UCSC Reunion Weekend 2009
Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26
Reunion Weekend 2009 kicked off on Friday night with a packed house at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz to hear Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Intellectual Forum address.
On Saturday, the UCSC Alumni Association Awards for 2009 were presented, and a host of more than 40 events took place across campus.
At the first ever All Alumni Reunion Picnic hundreds of alumni and friends gathered to reconnect with each other and celebrate the contribution made by graduates celebrating their 5- through 40-year reunions who donated more than $745,000 to the school's annual Reunion Weekend fundraising drive, far exceeding the campus's goal.
Pioneer Class members and Young Alumni alike responded to the reunion weekend theme of “Our Environmental Destiny” that resonated throughout.
Thanks to all who joined to make this a wonderful gathering of UC Santa Cruz alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends!
UCSC Reunion Class Challenge
Thank you to all alumni making reunion gifts this year. Your support is making a difference!
| Class Year | Reunion | Gifts to date | Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneers | 40th | $286,919.50 | $80,000 |
| 1974 | 35th | $341,664.72 | $70,000 |
| 1979 | 30th | $70,652.00 | $60,000 |
| 1984 | 25th | $22,086.00 | $45,000 |
| 1989 | 20th | $19,334.50 | $40,000 |
| 1994 | 15th | $9,526.50 | $25,000 |
| 1999 | 10th | $7,154.50 | $20,000 |
| 2004 | 5th | $4,780.00 | $10,000 |
| TOTAL GIFTS | $762,117.72 | $350,000 | |
Invite your favorite professor to lunch! Send an email to alumni@ucsc.edu with your favorite professor's name, and we will extend the invitation.
Santa Cruz Area Hotels Welcome UCSC Alumni With Reunion Discounts*
- Dream Inn Santa Cruz (831) 426-4330
- Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Hilton (888) 455-3010
- University Inn (866) UCSC-INN
- Additional accommodations can be found by contacting the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council (800) 833-3494
* Subject to availability. Individuals need to state that they are participating in UCSC Alumni Association events.
Schedule of Events
| Signature Events |
(signature events indicated in blue)
Intellectual Forum Panel Discussion
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
FREE
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Distinguished Teaching Award Presentation, Outstanding Staff Award Presentation and the Annual UCSC Alumni Association Meeting
Honoring DTA Recipient Alan Richards
OSA Recipient Rosalee ("Rosie") Cabrera
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
FREE
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new All-Alumni Reunion Picnic
Saturday, 12-1:30 p.m.
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An Afternoon of Alumni Soccer
Saturday, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
FREE
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UCSC Pioneer Class 40th Anniversary Celebrations
Friday, Saturday and Sunday events
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new Young Alumni Party for 1998-2008 Graduates
Saturday, 8 p.m.
FREE for Alumni Association members
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Page and Eloise Smith Scholarship
Come Celebrate 10 Great Years!
Sunday, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
FREE
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ATTENTION: RSVP Deadline for Reunion Weekend 2009 is FRIDAY, APRIL 17
| Friday, April 24 |
A Lifetime of Wellness, a Free Day at OPERS
(Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports)
7 a.m.-8 p.m., East Field House Main Entrance
FREE
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Campus tours for prospective students and their parents
10-11:45 a.m., and 1-2:45 p.m.
FREE
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Distinguished Social Sciences Emeriti Faculty Award Luncheon
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Cultural Center at Merrill College
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Celebration of French Studies at UCSC
5-6:30 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall (Room 206)
FREE
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UCSC Pioneer Class Welcome Reception
5–7 p.m., UCSC Inn
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Building Bridges: UCSC Student Leaders Past & Present
6 p.m., Merrill Cultural Center
FREE
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Intellectual Forum featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
7:30 p.m., Cocoanut Grove, Santa Cruz
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ATTENTION: RSVP Deadline for Reunion Weekend 2009 is FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Saturday, April 25 |
A Lifetime of Wellness, a Free Day at OPERS
(Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports)
10 a.m.-6 p.m., East Field House Main Entrance
FREE
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Intellectual Forum Panel Discussion with NPR correspondent, Richard Harris (Crown ’80), Claire Strader, and UCSC Professor, Daniel Press.
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Humanities Lecture Hall
FREE
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Distinguished Teaching Award Presentation, Outstanding Staff Award Presentation and the Annual UCSC Alumni Association Meeting
Honoring DTA Recipient Alan Richards and OSA Recipient Rosalee ("Rosie") Cabrera
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall
FREE
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new All-Alumni Reunion Picnic
12-1:30 p.m., Stevenson College Courtyard
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An Afternoon of Alumni Soccer
Women's Alumnae v. UCSC Soccer Team
1:30-3 p.m., Lower Field
(First-Half Highlights: 1:30-2:30 p.m.)
FREE
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Touring the New McHenry Library Wing
2:30 and 3:30 p.m., McHenry Library
FREE
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Physical and Biological Sciences Reunion and Interactive Discussion
2:30-4 p.m., New Physical Sciences Building, Seminar Room 241
FREE
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Sustainable Living Center Tour and Hands-on Activities
2:30-4:30 p.m., Sustainable Living Center, Lower Quarry, entrance to the Village
FREE
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Anthropology Department Reunion
2:30-4:30 p.m., Alumni Room, University Center
FREE
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Community Studes 40-Year Reunion
2:30-4:30 p.m., Panel Discussion, Oakes Learning Center
4:30-5:15 p.m., Reception, Oakes Learning Center
FREE
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Merrill College 41st Anniversary Celebration including:
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
2:30-4:30 p.m., LAN, LALS, and Merrill Combined Cultural Celebration, Merrill Provost House
FREE
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Annual Lavender Reception
2:30-4:30 p.m., Cantu Queer Center
FREE
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College Renewal Discussion: The New Three Quarter Sustainability Core Course at College Eight
Hosted by the Pioneer Class
2:30-3:30 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall
FREE
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Pioneer Class Conversation on Values
3:30–4:30 p.m., East Field House
FREE
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UCSC Natural Reserves Walking Tour with Gage Dayton
2:30-4 p.m., Meet @ Cowell Circle
FREE
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Arboretum Tour
2:30-4:30 p.m., UCSC Arboretum
FREE
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Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) Farm Tour
2:30-3:30 p.m., CASFS Farm
FREE
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Friends of the Cowell Lime Works Historic District
2:30-4 p.m., Barn Theater Parking Lot
FREE
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Jack Baskin School of Engineering Alumni Reunion: “Celebrating our Successes and Paving the Road Ahead”
2:30-4 p.m., Engineering II Courtyard
FREE
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Global Information and Internship Program (G.I.I.P.) Reunion
2:30-4:30 p.m., Namaste Lounge
FREE
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An Afternoon of Alumni Soccer
Men's Alumni v. UCSC Soccer Team
3:30-5 p.m., Lower Field
FREE
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Porter College Alumni World Café: A conversation about the future of the environment and finance
3-4:45 p.m.,
I-Lounge
FREE
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College Provost Receptions
4:30–6 p.m., various locations
FREE
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Communities of Color Mixer: Connecting UCSC Alumni and Students of Color
5:30-7:30 p.m., Ethnic Resource Center Lounge, Bay Tree Bookstore Building, 3rd Floor
FREE
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Social Documentation Graduate Student Film Screening
6-7:30 p.m., Oakes 105
FREE
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Pioneer Class 40th Reunion Dinner
6-9:30 p.m., Stevenson Event Center
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Alumni of Color Reunion After-Party hosted by Vice Chancellor McGinty
8 p.m., Vice Chancellor Felicia McGinty's Home
FREE
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new Young Alumni Party
8 p.m., Cypress Lounge (downtown Santa Cruz)
FREE for Alumni Association members
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ATTENTION: RSVP Deadline for Reunion Weekend 2009 is FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Sunday, April 26 |
A Lifetime of Wellness, a Free Day at OPERS
(Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports)
10 a.m.-6 p.m., East Field House Main Entrance
FREE
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Pioneer Class Breakfast
9–11 a.m,
Stevenson College Event Center
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Family-Friendly Seymour Center Open House
(Alumni Association Members Only)
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Seymour Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab
FREE
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Page and Eloise Smith Scholarship: Come Celebrate 10 Great Years!
11 a.m.–1 p.m.,
Stevenson College Fireside Lounge
FREE
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Jewish Studies Alumni Conference and Celebration
12-3:30 p.m., Humanites I, rooms 210 and 202
FREE
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Sailing Regatta
10 a.m.-8 p.m., Santa Cruz Harbor
FREE
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ATTENTION: RSVP Deadline for Reunion Weekend 2009 is FRIDAY, APRIL 17
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Last year's Reunion Weekend highlights
April 24-26, 2008
If you were among the hundreds of alumni and friends who returned to UCSC in April for Reunion Weekend, thanks for coming! We hope you enjoyed reconnecting with fellow UCSC grads, faculty, and students.
A webcast of our first-ever Reunion Weekend Intellectual Forum, on innovation and education in a global society, is now available; click here. The lecture, panel, and discussion featured "Innovation Nation" author John Kao, 2007 National Humanities Award winner Victor Davis Hanson (Cowell ’75), and Silicon Valley leader Shellye Archambeau, and was moderated by New York Times senior editor Katy Roberts (Kresge ’74).
A webcast of Nurturing Green Entrepreneurs: A Conversation is also available; click here. This event was hosted by College Eight Provost Ravi Rajan and featured Sunil Paul (founder, Spring Ventures), Reid Hoffman (founder, LinkedIn), and Nick Ellis (Bright Green Talent), and was the kick off for the 35th anniversary celebrations at College Eight. Read more.
Thank you to all donors to this year's UCSC Reunion Class Challenge. Alumni celebrating five- through 40-year reunions have donated more than $305,000 in 2007-08, nearly double last year. If you haven't yet participated, we welcome your reunion gift here.
Check out the Reunion Weekend 2008 web photo gallery here.
We welcome your suggestions for future reunions events. Give us your input here.
We hope you'll plan to join us next spring for Reunion Weekend, planned for April 24, 2010.
Help create the reunion YOU want to attend in 2009!
Here's how: Reconnect. Go to the UCSC Online Alumni Directory, and invite your friends and classmates to join you in returning to campus for your reunion in April. Reminisce. Search your photo albums, shoeboxes, and other dark corners for pictures and other memorabilia from your days at UCSC. Contact the Alumni Association and share your ideas for the reunion you'd like to attend; then volunteer to help make it happen (see article below). Contact Assistant Director Lynn Zachreson at lynnz@ucsc.edu, or call toll-free to (800) 933-SLUG, or locally, (831) 459-2530.
Consider making a reunion gift. This coming fall, UCSC students from the Telephone Outreach Program will be contacting you and your classmates. How did UCSC change your world? How is that important to the world today? Your reunion gift will make a difference to today's students at UCSC. You can give today at http://giveto.ucsc.edu/We look forward to seeing you in Santa Cruz this April.
Why attend a reunion?
"It was not nostalgia. It was curiosity. I wanted to find out who all those people who I had known so long ago had become. At a reunion, you discover that there are people you barely remember, or who weren't on your radar screen at all when you were in college, and they've become amazingly interesting while you weren't looking."
-Betsy Buchalter Adler (Cowell '70), who attended the 1999 reunion of UCSC's Pioneer Class