Sam Balan

In her fifth year at UCSC, Sam was accepted as SHOP’s Education Coordinator Intern for the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) for the 2008-2009 year. As Education Coordinator, Sam now led the Sluglove program she had once been a facilitator in. As the coordinator, she trained new facilitators ....

Tony Bautista

As the Chancellor’s Climate Action Intern, Antonio (Tony) Bautista worked under the Chancellor’s Council on Climate Change.   During the time of his internship, Tony was a Senior Environmental Studies and Economics major.   Tony’s involvement in the campus sustainability movement made him an excellent candidate for this internship...

Camille Brown

Before Camille began her internship as the Student Production Intern for the Center of Cultural Arts and Diversity she had a wealth of experience in event planning, publicity, communication, and organization.  She was the head event coordinator at her high school for two years in a row and worked at many community-building spaces throughout her old neighborhood...

Stephanie Callas

Stephanie Callas’ year as the KZSC Santa Cruz Volunteer Coordinator was a challenge from start to finish.  Always busy, sometimes stressed, and never bored, Stephanie worked very hard to do her best possible work, and, in the process, made many friends she will keep in touch with long after her time in Santa Cruz is over...

Jacob Cribbs

From the onset Jacob Cribbs accepted his invitation to fulfill the duties of the new Creative Writing Intern for the 2008-2009 academic year at the University of California Santa Cruz with an unparalleled zest and enthusiasm. Coming to the position with supervisorial experience under his belt, a deep respect for the power of written communication, and championing a sincere desire to be challenged in a professional setting...

Marienne Cuison

arienne Cuison is a third year Community Studies student and an activist amongst her Filipino community. This year she was the Kuya Ate Mentorship Program CUIP, a member of the Engaging Education Board of Directors, and dedicated leader in her community. During her first year at UCSC she was an active member in the Filipino Student Association (FSA). Within FSA, Marienne was involved in the Pagkakaisa Dance Troupe as a participant...

Jahnai Eldridge

Jahnai Eldridge was the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Intern for a service learning organization called Praxis. Praxis stands for action with reflection and is based out of College Nine and College Ten. The organization is student initiated, student led, and student attended to engage students in diverse service projects, host different speakers, and provide opportunities for local and global change...

Gretchen Engbring

Gretchen began school at UCSC as a freshman in the fall of 2007 and quickly got involved with the local student movement as a member of College Eight Senate, a campaign coordinator for the Student Environmental Center, and an intern with CALPIRG’s campus climate challenge. That year during the UCSC’s annual Earth Summit where Gretchen was serving as a volunteer, she had the opportunity to meet the campus Sustainability Coordinator...

Alex Fischl

When Alex Fischl first received the call in Spring of 2008 while interning at the Democratic National Committee in D.C. notifying her that she had been chosen as College Ten’s Social Justice and Community Co-Curricular Programs Intern, she was thrilled and excited, but had no idea just how amazing the year to come would be. Prior to the CUIP internship Alex had used her passion for social justice...

Ally Fujii

Ally had worked for Student Health Outreach and Promotion (SHOP) since her first year at UCSC. She became involved with the Condom Co-op program and did tabling at the bookstore, numerous events, and dining halls. While being a volunteer for the Condom Co-op, she found out about the HIV Peer Test Counseling program. She was accepted to be a counselor in her second year...

Michelle Garza

Michelle Garza is currently a sophomore at UCSC and the intern for Cowell College as the Social Justice Programming and Coordinating Intern. She immediately became attracted to the Chancellors Undergraduate Internship Program when she learned that Cowell had one available...

Chris Guevarra

Before taking on the CUIP internship with SCTV as the Events! Team Coordinator, Chris Guevarra had already been involved with SCTV for one school year. His passion and experience as a filmmaker, a community leader, an organizer, and his previous involvement with SCTV provided him with the necessary tools to be an excellent candidate for the position. ...

Jess Inman-Godfrey

Jess' involvement with the Student Health Outreach and Promotion (S.H.O.P.) office began early in her freshman year. She started her involvement as a work-study office assistant, learning the ins and outs of the many programs offered, and then as a junior made the step to becoming an HIV Peer Test Counselor...

Helen Jentzen

Since her freshman year at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Helen Jentzen sought opportunities to grow as a member of the campus community. After her first quarter at UCSC she became very passionate about the university and enthusiastically accepted a Resident Advisor position at Crown College as well as a Student Assistant III position at McHenry Library...

Jessica Johnson

Jessica Johnson was a very involved student leader on campus in her first three years as a Banana Slug. She was heavily invested in communities of color and enjoyed giving back to these historically under-resourced spaces. Jessica had been and continued to be a loyal member since her freshman year with the African/Black Student Alliance, African American Theater Arts Troupe...

Katie Landeros

Katie Landeros began the CUIP internships position within the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) with a background in environmental education and leadership training.  Katie entered UCSC as a transfer student from Humboldt State University in Fall 2007. As a volunteer for the Environmental Education program at the Youth Educational Services...

Nicole Milner

Nicole Milner is currently a fourth year student at the University of California, Santa Cruz who is studying Biology and Sociology.  Ever since Nicole Milner touched down on the UCSC campus she was involved.  She involved herself in organizations like ABSA (African/Black Student Alliance), BSU (Black Sistahs United), DHE (Destination Higher Education) and the AARCC...

Natalie Nuño

Natalie Nuño demonstrated her love and care for her community and a change in the higher education experience for Chicano/a Latino students through her work coordinating the Chicano/a and Latino/a retention program, ChALE. She grew up in a low-income community in Los Angeles...

Julia Panescu

Julia Panescu is the 2008-2009 Colleges & University Housing Services (CUHS) Staff Diversity & Inclusion Program Intern.  A senior from Cowell, Julia participated in the college’s Diversity Encouragement Council (DEC) from 2005-2006. There, she learned about diversity issues at weekly meetings with other members and the CRE’s...

Berdin Pattana

Before applying to the Community Unified Student Network (CUSN) CUIP internship position, Berdin Pattana had already become part of a CUSN family peer mentorship group and core planning group. As a part of the b-boy club, an avid guitar player, and a molecular, cell, and developmental biology major CUSN helped him expand and refine his social network...

Andrew Peasley

Andrew’s CUIP internship with the Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA), provided him with an amazing period of personal growth and development. Andrew had been involved in the program since his freshman year at UCSC, and became more involved in his sophomore year. His passion for gardening and sustainable agriculture...

Jennifer Pimentel

Jennifer Pimentel entered the University of California at Santa Cruz, with a passion for the environment and animal rights.  About half way through her year abroad in Berlin, Germany, the opportunity to participate in the CUIP program presented itself.  Everything she had learned from a sustainable lifestyle in Germany, led her to want to teach the same to students...

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Tyler Pitts

Before being selected as one of the Good Neighbor Interns for the 2008-2009 school year, Tyler Pitts already had a great deal of leadership experience and possessed a number of attributes that made him a perfect fit for the position. During high school he was a member of a number of service organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Heart Association Club, Red Cross Club, and also served...

Katie Ripley

In her senior year at UCSC Katie was chosen as the Career Center Fund and Marketing Development CUIP Intern. She was excited and looked at this internship as an excellent way to gain more experience working within a professional atmosphere, see the inner workings of the UC administration, and to have the guidance of the Career Center. She hoped this internship would further develop her marketing skills and experience with fund development....

Brianna Rogan

As SHAC Coordinator this past year, Brianna has learned a lot both personally and professionally. Working at SHOP has solidified her future career plans and made her a passionate advocate for disease prevention. As a Health Sciences major from Crown College, Brianna originally desired a career in medicine or nursing. However, she decided to pursue a Masters in Public Health and major in epidemiology...

Callum Rowe

Callum Rowe joined the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) after gaining internship experience with League of Latin American Citizen’s (LULAC) in Washington, D.C. and the Santa Cruz Immigration Project in Watsonville. Callum was attracted to the CUIP program because of the opportunity it presents for the participants to gain a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of the university...

Katie Ruffman

Katie Ruffman came into her internship as the CUIP coordinator her second year at UC Santa Cruz. She looked at this internship as an excellent way to learn about working in a professional atmosphere, the inner workings of the UC institution, and the Career Center as well as develop a unique connection to the school she loves. She knew this internship would further develop her coordination and people skills...

Renald Tamse

Renald Tamse is the 2008-2009 CUIP Wellness Outreach Intern for the Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports (OPERS), focused on the promotion and outreach of wellness programming and services to students, staff, and faculty at UCSC. In his third year as an undergraduate health science major and a member of the UCSC Badminton Team at OPERS...

Theresa Tsao

As a freshman, Theresa Tsao was exposed to the Asian American Pacific Islander Resource Center. She learned that there were internship opportunities and in particular, the crucial role of the Event Coordinator Intern under the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program. In her second year, she became more involved in the Asian/American Pacific Islander community on campus...

Susan Van Loon

Susan began her CUIP position eagerly. A junior economics major with an emphasis in accounting, she wanted to bring a focus on community and the environment to her education. Fortunately, the Good Neighbor Initiative position provided the perfect medium. A program to facilitate relations between the school and community, it emphasizes issues regarding housing, transportation, and resource conservation...

Rebecca Wage

Rebecca Wage had the privilege of being College Nine’s Global Perspectives co-curricular programs intern.  The role of the CUIP for College Nine is to provide programming for students according to the Global and International Perspectives theme.  Traditionally the role of the CUIP intern has been to organize a fall leadership program called Global Leadership and Development...

Karen Wishnia

Third-year History of Art & Visual Culture major Karen Wishnia was selected as the Sesnon Gallery’s 2008-2009 Educational Outreach Coordinator. As outreach coordinator, she worked with curator Shelby Graham and gallery manager Leslie Fellows to increase visitor-ship to the gallery...

Jared Wong

Jared Wong is an Earth Sciences Major who was the CUIP Landscape Management Intern for the Site Stewardship Program.  He has been involved in many volunteer and internship related experiences during his undergraduate years at UCSC.  He has engaged in the local university, Santa Cruz County community, and national service groups...