellars, Cordon Creek
Selections and Broadley Vineyards-- and returning favorites--Ahlgren,
Alexander Valley, Bonny Doon, Chance Creek, D'Elissagaray, Flowers, LaRocca,
P&M Staiger, Patz & Hall, Pelican Ranch, Roudon-Smith, Saintsbury,
Santa Cruz Mountains, and Zayante.
Alumni chefs and restaurateurs, including Bruce Aidells Sausage, Jozseph
Schultz of India Joze, Pearl Alley Bistro's Mark Curtis, and New Leaf
Community Market's Scott Roseman, will offer delicious cuisine for sampling.
You will have the opportunity to bid on tantalizing auction items including gift certificates for bed & breakfasts, restaurants, and spa packages.
All proceeds go to the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, which benefits
financially deserving UCSC students.
For more information or to purchase tickets, e-mail Tom
Ellison or call (831) 459-2530. Or you may RSVP
on the web. Tickets are $30/Alumni Association members and guests;
$34/general public.
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Regents vote to increase out-of-state tuition; resident fees to remain the same
The UC Regents voted July 18 to increase nonresident tuition for the
2002-03 academic year. California resident fees are not expected to rise
in the new academic year.
Undergraduate nonresident tuition will rise 10 percent, from $10,704
to $12,009. Nonresident tuition for graduate students will be limited
to a 4 percent increase, from $10,704 to $11,132, effective with the fall
term.
See
full text of press release
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NSF grants support research on active volcanoes
During the past year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded three grants to professor of Earth sciences James Gill for studies of active volcanoes. The most recent is for research at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica, a site also being studied by professor of Earth sciences Susan Schwartz. After some 500 years of quiescence, Arenal erupted explosively in 1968, killing 78 people, and has been continuously active since then. Gill is investigating the factors underlying complex changes that have occured during the ongoing eruption of Arenal Volcano.
The project involves a collaboration with researchers at the Universities
of Illinois, Iowa, and Alaska, including three of Gill's former Ph.D.
students. The other two NSF awards are for studies of volcanoes on land
and under the sea in Japan, where Gill will spend fall quarter 2002. Gill
served as vice chancellor for research from 1994 to 2000.
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Parking lot closing to make way for Engineering Building
Preparation work for the new UCSC Engineering Building will prompt the closing of Lot 139, the lot behind Baskin Engineering Building. The lot is expected to close on July 25 or 26, and remain closed, with the contractor likely to break ground on the new building in August. New handicapped spaces are being established and will be available for those who require them. There will also be some spaces reserved for university and service vehicles. Others should plan to park in the Core West Parking Structure or Lot 150, which is also known as the North Perimeter Lot. Guests to the campus may use pay station spaces at the parking structure. Construction update story
For more information, visit the Transportation
and Parking Services web site and the Physical
Planning and Construction web site.
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Graduate Studies offices have moved
On July 8 the Division of Graduate Studies moved its offices from Social
Sciences 2 to the fourth floor of Kerr Hall. The campus mailing address
is simply Graduate Division, Kerr Hall.
Individual office information is as follows (phone extensions remain
the same):
Frank Talamantes, Room 477, ext. 9-4107
Donna Hunter, Room 470, ext. 9-4105
Sandra Pacheco, Room 473A, ext. 9-4109
Bob Hastings, Room 467, ext. 9-2335
Shizue Shikuma, Room 467, ext. 9-4928
Dennis Rodriguez, Room 467, ext. 9-4108
Lynda Denevan, Lobby, ext. 9-2510
Steve Santiago, Room 403, ext. 9-3438
Graduate Admissions, Room 499
-Diana Dean, ext. 9-3513
-Bunny Perez, ext. 9-4975
-Kristin West, ext. 9-5905
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Outdoor Equipment Rental Center open this summer
The Outdoor Equipment Rental Center has surfboards, boogie boards, wet
suits, booties, sleeping bags, tents, backpacks, stoves, lanterns, and
other camping equipment. Staff, faculty, and UCSC Summer Session students
may rent gear with a valid ID and driver's license. The Outdoor Equipment
Rental Center is located at the East Field House in the two-story building
next to the pool. For more information, call (831) 459-2800.
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Draft on housing policies to be posted before fall public forum
The committee looking at policies for university-owned housing for faculty and staff plans to have a draft recommendation ready two weeks before the next public forum, tentatively scheduled for mid-September. That draft will be posted on the Campus Welfare Committee web site.
The Campus Welfare Committee is meeting throughout the summer and plans
to make a recommendation in early October to John Simpson, campus provost
and executive vice chancellor. Simpson had initially directed the committee
to make a recommendation on housing by June 15, but the committee requested
more time to gather information and receive input from the campus community,
said Assistant Chancellor Leslie Sunell, the committee chair. A campus
forum on housing was held May 20. Several suggestions for determining
who should receive priority for housing were discussed.
In August, the Campus Welfare Committee will receive the results of an
independent survey of demand for university-sponsored housing among faculty
and staff. The committee is now working on a concept paper to be used
in further discussion with the campus community in the fall. (See
related Currents stories.)
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