Irene Reti
35 Years | Director of the Regional History Project, UCSC Library
"I'm proud to have helped chronicle the history of this extraordinary campus through conducting and editing many oral histories. At UCSC, the past haunts the present—in the recorded memories of lime workers munching potatoes on the porches of wooden cabins on the historic Cowell Ranch; in the spindly redwoods that sprout in rings around the ghostly stumps of old-growth trees; in the names of buildings likeMcHenry Library and Kerr Hall; in the very architecture that both inspires and constrains academic planners as the current campus wrestles with the meanings of its beginnings. My time at UCSC extends back to 1978, when I came to these redwoods as a young environmental studies student. I also love photographing the campus and am honored to have won the Chancellor's Photo Contest in 2019. I am so very grateful to have been a part of it all."
Gail Hershatter
30 Years | Distinguished Professor of History
"Long walks in the campus's incomparable forests and meadows; weekly conversation at the Center for Cultural Studies; meetings and encounters of all sorts with my terrific departmental colleagues; the deep pleasures of teaching uncommonly thoughtful graduate students and curious undergraduates."
Claire Max
21 Years | Director, UC Observatories and Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
"From ocean waves to giant redwoods."
David R. Kamimoto
40 Years | Associate Director of Admissions
"Thank you to all my wonderful UCSC colleagues who have guided and supported me throughout my rewarding career!"
Judith A. Habicht Mauche
31 Years | Professor of Anthropology
"My favorite memory is hooding my first two PhD students in 2008."
Kim Jackson
30 Years | Credential Analyst, Education Department
Jean Marie Scott
28 Years | Associate Vice Chancellor, Risk and Safety Services
"Between stimulus and response there is freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl
Frank Gravier
36 Years | Reference Librarian, McHenry Library
Alison M. Lindberg
7.5 Years | Systems Analyst 4
"Building the campus Hummingbird High-Performance Computing Cluster with Stephen Hauskins in 2018, PBSci."
Katie Savacool
20 Years | Admin Assistant - OPERS
"Help me help you! As staff I had the opportunity to help others succeed in their goals and dreams. From Student Employees, to Smith Renaissance Society, to Weddings and families built, and more. It's been a honor to be included in people's lives. The natural beauty and wildlife is also a series of snapshot memories for memories. "
Deb Newman
15 Years | Senior Buyer
"Believe in everything life offers."
Kevin Karplus
35 Years | Professor of Biomolecular Engineering (formerly of Computer Engineering)
Susan Girard
20 Years | Financial Aid and Scholarship Senior Adviser
"Do your best work and take care of yourself and others."
Shelby Graham
22 Years | Sesnon Gallery Director
"As Gallery Director for the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery for the past 22 years I've collaborated with visiting artists, faculty members, and our local communities to build an interdisciplinary arts program with a teaching gallery for students and interns to learn in a participatory environment. I treat each day as a teaching moment."
Jude Pipes
27.5 Years | Undergraduate Art Advisor
"Kindness Matters!"
Kate Rosenbloom Pohl
18 Years | Senior Genome Browser Engineer, Genomics Institute
Patricia (Patti) Walker
14 Years | Financial Analyst/Program Manager
"We work on the most beautiful campus in the world. To walk through redwood forests and get sweeping views of the Monterey bay without leaving work is spectacular! In my early days a co-worker and I went walking the Pogonip and got lost. It was almost three hours before we found our way back to the office and no one missed us. I never forgot to take my cell phone along after that!"
Anatole Leikin
32 Years | Professor of Music
Hilary Hamm
20 Years | Software License Coordinator
"Please let me know if you have any other questions."
Kevin Osborn
5 Years | Genomics Institute Computational Genomics Platform Program Manager
"DNA makes RNA, and RNA makes protein." "It has been my honor to work with the fine team at the Genomics Institute."
Teri Jean Gardner
21 Years | Accounts Payable Financial Assistant /Pro-Card Team
"I'm thankful for the people across campus that have made my time at UCSC fulfilling. There have been some wonderful memories I will take with me. Thank you to all of you."
Diane Lamotte
27.5 Years | Ancillary Services Director, Director of Pharmacy
Margie Claxton
22 Years | Deputy Registrar Curriculum
Donna Riggs
25 Years | PBSci Safety & Security Analyst
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Retiree & Emeriti Center
Email: rec@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 502-8202