FROM THE CHANCELLOR

By M.R.C. Greenwood

For the first time since 1972, UC Santa Cruz is opening a new college. With the enrollment of students this fall, College Nine represents a tangible symbol of this campus's vitality. Located in a redwood grove next to Social Sciences 1 and 2, College Nine will serve as the home of students interested in global and international studies.

Like UCSC's other colleges, College Nine will create a "living and learning" environment for our students. Students affiliated with the new college in its early years of existence will have the unique opportunity to work with our faculty and staff to shape College Nine's academic direction.

The campus has already benefitted from the contributions of the Class of 2000. As we say farewell to our most recent graduates, we are reminded that it is our students who define the essence of the UCSC experience. They achieve excellence in the classroom while taking advantage of unique undergraduate research opportunities. Like their UCSC predecessors, they remain committed to service, finding the time to apply the knowledge they acquire in the classroom to community service needs off campus. Our students' work in the ArtsBridge Program is one example of such commitment.

 

 


Photo: Don Harris

This issue of the Review also spotlights excellence among our faculty through a story on psychology professor Craig Haney, a leading researcher in capital punishment and penal institution psychology (page 8). Throughout his career, Professor Haney has been actively engaged in criminal justice issues, and his academic findings have helped shape public policy for more than two decades. He is part of a growing cadre of faculty whose work has spawned UCSC's new Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community.

Likewise, our alumni continue to achieve distinction. Among those recently acknowledged is Martha Mendoza, who received a Pulitzer Prize this spring for her reporting on the massacre of civilians at No Gun Ri during the Korean War. Mendoza is the third UCSC graduate to receive journalism's highest honor in the past five years.

Another highlight this past year was the gala opening of the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory. Private donations, including a cornerstone $2 million gift from H. Boyd Seymour Jr., funded nearly all of the center's $6.25 million cost. The three components of our mission at UCSC--teaching, research, and public service-- all come together with excellence at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

M.R.C. Greenwood
Chancellor

As we say farewell to our most recent graduates, we are reminded that it is our students who define the essence of the UCSC experience. They achieve excellence in the classroom while taking advantage of unique undergraduate research opportunities.

 

 

 

 

 


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