Alumni Association Councilors, 2002-03
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Scholarship winner Stacy Williams and Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood. Photo: UCSC Photo Services |
Stacy Williams is the kind of student who might not have made it to UCSC.
She's the fifth of seven children. Her father is a disabled veteran; her mother suffers from schizophrenia. While she was growing up, money was tight, and there were times when the family recycled cans and used food stamps just to get by. Williams found solace at school. "We took our time walking home each day because we knew what little would be there to greet us," she remembers. "That's a horrible feeling that, unfortunately, is a fact of life for far too many children. I wish I could let them know things get better. Because things do get better."
That's certainly been the case for Williams, now a history major looking forward to junior year abroad at the University of London. "Towns in England date back to the first century," she says with relish. "I can't wait."
Being at UCSC has been a great experience. "I've matured," she says. "UCSC teaches you to think. With each class, I become more of an enlightened person, more analytical and critical. I truly believe that if we gave a college education to everyone, 90 percent of the world's problems would disappear."
Her enthusiasm for learning brought Williams to the attention of the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund selection committee, which awarded her a $2,500 scholarship, renewable at $1,500 every year until she graduates. Williams was one of 16 financially needy undergraduates who received one of the coveted awards in 2001-02. The UCSC Alumni Association, generous alumni, and friends fund the awards.
"It is remarkable to think that someone has faith in me, invested confidence in my abilities, and hopes that I will succeed," Williams wrote to the Alumni Association. "I await this coming school year with great anticipation, where I hope to return your kindness with diligence. Thank you once again."
To make a donation to the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, send a check payable to the UCSC Foundation, 74 River Street, First Floor, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4593 (note "Alumni Association Scholarship Fund" on your check). For more information, call Jennifer Wood, director of Annual and Special Gifts, toll free at (800) 933-SLUG.
UCSC Alumni Vintner's Wine Tasting
David Graves (Crown '74), general partner at the acclaimed Saintsbury winery, pours chardonnay at last summer's UCSC Alumni Vintner's Wine Tasting. This year's wine tasting is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, and will feature 15 wineries, hors d'oeuvres, live music, a silent auction, and more. To get on the invitation list, contact the Alumni Association by phone at (800) 933-SLUG or via e-mail at alumni@cats.ucsc.edu. Or, get more information and R.S.V.P. on the web at www.alumni.ucsc.edu.
Photo: Shmuel Thaler
Banana Slug Spring Fair (April 2003) Reunion Planning
"If you plan it, they will come." Plan your reunion NOW for Banana Slug Spring Fair (April 2003). Contact Lynn Zachreson at the UCSC Alumni Association, (800) 933-SLUG or lynnz@cats.ucsc.edu.
Banana Slug Spring Fair 2002 photos, from left: Patty Durkee, Paul Lawton
(Crown '72), Monika Wolff, Ken Feingold (Cowell '71, pointing), Bill Justin
(Stevenson '72, crouched), and UCSC Vice Chancellor Ron Suduiko enjoyed
the Class of '72 Thirty-Year Reunion exhibit of early '70s photos by alumni;
Cowell Programs coordinator Angie Christmann met up with grads Alvaretta
Baxter (Kresge '90) and Gregory Canillas (Cowell '90) at the Cowell Provost's
reception; the All-Alumni Reunion Luncheon allowed history professor Peter
Kenez to reconnect with his former student Judy Flynn-O'Brien (Crown '72).
All photos: shmuel thaler
Sponsored by the Alumni
Associations of the University of
California (AAUC)
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002
8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel Pasadena Pasadena, CA
Cost: $30 members /$45 non-members
before Sept. 7;
registration after 9/7, add $15.
Find more information and
register at www.ucalumni.net
Questions? Contact Allison Garcia
at the UCSC Alumni Association,
(800) 933-slug, or via e-mail at acgarcia@cats.ucsc.edu
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