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Archive of What's New Items
2000-2003
- UC Center Sacramento welcomes second class. The University
of California Center Sacramento (UCCS) welcomed its second group
of students Monday. This innovative program provides hands-on learning
and research opportunities to UC undergraduates in Sacramento's
public policy arena. UCCS Scholar Interns participate in an academic
pilot program combining an intensive course of study in public policy
with guided internship and research opportunities. They intern in
the offices of state elected officials, state agencies and other
policy-making organizations in Sacramento. The inaugural class of
17 students just completed the Winter Quarter and their work in
Sacramento. The second class of 19 students from UC campuses throughout
the state will learn about California's public policy process firsthand
through professional experiences they will gain living, interning
and researching in or around the Capitol. [3/30/04]
- Director of UC Center in Sacramento Appointed. Professor
Gary Dymski, a political economist from the Riverside campus, has
been appointed Director of the UC Center in Sacramento (UCCS) pilot
academic program. The pilot program, which will be launched in January
2004, will bring 24-30 undergraduate students to Sacramento for
a combination internship, research and instructional experience.
The pilot will also create opportunities for individual and organized
research activities to have a presence in Sacramento, and will facilitate
the development of public service activities designed to enhance
the relationship between the University and the State.
[5/8/2003]
- UC Enters Discussions with the Monterey Institute of International
Studies. UC President Richard C. Atkinson and Monterey Institute
of International Studies (MIIS) President Chester D. Haskell have
signed a letter of intent to explore whether the Institute might
be incorporated into the University of California. UC Santa Cruz
is the lead campus in these discussions, while Academic Initiatives
is coordinating analysis of academic, fiscal and political issues
around possible incorporation. If an agreement is reached, the Monterey
Institute will become an academic resource for all of UC. The 48-year-old
Monterey Institute currently serves about 700 students a year through
Master's programs with a global emphasis in language teaching, translation,
interpretation, policy, public administration, and business administration.
In addition, the Institute's Center for Nonproliferation Studies
is the world's largest research center devoted to issues of combating
terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Additional MIIS offerings
include intensive language programming. [more]
[5/8/2003]
 UCTV
Seed Funding for UC Productions Now Available. UCTV has established
a production fund to facilitate the creation of new programming
from throughout the UC system. By reallocating existing funds in
the UCTV budget, the production fund provides seed money to spur
the production of new programs or program segments. Funding amounts
vary depending upon the project, but generally range from $300 to
$1500 depending on the production type. There is also the possibility
of up to $7500 for long form programs. In addition to assisting
in the production of full length programs, one of the goals of this
fund is to enable the production of short segments to feed a new
magazine-format series. Criteria taken into funding decisions includes
the uniqueness of the program, the desire for a variety of production
styles and topics, the ability of the program to appeal to a general
audience or a well defined niche audience, an equitable representation
of all campuses, and the ability of the applicant to identify other
funding sources to be used towards the new programming. Interested
parties can apply online at www.uctv.tv/productionfund.[2/6/2003]
- Open
Call for New UCTV Magazine Style Program. In spring 2003, UCTV
will launch a new 30-minute magazine style program featuring a variety
of segments from throughout the system. In order to maintain a diverse
mix of program segments, UCTV is inviting all those interested to
submit proposals for show segments. UCTV's producer will assess
proposals, determine the line-up of the program, advise on production
and write the script for the on-camera host who will introduce the
segments. The department from selected UC campuses will produce
their own segments which will be assembled into the final program
by UCTV. If you or your department has a potential story idea or
want more information please contact producer Shannon Bradley at
sbradley@ucsd.edu [2/6/2003]
- April 21, 2003: Deadline for TLtC Full-scale Expansion & Implementation
grant proposals. The University of California Teaching, Learning
and technology Center (TLtC)
provides systemwide visibility to campus and faculty efforts that
use new technologies to improve teaching and learning. The
Center also provides complementary financial support to leveragethose
efforts. Full-scale Expansion & Implementation Grants (up to $75k
per year for a maximum of three years)are intended to implement
intercampus collaborations to expand curricular strategies that
use technology beyond a single campus, for the potential benefit
of the entire UC system. For more information, view the Request
for Proposals online. [1/13/2003]
- Oct. 28, 2002: Deadline for TLtC Feasibility/Planning Grant
Proposals
TLtC Intercampus Collaborative Grants aim at furthering innovative
and appropriate uses of technology in teaching and learning through
partnerships across the campuses. The UC Office of the President
has earmarked approximately $600,000 for 2003-04 to support these
endeavors. Feasibility/Planning Grants are small grants (up to $5000)
awarded to a group of three of more faculty from a minimum of two
UC campuses who need resources to determine the feasibility of an
intercampus collaborative project and/or need resources to plan
a Full-scale Expansion & Implementation project. For more information,
view the Request
for Proposals online. (10/2/02)
- Paula Murphy Joins the UC TLtC as Web Managing Editor.
Paula Murphy joined Academic Initiatives of the Office of the President
on March 1 as the Managing Editor of the UC Teaching, Learning &
Technology Center (TLtC) webzine. Paula
comes to OP from UC Berkeley, where she was a web editor in the
Office of Public Affairs. She was a member of the team that redesigned
the campus's home page and gateway site in the Spring of 2000, and
was in charge of online communications for the Media Relations and
Publications units. Before working at UC Berkeley, Paula was the
editor of UC San Francisco's daily news website for two years. She
was responsible for writing and editing news articles as well as
producing the site on a daily basis. In both positions Paula combined
her background in journalism and website design to develop strategies
for communicating more effectively in the digital age. She will
bring this experience to bear in her position as Managing Editor
of the TLtC webzine by both shaping the development of the site
itself and guiding the site's content and editorial voice. Paula
has a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelors
in Psychology from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She is also
(unofficially) working toward a degree in Abnormal Pet Psychology
by clocking innumerable hours of behavioral analysis on her cute,
yet disturbed, Jack Russell Terrier named Henry. (3/26/01)
- President Atkinson announces a new call
for planning grants for new Master of Advanced Study (MAS) programs.
Proposals are due February 1, 2001. (11/22/2000)
- UC San Diego's new Master of Advanced Study (M.A.S.) degree in
Leadership in Healthcare Organizations is featured in an article
in the San Diego Union Tribune (12/6/00)
- UC Davis scholar named Founding Director of Language Consortium.
Robert J. Blake, a professor of Spanish and classics at UC Davis
and an internationally renowned scholar in second language acquisition,
has been appointed the founding director of the newly-established
UC Consortium for Language Learning and Teaching. (9/25/00)
Press release
More about the Consortium
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