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Planned gift bolsters Año Nuevo's perpetual impact
It all started with a bad walk. In 1995, John Fox took a tour at Año Nuevo State Park, home to the first mainland breeding colony of northern elephant seals.
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Lighting a spark
Alumna Kathryn Sullivan—the first American woman to walk in space and the first to reach the ocean’s deepest depths—is furthering her impact by making a planned gift to help with student research.
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Young alum creates bequest to empower future generations
Alumna Cassi Janakos, co-founder of a company offering corporate lactation programs, created an endowment for the UC Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Department with the aim of empowering other women as leaders and innovators.
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Finding a way through a will
For nearly 40 years Emma Jean and Barry Bowman built our understanding of a part the cell called the vacuole. Now the retired researcher and emeritus professor...
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Opening Doors For Those In Need
After a lifetime of service in the education field, alumnus Ernesto Ruiz pays it forward to help future students...
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Alumna’s Gift Extends Legacy to Support Future Slugs
Linda Peterson’s (Stevenson '70, history) distinguished corporate law career took her to many locales around the country, but her passion for UC Santa Cruz has kept her close to campus and eternally tied to the university.
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Creating lasting good
Alumnus Jim Myers and husband Joe Levesque are using their life's work to offer opportunities to worthy students, establishing five endowed funds for scholarships at UC Santa Cruz through their trust.
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Organizing for lasting impact: Alumni work to support Crown College
Three Crown College alums—Lisa Rose, Jim Lapsley, and Susan Nerton—banded together to organize Crown's 50th reunion during Alumni Week in April 2022. When asked what it felt like to see their organizing come to life...
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To future "students in my shoes"
Raquel Arias' planned gift will go to a UC Santa Cruz program that was pivotal in her life.
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Perfect Gift
Retiree Mary Wells has added the Silver Slug Award and UCSC Fund to her estate plan, a future gift that will support staff and their dependents who seek UC Santa Cruz degrees.
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Planting the Seeds for a Bright Future
Kaj Enderlein reached a turning point one afternoon in 1996 while making dinner at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems...
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Do everything with love
Tiffany Harmon's recent bequest to UC Santa Cruz's KZSC radio station illustrates a passion for contributing to causes that are important to her.
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