Department Highlights

Community Studies Fall Orientation

The Community Studies Fall Orientation will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 10-11:30 AM in Oakes 105. All students intending to declare Community Students major must attend, and prospective majors are encouraged to attend. We will be reviewi...[More]

Community Studies Alum Wins Top Prize at the UCSC Business Plan Competition

Recent Community Studies graduate, Jackie Olin (Gordon), was awarded the first prize in the first annual UC Santa Cruz Business Plan Competition on May 29th 2009. Her plan for an eco-friendly local baby food company, Sustainabites, will provide Santa...[More]

In Community Studies, Life begins at 40

Among the events at UCSC’s Reunion Weekend is a celebration marking the 40th anniversary of the Community Studies Department. Alumni will gather to reflect on how Community Studies has shaped their lives. Together we’ll also discuss the endangered...[More]

Community Studies Professor Awarded 2009 National Endowment

David Brundage, professor of community studies, has been awarded a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend to study the United Irishmen. The organization was a late 18th-century Irish republican group inspired by the American and Fr...[More]

David Brundage, Professor of Community Studies Contributes to the Employee Free Choice Act

David Brundage, professor of community studies, is one of the academic experts from around California contributing to the May 2009 report issued by the UC Berkeley Labor Center on the Employee Free Choice Act. Entitled Academics on Employee Free Cho...[More]

Are you planning to enroll in CMMU 100E or CMMU 100J?

Students who wish to enroll in CMMU 100E or CMMU 100J must attend the first class meeting. Be prepared to provide the following information to the instructor: ...[More]

Community Studies graduate Jaclyn Moyer receives 2008-09 Deans’ Undergraduate award

Jaclyn Moyer, Community Studies graduate in 2008, recently received a coveted 2008-09 Deans’ Undergraduate award for her outstanding senior thesis. Jaclyn’s senior thesis, entitled /A New Frontier: An Exploration into the Relationship Between Environ...[More]

Work by Renee Tajima-Peña & Tadashi Nakamura on exhibit in Los Angeles

Work by Soc Doccers Renee Tajima-Peña (Graduate Director) and Tadashi Nakamura (Class of '08) have been selected for the exhibit of artists in various media, "Crossings: 10 Views of America's Concentration Camps," April 2 - June 21, 2009 at the Japan...[More]

Headlines

Graduate student documentaries featured during reception and screenings on June 12-13

Graduate students in Social Documentation present the Third Annual Master's Thesis Exhibition June 12-13. ...[More]

First-ever UC Santa Cruz Business Plan Competition generates winning ideas

The first-ever UCSC Business Plan Competition showcased winning ideas....[More]

Prop. 8 transformed the film Milk, writes film scholar B. Ruby Rich

The passage of Proposition 8 transformed the film Milk into a political touchstone, says film scholar B. Ruby Rich....[More]

Film scholar B. Ruby Rich plays a leading role at Sundance Film Festival

For the 21st year, film scholar B. Ruby Rich helps shape the agenda at Sundance Film Festival....[More]

Nurturing Change: Nidya Ramirez works to empower those most in need

Alumna Nidya Ramirez feels a responsibility to help people in difficult circumstances --including immigrants, the poor and working class, refugees, children, and abused women. ...[More]

Four social scientists honored for teaching and research

Four social scientists were honored for teaching and research today (Tuesday, October 7) during the annual fall convocation hosted by the dean of the Division of Social Sciences....[More]

UCSC grad student receives Princess Grace award

UCSC graduate student Kimberly Bautista has been awarded a 2008 Princess Grace Honorarium. She is one of 44 recipients across the country who were recognized for distinction in the fields of theater,...[More]

Chancellor conveys awards for achievements in diversity

Four individuals and two campus units were honored for their efforts in supporting and increasing diversity at UC Santa Cruz. Chancellor George Blumenthal conveyed the awards during a luncheon...[More]

Renee Tajima-Peña's film wins documentary prize at film festival, premieres May 4

Renee Tajima-Peña's film Calavera Highway, named the best television documentary by the San Francisco International Film Festival, will premiere during the festival on Sunday, May 4, at the...[More]

Films by four UC Santa Cruz students featured during Reel Work Film Festival

Films about the immigrant experience and last fall's writers' strike are among the works by four UC Santa Cruz students that will be screened during the seventh annual Reel Work May Day Labor Film...[More]