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Colleges, Housing and Educational Services (CHES) newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the CHES Newsletter. In it, you will find brief articles highlighting the many excellent achievements, noteworthy contributions, and efforts constantly being made by CHES and its employees on behalf of the UC Santa Cruz campus, its students, and our broader community. Next issue is scheduled for July. Thank you.

 

Brie Bernstein    Student Employee Wows Crowd at National Conference
Brie Bernstein was a featured panelist at a national conference in Dallas.

 

MHFA logo    Mental Health First Aid Training
Similar to traditional First Aid and CPR, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is provided to a person experiencing a crisis until professional treatment is obtained or the crisis resolves.

 

Sustainable seafood    Sustainable Seafood in UC Santa Cruz Dining Halls
Sea to Table is providing dining halls at UCSC with sustainably wild-caught seafood.

 

Tiffany Burns    Technology Streamlines Mailroom
Right before Spring Break, Porter College students were notified that their mailroom would soon be run by robots.

 

Sarah Woodside Bury    UCSC's Sarah Woodside Bury in "Hangout" with UC President Janet Napolitano
First-ever system-wide Google Hangout between UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Staff looked at retention issues.

 

Gun Culture Roundtable Discussion    Gun Culture Roundtable Discussion
Gun control, gun rights, and the Second Amendment are topics of this discussion on May 28, 2014, 7pm at the College Nine and College Ten Multipurpose room.

 

Pride Celebration    9th Annual Kresge Pride Celebration
The 9th Annual Kresge Pride Celebration will be held on Saturday, May 31 and includes booths, student performers, and a highlighted speaker.

 

Carolyn Golz    CHES Welcomes New College Administrative Officer (CAO)
Carolyn Golz joined CHES in early February as the new College Administrative Officer (CAO) for Cowell and Stevenson Colleges.

 

Social Fiction Conference    "Mars Trilogy" author Kim Stanley Robinson featured at Social Fiction Conference
Crown College hosted its sixth annual Social Fiction Conference.

 

ASB Group    Alternative Spring Break in Live Oak
After a decade of traveling to Mexico and New Orleans, students participating in College Nine and College Ten's Alternative Spring Break (ASB) stayed home this year and explored our local community.

 

Healthy High    Healthy High Festival
New event provides a fun alternative for the campus community.

 

Students at Sexual Assault Awareness event    Sexual Assault Awareness Program at College Eight
College Eight program brings awareness about issues of domestic and sexual violence.

 

Shakespeare's birthday    Hamlet Performed at Porter in Honor of Shakespeare's 450th Birthday
Porter College hosted a 50-minute production of Hamlet courtesy of the Arts Division's Shakespeare to Go program.