1998-99 Alumni Association Councilors
Alumni who will celebrate 5-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 25-, and 30-year reunions in 2000 are invited to step forward now to begin event planning. The Alumni Association's all-alumni reunion luncheon, set for Saturday, April 15, 2000, will give special recognition to the classes of '70, '75, '80, '85, '90, and '95. Alumni volunteers will need to come forward to put together additional activities, such as the traditional reunion dinner and dance. It takes only a handful of volunteers to put on a reunion. In 1999, just ten committed volunteers planned and coordinated an entire weekend of reunion events. With Alumni Association assistance, reunion planning can take just a few meetings. E-mail access and Web skills are a plus. To volunteer or for more information, contact the Alumni Association via phone toll-free at (800) 933-SLUG, locally at (831) 459-2530, or via e-mail at alumni@cats.ucsc.edu.
New alumni directory in the worksWhen you took theater arts classes with Camryn Manheim (Porter '84), could you tell she was bound for Hollywood success? When Geoffrey Marcy (Ph.D. '82, astrophysics) was your astronomy TA, did you expect to read front-page news about his discoveries of planets that orbit sunlike stars? Find out what your lost friends and classmates are doing these days (and let them know what you're up to) by participating in the UCSC Alumni Association's directory proj-ect. The alumni directory will list updated alumni residence and e-mail addresses as well as information about careers and family. A request for updated information (or, for those who've recently contacted UCSC, an information confirmation) will be sent to all alumni later in 1999, along with an invitation to order a directory. For more information, call the Alumni Office toll-free at (800) 933-SLUG or locally at (831) 459-2530.
African American alumni build a reunionPlans are under way for UCSC's first African American alumni reunion. The event will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2000, as part of the Banana Slug Spring Fair campus open house. Members of the reunion planning committee include Los Angeles actress Adilah Barnes (Cowell '72); Oakland dentist Carol Bradshaw (Oakes '83, community studies); Paula Powell (Graduate Studies '89, history), director of UCSC's African American Student Life Resource and Cultural Center; Sacramento public finance expert Eric Thomas (Oakes '84, economics); as well as other interested graduates. Their efforts will be aided by staff from the Alumni Association. "Though many of us African American alumni have talked about a reunion over the years, year 2000 feels right to 'just do it,'" says Barnes. "We welcome all who would like to join us: those from the very beginning up until those who just graduated last year. Herman Blake [Oakes founding provost] plans to come; that will allow us to really come full circle with the very beginning of UCSC." The committee's first step is to build a mailing list of all African American alumni. Those who graduated before 1986 (before some electronic records were available) are strongly encouraged to contact the Alumni Association now to get on the mailing list. Comments, suggestions, and offers to assist with reunion planning are also welcome. The association can be reached by phone toll-free at (800) 933-SLUG, locally at (831) 459-2530, or via e-mail at alumni@cats.ucsc.edu.
Vintners support scholarships
The 1999 Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting will be held on Saturday, July 31, at UCSC. For more information, contact the Alumni Association by phone toll-free at (800) 933-SLUG, locally at (831) 459-2530, or via e-mail at alumni@cats.ucsc.edu.
Anne Therese Moses, left, owner of Patz and Hall Wine Company, gets ready to sample a competitor's wares as Madroña vineyards wine maker Hugh Chappelle fills her glass at the 1998 UCSC Alumni Vintners Wine Tasting. Alumni council members Sandor Nagyszalanczy (Stevenson '77), second from left, and Douglas Foster (Kresge '76) look on. Over 250 fellow alumni, friends, and UCSC community members attended the tasting.
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