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Student Corps offers temporary staffing service
Learn African dance, hand drumming
Santa Cruz residents now have better access to UCTV
UCSC and San Jose State to collaborate in printmaking exhibition
Volunteer at the Salinas air show and get in free
Women's Center to host annual fall open house and artist's reception
October 6, 2003
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Student Corps offers temporary staffing service
Does
your busy unit have a short-term task requiring a quick turnaround? Student
Corps may be the solution.
The Student Corps program provides a temporary student staffing service to the campus community. Student workers do clerical office work, reception and telephone work, sorting mail, preparing bulk mail, packet assembly, stuffing envelopes, shredding, archiving, tape recording, posting flyers, database entry, transcription, translation, testing equipment, event setup, ushering, campus deliveries, driving, traffic control, moving, and a host of other tasks.
Student workers are hired and trained by the Career Center. The cost
is $11/hour. For more information or to download a job request form (pdf),
go to the Student
Corps web site.
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Learn African dance, hand drumming
The Recreation Department is offering classes suited to every interest. A sampling of current classes is listed below. To see the complete list of offerings, go to the Recreation Department web site. To register, stop by the Recreation Office (East Field House) or call (831) 459-2806 to register over the phone. Advance sign ups recommended but you can sign up at the door if there is space available.
West
African Traditional Dance, taught by Mandjou Kone, who is originally
from Mali, focusing on traditional dances of her native land. Mondays,
October 6 through November 10, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Multipurpose
Room at the East Field House. $30.
Hand Drumming, with Don Davidson.
In an ensemble setting, learn basic drumming skills, the language of rhythm,
and a knowledge of drumming culture and the music of the African Diaspora.
Drums provided. Class 1: Wednesdays, October 8-November 12 , from 4:30
to 6 p.m.; Class 2: Thursdays, October 9- November 13, from 4:30 to 6
p.m. Class meets at the large oak above the Wellness Center. $45.
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Santa Cruz residents now have better access to UCTV
Santa Cruz residents now can enjoy more of UCTV’s diverse lifelong learning opportunities on Santa Cruz Community Television channel 25 and channel 26 (Comcast). On channel 25, viewers can tune in to UCTV programming every morning and take in UCTV’s "Best of the Week" lineup every Sunday evening at 8 p.m. UCTV will also debut on local channel 26 every Saturday evening at 8 p.m. with a presentation of fine arts and music programming for all to enjoy. See detailed schedule by county
Tune in to the UC Santa Cruz-produced program "Lick Observatory:
Over 100 Years of Discovery" on Saturday, October 25, at 8:30 a.m.
This half-hour program provides viewers with an insider’s tour of
Mt. Hamilton’s major telescopes, including talks with Lick's astronomers
and astrophysicists about the Observatory's remarkable accomplishments--from
early discoveries to modern-day research. See the program
online
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UCSC and San Jose State
to collaborate in printmaking exhibition
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| Artwork by UCSC master printer Paul Rangell will be displayed at an exhibit at San Jose State. |
UCSC and San Jose State University will collaborate in a printmaking
exhibition titled "Highway
17 Express: Multiple Runs" through November 1 at Works Gallery
in San Jose (30 N. 3rd Street). The show skillfully blends the work of
established faculty and alumni with the talent of emerging students.
In addition to the exhibition, UCSC’s master printer Paul Rangell
and visual arts lecturer Richard Wohlfeiler will join SJSU’s art
and design professors, Erin Goodwin-Guerrero and Patrick Surgalski, for
a lecture on October 14, discussing historical printmaking techniques,
postmodern "anything goes" trends, and the future of digital
printmaking and cyberspace. This event will take place at San Jose State
from 5 to 7 p.m. in Room 135 of the Art Building. For more information
about the exhibition, lecture and other upcoming events, go to the exhibit
web site.
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Volunteer at the Salinas
air show and get in free
The California International Air Show, which will be held in Salinas October 17, 18, and 19, is looking for UCSC volunteers to supervise high school students directing parking. Volunteers will receive a free pass to see the USAF Thunderbirds and other top aerobatic acts, along with parking, lunch, and entry to sponsor/volunteer parties.
Proceeds from the air show benefit many community organizations, including
Meals on Wheels, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Society, American
Heart Association, YMCA, YWCA of Salinas and Watsonville, Shelter Outreach
Plus (IHELP -Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program), and
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula.
For more information or to sign up, contact Bob Vitale at rvitale@soe.ucsc.edu
by October 7.
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Women's Center to host annual fall open house and artist's reception
The UCSC Women's
Center is celebrating its Annual Fall Open House and Artist's Reception
on October 8 from 4 to 7 p.m. The event features Santa Cruz artist Janet
Lever-Wood, whose clay sculptures are now on display at the Women's Center.
The title of the exhibit is "Vessels and Sculpture: Clay Work from
a Spiritual Terrain."
Lever-Wood's work includes large figurative pieces as well as smaller
ceremonial vessels. Her sculptures are formed with a variety of hand-building
processes and are high-fired to 2,350 degrees to become stone.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
The UCSC Women's Center sponsors a variety of workshops, hands-on activities,
student art exhibits, and speakers throughout the year. For more information
or directions, including parking and wheelchair accessibility, contact
the Women's Center at (831) 459-2291 or women@ucsc.edu.
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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.
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