Provost Welcome

Welcome to Adlai E. Stevenson College!

At UC Santa Cruz, we set out to provide an education in the liberal arts and sciences, recognizing that an excellent education goes beyond the classroom and into society at large. The focus of the academic program is on creative thought and analysis. Gaining experience in creative problem-solving and critical scholarship is one of the ways that UC Santa Cruz students prepare for successful careers.

Stevenson is a community of scholars dedicated both to self-development and the development of a community. It is a community that welcomes, fosters, and thrives on diversity. It is where self and society meet. At Stevenson, academic issues are important outside as well as inside the classroom and thus become relevant to our students’ personal lives. Not surprisingly, Stevenson alumni across academic disciplines are often found engaged in the development of society: working in policy organizations, staffing committees in the Senate and House of Representatives, leading citizen-based coalitions, contributing to advances in medicine, law, and technology, and making important statements with their art. These “Stevensonians” have developed in ways that maximize both their individual potential and their contributions to their communities.

I wish you great success in your studies at UC Santa Cruz. Please reach out to me and our team and let us know how we can support you. Please reach out to me and our team and let us know how we can support you.

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Stevenson Provosts

Matt O’Hara (2020-present)

Alice Yang (2010-2020)

Ellen Suckiel (2004-2010)

Margo Hendricks (2001-2004)

Tyler Stovall (1998-2001)

Mark Cioc (1994-1998)

Carlos Norena (1991-1994)

Denis McElrath (1985-1991)

David Kaun (1981-1985)

Joseph Silverman (1974-1981)

Glenn Wilson (1967-1974)

Charles Page (1966-1967)