Welcome to Fall Quarter 2014 at Stevenson College!
We are excited to welcome you to the Stevenson community. New students, please pay close attention to the Welcome Week events. Many events are mandatory, and, as such, are essential to a successful transition to the University of California and Stevenson College. Welcome Week is designed to provide you the best information and orientation for your academic, social and personal well-being. Take advantage of all this week has to offer.
UCSC sets 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. At UC Santa Cruz, the focus of the academic program is on creative thought and analysis. It is the experience in creative problem-solving and critical scholarship that makes the UCSC student ultimately successful in her or his career.
Stevenson is a community of scholars dedicated both to self-development and the development of 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: e.g., 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 maximized both their individual potential as well as their contributions to their communities.
We bestow upon you the name “Stevensonian” and wish you great success in your studies at UCSC.
Mark Cioc, Interim Provost
Alice Yang, Provost
Carolyn Golz, College Administrative Officer
