UC Santa Cruz Alumni

Tomorrow the Class of 2026 becomes Alumni! Let’s celebrate looking back at commencement ceremonies through the years🥂🎓



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1 - 1969 Commencement: distant view of the stage from behind the audience
2 - Student holding banner at UCSC commencement ceremonies: Cowell, Merrill & Crown Colleges
3 - University of California, Santa Cruz: Commencement, June 1967: ceremony at Cowell College
4 - Commencement Ceremony at the Quarry Amphitheater: Dean McHenry, Kenneth Thimann, and students
5 - 1990 Commencements: Stevenson College graduates in bleachers on the East Field
6 - 1969 Commencement: Stevenson College ceremony
7 - 1979 Commencement, Cowell College ceremony: presentation of a diploma
8 - Student walking on stage June 2025 Crown Commencement
9 - Students walking through crowd June 2025 Chicane Latine Commencement

📣 CALLING ALL ALUMNI SLUGS! Let this summer be the reason to revisit your roots. Return to the Redwoods is where alumni and their guests can stay on campus for all sorts of fun festivities. This year it will be hosted in College Nine and John R. Lewis College (formerly College 10) 🥾🌱

🗓️ When: August 14-16, 2026
📍Where: College Nine and John R. Lewis College (formerly College 10)
🪵 What: Opportunities to explore campus, play some UCSC trivia, attend hands-on workshops and so much more!
🔗 Register: At the QR code or tinyurl.com/ucscrtr (link in bio)!

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1 - Background - Blurred aerial of College 9
2 - People grabbing food at table
3 - Three people talking at the field
4 - Three people holding “ONCE A SLUG ALWAYS A SLUG” Return to the Redwoods signs
5 - People sitting around campfire roasting marshmallows

Second Slide Descriptions:
1 - Background - Blurred aerial of College 9
2 - Person leading workshop
3 - Person posing with Sammy the Slug

Happy finals week Banana Slugs! Best of luck and safe travels home 📚🏠



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🎧 1 - Student with headphones looking down at laptop at McHenry Library
🗣️2 - Three students talking at table in SNE Library
💻 3 - Student looking down at laptop sitting in front of Humanities Lecture Hall

UCSC's Social Sciences Division was founded in 1965, alongside the entire campus 🏫It has since become the university's largest academic division made up of eight academic departments and four additional interdisciplinary academic programs 📖

UCSC in the 1980s 🪩🕺🏻✨💿

Fun fact: UC Santa Cruz became an institutional member of NCAA Division III in 1980, allowing the Banana Slugs to establish formal, university-supported intercollegiate athletics 🎾

Born in 1972 Oakes was the seventh college founded at UCSC 🪵 Its founding Co-Provosts were Dr. J. Herman Blake, the first Black professor to work at UCSC, and Dr. Ralph Guzmán, one of the only Latino faculty members on campus.

What is your favorite part of Oakes college? 🌳

Want to support UCSC students and get some swag? 🐌✨

Your donation to the Library Acquisition Fund goes directly toward providing textbooks and essential course materials for students who need them most. Plus, if you donate $20 or more, you'll be sent an exclusive Santa Cruz sticker sheet! 🌊🌲

Hit the link in our bio or go to tinyurl.com/ucsclibraryfund to give back and grab your stickers!

📣 Class of 2026, we're throwing you a party at the Boardwalk! 🥳

Join your classmates at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Aloha Terrace on Friday, June 5, from 4-8 p.m. for champagne, live music, arcade passes, games, food, and gifts from your college and the Alumni Association 🌺

Plus, record a video message for your friends and family that they'll see at Commencement! 🎥

Your Next Degree: Graduate School 🎓

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, May 27
⏰ Time: 5-6:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Zoom
🔗 Register: Link in bio

Celebrating National Teacher Appreciation week with some throwback photos 👨‍🏫 Shoutout your favorite UCSC professors in the comments 🐌🍎