Shaping Our Environmental Destiny
Join NPR correspondent, Richard Harris, Aspiring "White House Farmer" Claire Strader, and Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies, Daniel Press, for a follow up discussion to explore what students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz are doing to shape our environmental destiny, and how we can help.

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Be present to witness the presentations of the Distinguished Teaching Award to Alan Richards, professor of environmental studies, and the Outstanding Staff Award to Rosalee (“Rosie”) Cabrera, director of the El Centro Chicano Latino Student Resource Center.

A brief Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association membership will take place immediately prior to the awards presentation. UCSC Alumni Association Council President Joan Fitting Scott will open the meeting and welcome the 13 Councilors who the members will have recently elected or re-elected to represent them in 2009-2010. See the list of candidates nominated, and if you are a current UCSC Alumni Association Member, vote now.

Visit the Alumni Association: http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/

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Connect and network with fellow alumni and friends of long-standing at the All-Alumni Reunion Picnic. Enjoy a delicious sampling of locally-grown food plus wine and beer prepared by alumni vintners and brewmasters. Special recognition will be made to the Pioneer Class, and the graduating classes of '74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’04 and '09. Please consider sponsoring a graduating senior to celebrate their "zero reunion" with us at this spectacular event.

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Journey via shuttle from the All-Alumni Reunion Picnic to the Lower Field, in the company of the UCSC men's soccer team, and cheer on UCSC female alumni as they battle the current UCSC women's soccer team! The game is scheduled to take place from 1:30 - 3p.m. Don't miss out on exciting first half highlights, taking place from 1:30-2:30, which includes a mystery celebrity announcer, and half time entertainment!

The Men's Soccer Game (UCSC Alumni v. UCSC Men's Soccer Team) will take place from 3:30-5 p.m., on the Lower Field.

Go Slugs!!!!

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Friday, 5-7 p.m., UCSC Inn
Pioneer Class Welcome Reception

Don't miss out on your opportunity to reconnect with friends and fellow graduates in celebration of the Pioneer Class! Meet up at the UCSC Inn and enjoy appetizers, drinks, and excellent company. Journey to RFK alongside your fellow Pioneer Class colleagues via UCSC shuttle services, which will transport you from the Inn to the Cocoanut Grove. Take advantage of this service and avoid those cumbersome parking hassles! This reception will take place at the UCSC Inn, located on Ocean St.

$10 members and guests, $12 non-members and guests

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Saturday, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall
College Renewal Discussion: The New Three Quarter Sustainability Core Course at College Eight
Hosted by the Pioneer Class

This panel will afford a forum to discuss the exciting new initiatives toward College Renewal at UCSC, and especially, College Eight's Three Quarter Core Course that is slated to roll out in Fall, 2009. Jaye Padgett, Chair of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, and William Ladusaw, will speak to theme of College Renewal; and College Eight Fellows Ali Shakouri (Electrical Engineering); Paul Koch (Earth and Planetary Sciences); and Ben Crow (Sociology), will detail the new Core Course. Provost Ravi Rajan will anchor the event. He will also briefly describe some of the highlights of the programs and curricula to be built around the new Core Course as Eight attempts to rebuild a vibrant intellectual environment within the college context. Following the presentations, the audience will be invited to comment on the various ideas, and join in building these exciting new programs.

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Saturday, 3:30–4:30 p.m., East Field House
Pioneer Class Conversation on Values

Presents an opportunity for Pioneer alumni, faculty, and staff to reunite in celebration of UCSC-inspired ideals. This occasion will afford pioneer class members the opportunity to share their plans and values, and to confer about how UCSC shaped their aspirations. Attendees will also discuss the impact of their accomplishments on our culture, and how this generation may leave something of value to those to come.

Discussion questions include:
1) When you began the Pioneer journey, what did you see yourself creating?
2) What values did you take away from UCSC? How did these values inform your life? Where will the values you learned at UCSC take you next?
3) Has our generation made an impact on our culture? If so, how?
4) What have we accomplished that is good? That is regrettable?
5) Have you lived your life in a way that you felt made a positive difference?
6) Did your values change as you grew older?
7) How are you going to live the rest of your life to leave something of value to the next generation?
8) When you get to the end of the road, what will you want to have done with your life?

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Saturday, 6-9:30 p.m., Stevenson Event Center
Pioneer Class 40th Reunion Dinner

Take a stroll down memory lane and participate in another Saturday night steak and ice cream dinner! Yum... It won't be the same without you!

$35 members and guests; $40 non-members and guests

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Sunday, 9-11 a.m., Stevenson Event Center
Pioneer Class Breakfast

Rise and shine, and greet the day the right way! Attend this Sunday morning breakfast and bid farewell to your fellow Pioneers...until next year!

$12 members and guests; $15 non-members and guests

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A note from Pioneer Classmate Blair Cooper (Cowell ’69):

At the time we were students at UCSC, the Vietnam War was a major event affecting our country, our school and our students. I would like to focus the attention of those attending (and not attending) the reunion for just a moment during the Reunion to honor those UCSC students who lost their lives in Vietnam. In the Cowell College Courtyard there is a Vietnam War Memorial (sculpture) dedicated to two students, George Skakel and John Warmbrodt. Please ask those attending to visit the Memorial and pay their respects.

Those not attending, or who don't have time to stop by the memorial, can visit the memorial virtually at this URL posted by Cowell Provost, Deanna Shemek, on the Cowell website.

http://cowell.ucsc.edu/archive/2008/news_vietnam/

Two recent articles about George Skakel were published in the City on a Hill Press:

http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/01/15/modest-memorial-carries-heavy-history/

http://www.cityonahillpress.com/2009/03/12/voices-from-the-front:-bringing-the-war-home/

If anyone would like to learn more about George Skakel, they can read about his life at the following URL:

http://web.me.com/bcooper8446/Remember_George_Walter_Skakel/GWS.html

Anyone who knew Jon Warmbrodt and would like to provide information about his life please email Blair Cooper at cooperblair@mac.com .

Hey Young Alumni! Don't miss our first ever Young Alumni Party, which is sure to be a blast. This evening event is going to be an awesome opportunity to venture downtown, make merry and catch up with friends and fellow alumni from the graduating classes if 1998- 2008. Show up, enjoy local beer and wine, great music, and bountiful prize giveaways. Sign up for an Alumni Association Membership and partake in the festivities for FREE! Be there, and help be part of establishing an awesome new tradition.

Check out our Facebook event listing, where you can post your favorite photos of your days in Santa Cruz and see them on the big screen during the party!

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Dear Friends,

What began ten years ago as the Page and Eloise Smith scholarship supporting UCSC students who had been in foster care, or were orphans, quickly developed into the Smith Scholastic Society.

The Society features a unique mentoring program led by UCSC professors that provides students with a community of friends--alumni, staff, and faculty members--dedicated to students' educational success. Last year the Society merged with the University's Renaissance Scholars Program to become the Smith Renaissance Society, a vibrant marriage of institutional and volunteer efforts.

Please join Chancellor George Blumenthal and his wife, Professor Kelly Weisberg, Smith Society founders, current students, graduates, and supporters as we celebrate ten remarkable years in which we have seen one hundred and fifty students stay in school, graduate, and go on to graduate studies or professional lives at a truly extraordinary rate.

Smith graduates: Please come! Even if you can't attend, Bill Dickinson would love to hear from you: wcdcamb@aol.com

Looking forward to seeing you in April!

RSVP before Friday, April 17, 2009

Free Access for Alumni to the East Field House Complex
Sponsored by OPERS (The Office of Physical Education, Recreation, & Sports)

Welcome back Alumni! Whether you are from the Pioneer Class with one gym for everything from badminton to fencing and swam in the Cowell pool, or from a class in the 2000’s who worked out in the Wellness Center and watched home sports competitions on the Lower East Field, we welcome you to OPERS. Please feel free to drop by and bring your exercise gear. You can work out in the Wellness Center with state of the art cardio equipment and weights, play tennis or racquetball, stretch or meditate in the martial arts studio, run or walk on our ½ mile all-weather track around the East Field, the possibilities are endless. We have shower facilities and will provide a towel. Please bring your own lock for day lockers. Work- out towels are also provided in the Wellness Center. Please enter through the East Field House main entrance, which is the building located next to the pool (regrettably, the pool will be closed for renovations). You will be asked to sign a liability form. All minors ages 8 - 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No minors under the age of 8 will be permitted to enter the facility regardless of parental supervision. No minors under the age of 16 are allowed in the Wellness Center (workout room). For further information, contact Cori Houston, OPERS Marketing, Outreach & Development, (831) 459-3037 or chouston@ucsc.edu

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To reserve your spot, please register by April 15 via email or telephone to Andrea Cohen,acohen@ucsc.edu, 831-459-2919. Checks can be made payable to: "UC Regents," and sent via U.S. Mail to: Andrea Cohen, MS: Division of Social Sciences, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Please email or telephone Andrea with any related questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Offering an occasion to reconnect with faculty, friends and students, past and present, who have studied French language, life and culture at UCSC.

Informal presentations by Professor Jonathan Beecher and Lecturer Gildas Hamel will be followed by a roundtable discussion with  participation by Christophe Musitelli, Attaché Culturel , French Consulate General, San Francisco;  UCSC Alumna and Lecturer in History, Santa Clara University, Naomi Andrews; and Dean of Humanities, Georges Van Den Abbeele.

A ceremony awarding Gildas Hamel the Chevalier des Palmes Académiques distinction and honoring Jonathan Beecher for his preeminent scholarship and teaching at UCSC will follow.

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Don't miss out on your opportunity to reconnect with friends and fellow graduates in celebration of the Pioneer Class! Meet up at the UCSC Inn and enjoy appetizers, drinks, and excellent company. Journey to RFK alongside your fellow Pioneer Class affiliates via UCSC shuttle services, which will transport you from the Inn to the Cocoanut Grove. Take advantage of this service and avoid those cumbersome parking hastles!

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SOAR (Student Organization Advising & Resources) will honor 5 alumni on Friday, April 24 at 6:00 p.m. The honorees were student leaders at UCSC and continue to serve as leaders in their communities today.

An alumni panel will be followed by a dinner where current students can meet and discuss lessons in leadership and building community.

Alumni who were active in student organization or government are invited to participate in the dinner discussions.

This year SOAR will honor:

• Keith Curry - Dean of Student Services at the El Camino Compton Community Educational Center
• Benigno Delgado - Division Lead, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
• Aimee Dudovitz - Attorney, Public Interest Law
• Eden Jequinto - BRAVE Theater/Training Coordinator, Eastside Arts Allliance
• Leisette Rodriguez - Farmworker Migrant Unit at California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)

Space is limited and reservations are required. For more information contact SOAR: soar@ucsc.edu or 831-459-2934.

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Intellectual Forum Speaker: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., "Our Environmental Destiny."

Purchase tickets online at: santacruztickets.com, or call (831) 459-2159.

All tickets subject to service charges.

Please visit our Intellectual Forum website for more information: http://intellectualforum.ucsc.edu/

*free bike valet will be available at the Cocaunut Grove

Free Access for Alumni to the East Field House Complex
Sponsored by OPERS (The Office of Physical Education, Recreation, & Sports)

Welcome back Alumni! Whether you are from the Pioneer Class with one gym for everything from badminton to fencing and swam in the Cowell pool, or from a class in the 2000’s who worked out in the Wellness Center and watched home sports competitions on the Lower East Field, we welcome you to OPERS. Please feel free to drop by and bring your exercise gear. You can work out in the Wellness Center with state of the art cardio equipment and weights, play tennis or racquetball, stretch or meditate in the martial arts studio, run or walk on our ½ mile all-weather track around the East Field, the possibilities are endless. We have shower facilities and will provide a towel. Please bring your own lock for day lockers. Work- out towels are also provided in the Wellness Center. Please enter through the East Field House main entrance, which is the building located next to the pool (regrettably, the pool will be closed for renovations). You will be asked to sign a liability form. All minors ages 8 - 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No minors under the age of 8 will be permitted to enter the facility regardless of parental supervision. No minors under the age of 16 are allowed in the Wellness Center (workout room). For further information, contact Cori Houston, OPERS Marketing, Outreach & Development, (831)459-3037 or chouston@ucsc.edu

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Shaping Our Environmental Destiny
Join NPR correspondent, Richard Harris, "White House Farmer" Claire Strader, and Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies, Daniel Press, for a follow up discussion to explore what students and faculty at UC Santa Cruz are doing to shape our environmental destiny, and how we can help.

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Be present to witness the presentations of the Distinguished Teaching Award to Alan Richards, professor of environmental studies, and the Outstanding Staff Award to Rosalee (“Rosie”) Cabrera, director of the El Centro Chicano Latino Student Resource Center.

A brief Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association membership will take place immediately prior to the awards presentation. UCSC Alumni Association Council President Joan Fitting Scott will open the meeting and welcome the 13 Councilors who the members will have recently elected or re-elected to represent them in 2009-2010. See the list of candidates nominated, and if you are a current UCSC Alumni Association Member, vote now.

Visit the Alumni Association: http://www.alumni.ucsc.edu/

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Connect and network with fellow alumni and friends of long-standing at the All-Alumni Reunion Picnic. Enjoy a delicious sampling of locally-grown food plus wine and beer prepared by alumni vintners and brewmasters. Special recognition will be made to the Pioneer Class, and the graduating classes of '74, ’79, ’84, ’89, ’94, ’99, ’04 and '09. Please consider sponsoring a graduating senior to celebrate their "zero reunion" with us at this spectacular event.

RSVP

Journey via shuttle from the All-Alumni Reunion Picnic to the Lower Field, in the company of the UCSC men's soccer team, and cheer on UCSC female alumni as they battle the current UCSC women's soccer team! The game is scheduled to take place from 1:30 - 3p.m. Dont miss out on exciting first half highlights, taking place from 1:30-2:30, which includes a mystery celebrity announcer, and half time entertainment!

The Men's Soccer Game (UCSC Alumni v. UCSC Men's Soccer Team) will take place from 3:30-5 p.m., on the Lower Field.

Go Slugs!!!!

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The Division of Physical and Biological Sciences is proud to host a program featuring new faculty in the environmental sciences at UCSC. You will hear from:

--Jonathan Moore, on his research into the ecology and conservation of freshwater ecosystems
--Chad Saltikov, on his studies of the transport of pollutants like arsenic through the environment
--Sharon Stammerjohn, on her work in the Antarctic and its implications for our understanding of climate variability

Presentations will be followed by a Q&A, then a general reception. Refreshments will be provided.

Free parking is available at the Core West Parking Structure, near the intersection of McLaughlin and Heller drives. To see a map, go to http://maps.ucsc.edu/cmcommunications.html

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The mission for the Sustainable Living Center (SLC) is to create a site on campus where students from multiple disciplines can apply classroom knowledge in real settings, gain hands-on experience in sustainable technologies and community food systems, and prepare for becoming environmental educators and leaders. We believe that with such experience students can become engaged agents of change within their communities and embody the values of environmental consciousness and social justice to create a more sustainable world.

During this tour visitors will be able to get involved in sustainability through various activity stations facilitated by UCSC students. Activities include: compost building demo/talk, garden planting, seed starting in the greenhouse, cob oven cooking (cookies!), and global food and conscious consumerism through coffee. Students from the Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA) and the Community Agroecolgy Network (CAN) will be sharing their knowledge and experiences with you.

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Come honor our senior faculty close to retirement; hear the latest new research by faculty, graduate and undergraduate students; and find out about our new program, “Emerging Worlds."

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Panel Discussion, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Oakes Learning Center

Community Studies will hold a department reception following the conclusion of the panel discussion. The reception will take place from 4:30-5:15 p.m., on the lawn in front of the Oakes Learning Center lawn (to be moved inside if the weather doesn't cooperate!)

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Tours of the new McHenry Library wing will take place at 2:30 and 3:00 p.m. Rare Books Librarian Beth Remak-Honnef will highlight the new features of the building and give you an outlook on what to expect when the library construction is completed in 2010. Please also take a few moments to view the student - curated exhibit "Medieval Manuscripts at McHenry" on display in the Foyer.

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Latino Alumni Network Reunion
Latin American and Latino Studies Department Reunion
Chicano Latino Research Center, Mark your place in history! Latina/o Alumni Oral Histories

Honoring: Prof. Patricia Zavella, winner UCSC Faculty Research Lecturer Award, Prof. Walter Goldfrank, retirement, and Rosie Cabrera, winner, UCSC Alumni Association Outstanding Staff Award. Also featuring Latino Alumni Network Reunion.

Sign up to be interviewed by current students for "Nuestras Historias," a new archiving project launched by the Chicano Latino Research Center. We want to record the history of Chicana/os and Latina/os at UCSC. Come share your memories! The politics, the social life, the protests, the successes and challenges -- capture your place in history!

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This panel will afford a forum to discuss the exciting new initiatives toward College Renewal at UCSC, and especially, College Eight's Three Quarter Core Course that is slated to roll out in Fall, 2009.

Jaye Padgett, Chair of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy, and William Ladusaw, will speak to theme of College Renewal; and College Eight Fellows Ali Shakouri (Electrical Engineering); Paul Koch (Earth and Planetary Sciences); and Ben Crow (Sociology), will detail the new Core Course. Provost Ravi Rajan will anchor the event. He will also briefly describe some of the highlights of the programs and curricula to be built around the new Core Course as Eight attempts to rebuild a vibrant intellectual environment within the college context.

Following the presentations, the audience will be invited to comment on the various ideas, and join in building these exciting new programs.

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Presents an opportunity for Pioneer alumni, faculty, and staff to reunite in celebration of UCSC-inspired ideals. This occasion will afford pioneer class affiliates the opportunity to share their plans and values, and to confer about how UCSC shaped their aspirations. Attendees will also discuss the impact of their accomplishments on our culture, and how this generation may leave something of value to those to come.

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The Lionel Cantu GLBTI Resource Center (aka: the Cantu Queer Center) is celebrating its 10th Lavender Reception. All queer and queer-friendly alumni and friends are welcome. A light buffet will feature organic, locally grown foods and wines. Come reminisce about the 'gay old days,' learn what current students are up to, enjoy photo portraits of alumni newly weds in the GALA Gallery, and celebrate a decade of queer accomplishment at UCSC. Be sure to stop by and say hello!

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Gage Dayton, Director of UCSC's Natural Reserves, will lead a walking tour of UCSC's Natural Reserve. Tour will depart from Cowell Circle.

The University of California Natural Reserve System is a network of protected natural lands that serve as outdoor classrooms and laboratories for the University of California. The mission of the Natural Reserves is to contribute to the understanding and wise management of the Earth and its natural systems by supporting university-level teaching, research, and public service at protected natural areas throughout California. Here at UC Santa Cruz, we manage research and education efforts at four Natural Reserves: Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Fort Ord Natural Reserve, Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve, and Año Nuevo Island. The UC Campus Reserve is also administered by UCSC Natural Reserve Staff. Meet UCSC Natural Reserve Staff to learn about ongoing research, education, and preservation of the Natural Reserves and take a brief walk into the Campus Reserve.

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Join a curator-led tour of the major gardens at the Arboretum. Tour over 40 acres of beautiful gardens, and learn about the Arboretum's world-class collection of rare, endangered, and unique plants from California and all over the world. Guided tours will begin at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Self-guided tours will be available all day. Visit the Arboretum's web site for directions and more information.

Meet at Norrie's Gift Shop, near the main Arboretum entrance.

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Perched above Monterey Bay on the UC Santa Cruz campus, the Center's Farm offers a thriving example of organic agriculture and horticulture on both a hand-worked garden scale and medium-sized, tractor-worked farm scale. During this tour, visitors can see first-hand how to build fertile soil and control pests, recycle yard and kitchen waste, conserve water, encourage biodiversity, and enjoy the beautiful views. They will also learn about the latest research projects taking place at the sites. Aspiring "White House Farmer" Claire Strader will give a brief talk at the beginning of the Farm Tour. See above.

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Ever wonder about the old buildings and giant kilns at the campus entrance?
Join historian Frank Perry for a 1 hour tour of the newly-designated Cowell
Lime Works Historic District. Frank has been studying the history of the
Santa Cruz lime industry for many years and will share some fascinating and
little-known stories about the lime kilns, historic buildings, and the Cowell
family. We’ll also learn about the challenges 19th century lime companies
faced in sustaining an industry dependent on local forests for fuel and see
what is being done to preserve these last surviving remnants of a once vibrant
Santa Cruz industry.

The Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District formed in 2008 to aid
in the documentation, restoration, preservation, and interpretation of the
lime kilns and historic buildings at UCSC. The Friends depend on donations of
time, materials, and funds to carry out its mission. For information on
joining the Friends and to read the latest issue of the Friend’s newsletter,
Lime Kiln Chronicles, visit online at http://limeworks.ucsc.edu. The district
is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Tour leader:
Frank Perry (College 8, 1977) is president of the Friends of the Cowell Lime
Works Historic District and is co-author of the book Lime Kiln Legacies: The
History of the Lime Industry in Santa Cruz County published in 2007 by the

Museum of Art & History www.limekilnlegacies.com

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Come reunite with fellow alumni, faculty and students at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering 2009 All Alumni Reunion! The exciting program will include:

• Alumni, faculty and student networking reception
• State of the school “Celebrating our Successes and Paving the Road Ahead” by Dean Isaacson
• Leadership and scholarship awards
• Renewable energy and technology talks
• Student and faculty led lab tours and robotics demonstrations

For a detailed program, please visit: www.soe.ucsc.edu/reunion

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GIIP is celebrating their 10 year Reunion and all GIIP alumni, partners, supporters and advisers are invited.  This event will be an opportunity to look back on GIIP's achievements and learn what current students and alumni are accomplishing.

Please visit our webiste to learn more about our program: http://giip.org/
Facebook users: Check out our Facebook group!

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Gather with friends and fellow alumni to participate in a lively discussion in response to Keynote Speaker, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Reunion Weekend lecture. This lecture will address the crucial questions surrounding “Our Environmental Destiny,” and will be delivered at the Cocoanut Grove on Friday, April 24, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. The World Café event presents an opportunity for ALL individuals to express their thoughts on the matter. Attendees will interact in intimate group settings of three to four individuals. These small groups will contemplate a question posed by our discussion facilitator in relation to Kennedy’s lecture. After thorough discussion, each small group will share their responses with group at large, and new small groups will be formed to discuss the next related question. These topical interactions will be spiced by brief breaks for refreshments and informal socializing.

Facebook users: check out our event listing on Facebook for more information about the Porter World Cafe!

If you are unable to attend Robert F. Kennedy’s lecture and would like to familiarize yourself with the subject matter, visit the following link to listen to Robert F. Kennedy’s fascinating 2005 lecture at UC Berkeley: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=10054.

For questions about this event, contact James Blaine: jblaine@ucsc.edu.

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* Merrill College 41st Anniversary
Join alumni and friends of Merrill College for a celebration of Merrill's 41st anniversary!
Merrill Provost House
4:30-6 p.m.

* Cowell College Provost Reception
Alumni and friends will meet at the Cowell Provost House to partake in the annual provost reception.
Cowell Provost House
4:30-6 p.m.

* Stevenson College Alumni Reception
Come back to Stevenson College to reconnect with friends and classmates.
Stevenson Library
4:30-6 p.m.

* Crown College Provost Reception
Crown Provost Joel Ferguson will host a reception at the Crown Provost house for all Crown College alumni. Go to the online alumni community to find your friends, and make plans to meet them at the reception. Immediately following, alumni and their guests can join current students for dinner in the Crown Dining Hall. Hope to see you there!
Crown Provost House
4:30-6 p.m.

* Oakes College Provost Reception "Chocolate Extravaganza"
Alumni and friends of Oakes College are invited to the annual alumni reception. Enjoy an assortment of chocolate treats and coffee. Hope to see you there!
Oakes College Provost House
4:30-6 p.m.

* Porter College Provost Reception
In place of a Provost Reception, Porter College will be hosting the Alumni World Cafe.

* Kresge
Kresge will not host a provost ceremony this year. However, stay tuned for information regarding next year’s 2010 Kresge Reunion Weekend event  honoring William Everson, Pulitzer Nominated Poet, and distinguished UCSC Poet-In-Residence. You will not want to miss this event in 2010!

* College Nine and Ten
College Nine and Ten will not host provost ceremonies this year.

College Nine and Ten Graduates: Stay tuned for upcoming information pertaining to the College Nine and Ten 10-year reunion celebrations in 2011! Don’t miss this opportunity to come together with fellow College Nine and Ten affiliates to celebrate this double digit birthday!

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Come and join alumni and students of color for a mixer celebrating our shared experience and accomplishments at UCSC. This event will be an opportunity to reconnect with alumni and meet current UCSC students. Come and share your story with current students and network with other alumni of color. Come and join us as we celebrate our diversity, have fun and make connections.

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Screening of excerpts from several of our excellent films by Social Documentation graduate students.

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Take a stroll down memory lane and participate in another Saturday night steak and ice-cream dinner! Yum..... It won't be the same without you!

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After a fun-filled day on campus come and unwind at an after-party with alumni of color hosted by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Felicia McGinty. Connect with alumni of color, staff and faculty, network, bust a move and cap off the night with a reunion after-party. Co-Sponsored by: Latino Alumni Network, Black Escargot, Asian Pacific Islander Alumni, UCSC Alumni Association and the Division of Student Affairs.

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Hey Young Alumni! Don't miss our first ever Young Alumni Party, which is sure to be a blast. This evening event is going to be an awesome opportunity to venture downtown, make merry and catch up with friends and fellow alumni from the graduating classes of 1998-2008. Show up, enjoy local beer and wine, great music, and bountiful prize give-aways. Sign up for an Alumni Association Membership and partake in the festivities for FREE! Be there, and help be part of establishing an awesome new tradition.

Check out our facebook event listing, where you can post your favorite photos of your days in Santa Cruz and see them on the big screen during the party!

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Rise and shine, and greet the day the right way! Attend this Sunday morning breakfast and bid farewell to your fellow Pioneers....until next year!

Free Access for Alumni to the East Field House Complex
Sponsored by OPERS (The Office of Physical Education, Recreation, & Sports)

Welcome back Alumni! Whether you are from the Pioneer Class with one gym for everything from badminton to fencing and swam in the Cowell pool, or from a class in the 2000’s who worked out in the Wellness Center and watched home sports competitions on the Lower East Field, we welcome you to OPERS. Please feel free to drop by and bring your exercise gear. You can work out in the Wellness Center with state of the art cardio equipment and weights, play tennis or racquetball, stretch or meditate in the martial arts studio, run or walk on our ½ mile all-weather track around the East Field, the possibilities are endless. We have shower facilities and will provide a towel. Please bring your own lock for day lockers. Work- out towels are also provided in the Wellness Center. Please enter through the East Field House main entrance, which is the building located next to the pool (regrettably, the pool will be closed for renovations). You will be asked to sign a liability form. All minors ages 8 - 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No minors under the age of 8 will be permitted to enter the facility regardless of parental supervision. No minors under the age of 16 are allowed in the Wellness Center (workout room). For further information, contact Cori Houston, OPERS Marketing, Outreach & Development, (831)459-3037 or chouston@ucsc.edu

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Continental Breakfast at the Edge of the Continent!
Hosted by the Seymour Marine Discovery Center and UCSC Alumni Association

Alumni, bring your family or guests and enjoy a continental breakfast at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, the public visitor center of Long Marine Laboratory. Hold a seastar, visit Ms. Blue—an 87 feet long blue whale skeleton, and join an exclusive tour at a working marine laboratory—open ONLY for UCSC Alumni Association members Sunday morning. 

Not an Alumni Association member? Join online at: https://www.pay.onlinecommunity.com/UCSC/membership_unregistered.htm

Or join when you arrive at the Seymour Center on Sunday, April 26.

If you haven’t been down to the lab in a few years (or ever), you’re in for a surprise! Located on the bluffs overlooking Monterey Bay, the Seymour Center gives the public an inside look at the world-class marine research facility at UC Santa Cruz.  Aquarium, exhibits and daily programs feature research conducted by our scientists in Monterey Bay and around the world—visitors of all ages learn about the role research plays in the understanding and conserving the world’s oceans.

Visit the Seymour Center’s website for directions and more information.  http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu

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Dear Friends,

What began ten years ago as the Page and Eloise Smith scholarship supporting UCSC students who had been in foster care, or were orphans, quickly developed into the Smith Scholastic Society.

The Society features a unique mentoring program led by UCSC professors that provides students with a community of friends--alumni, staff, and faculty members--dedicated to students' educational success. Last year the Society merged with the University's Renaissance Scholars Program to become the Smith Renaissance Society, a vibrant marriage of institutional and volunteer efforts.

Please join Chancellor George Blumenthal and his wife, Professor Kelly Weisberg, Smith Society founders, current students, graduates, and supporters as we celebrate ten remarkable years in which we have seen one hundred and fifty students stay in school, graduate, and go onto graduate studies or professional lives at a truly extraordinary rate.

Smith graduates: Please come! Even if you can't attend, Bill Dickinson would love to hear from you: mailto:wcdcamb@aol.com

Looking forward to seeing you in April!

RSVP before Friday, April 17, 2009.

Jewish Studies at the University of California-Santa Cruz: On the Cutting Edge of Tradition. An alumni conference devoted to exploring the past, present, and future of Jewish studies at UC-Santa Cruz. Alumni who are currently professors in Jewish studies programs around the country will discuss how their time at Santa Cruz has helped to shape their outlook and scholarship, whether there is a distinctly Santa Cruz approach to Jewish studies, and their visions for the future of Jewish studies at the university. Following the panel discussion there will be an opportunity for other alumni to share their views with the panelists and one another. All present are welcome to attend a reception following the discussion. The conference is the first of an annual series made possible by the generous support of the David B. Gold Foundation.

Please take a moment to visit our website: http://jewishstudies.ucsc.edu/

RSVP

The Alumni Regatta is back!  Come out on the water and enjoy some friendly competition and the beautiful Santa Cruz scenery.  The UCSC Sailing Team will be providing food and drinks!

Schedule of Events:

• 10:00 a.m. Check In
• 10:30 a.m. Skippers Meeting
• 11:15 a.m. First Race (all races start before 4:30 p.m.)
  5:30-8 p.m. BBQ