Alumni Weekend 2020 is postponed
Important news: Alumni Weekend 2020 is postponed to a future date for coronavirus safety. However, the Margaret Atwood appearance on April 5 and The Deep Read are still on!
February 2020
Mark Zemelman: A mission-driven career
Crown '78, history
By David Gleason (Merrill '70, literature), Humanities Dean's Advisor, February 2020
Joaquin Sapien: Holding power accountable
Cowell ’06, environmental studies and politics
By Peggy Townsend, February 2020
Sherrice Mojgani: Lighting up the stage
Merrill '07, theater arts
By Maureen Dixon Harrison, February 2020
Words of warning
By crafting a dangerous future from fragments of history, novelist Margaret Atwood implores us to pay attention to the present, writes alumna Kate Schatz.
By Kate Schatz (Stevenson '01, women’s studies and creative writing), February 2020
Visit Shakespeare’s London
Literature professor and Shakespeare expert Sean Keilen will walk you through the monuments, museums, pubs, playhouses, gardens, and churches that have made London the envy of world capitals
February 2020
Creating opportunities
A gift from the Jacques M. Littlefield Foundation will allow the UC Santa Cruz First Generation Initiative to hire interns who provide services, support, and programs for fellow first-gen students.
By J. D. Hillard (Porter '99, history), February 2020
Planning for the future
Through her will, alumna Susan Bok, a retired senior transportation planner, established a future endowed scholarship for environmentalists and planners at UC Santa Cruz.
By Susan L. Bok, Rachel Carson College ’77, February 2020
