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CUIP Success Stories

  2005-06


Aubrey Adams

Aubrey Adams, the CUIP Holistic Health Coordinator for Student Health Outreach and Promotion for the 2005-06 school year, had a wonderful experience working with SHOP and the CUIP program...

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Ian Anderson

Ian Andersen indicated that officiating baseball required more dedication than any activity he has ever been involved in. The level of confidence and the professionalism gained from the job improved Ian’s qualifications for his internship at the Educational Partnership Center (EPC)...

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Chelsea Anjeski

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Eve Bohnett

Eve Bohnett was a plant sciences major and literature minor with an interest in restoration ecology and community building. Fittingly, she became an intern with the Site Stewardship program in the Grounds Services and Physical Planning Department, working on developing a more thorough invasive plant survey for the 2005-2006 academic year...

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Christina Cavey

As a music and media enthusiast, it was only natural that Christina Cavey would chose to spend her time volunteering at KZSC 88.1 FM, UCSC’s student-run radio station..

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Ana Chow

Ana played a strong role in CUSN as a mentor and an active leader to her peers, which helped shape her knowledge and experiences in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) as an intern for CUSN in the 2005 – 2006 academic year....

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Christie Coffin

Christie’s interest in education and her desire to help other students achieve their academic goals made her an excellent candidate for her internship as the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Academic Advising Intern....

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Caroline Cohen

Caroline went into Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) as the Professions Training Program Coordinator with a love for serving the community. Caroline found that wanted to give even more to her campus. The PTP program was the perfect fit for Caroline...

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Tyler Cushing

As the Creative Writing Program intern, Tyler Cushing worked mainly on UCSC’s Living Writers Series. Half publisher, half designer, Tyler came into the position looking to fill-in where needed....

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Tanya Finklestein

For the academic year 2005-2006 Tanya Finkelstein served as the Student Production Liaison to the Theatre Arts Department in the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program...

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Jonathan Giffard


Jonathan Giffard came to the Physical Planning & Construction internship with a strong background. He spent more than a year on the Transportation Advisory Committee gaining experience with transportation on campus and making contacts in the Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) administration...

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Luis Gil

Praxis was coordinated by Luis Gil, a second year at College Nine. Luis Gil, has been using a significant portion of his spare time volunteering ever since moving to the university last year...

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Lisa Gonzalez


Lisa Gonzalez is a third year Feminist Studies major who seeks to see the world in a different light. Lisa was involved with Chicanos and Latinos Educandose (ChALE) as a core member and a mentor in the 2004-2005 academic year....

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Matthew Gonzalez

Matthew did not know he had it in him to be a self-actualized important part of institutional change. It was not until he had been introduced to student organizing and student empowerment that he ever felt such an urge to seek these things within himself...

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Michael Hilsman

Michael’s internship at the Sesnon Art Gallery was a multi-faceted position, which he found not only rich but also very engaging...

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Wayne Hoover

Wayne Hoover was a good candidate for the systems administration internship at the Center for Bimolecular Science and Engineering at the University of California at Santa Cruz....

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Rehan Iftikhar

Rehan Iftikhar interned in the Chancellor's Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP) from September 2005 – June 2006. While interning, Rehan was responsible for coordinating the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP)....

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Jasmine Joshua

Considering the versatility of the Jewish Studies Program, it is only natural that the student intern be as versatile in her skills and professional capabilities. Jasmine Joshua, the Jewish Studies intern for 2005-2006, embodied such necessities....

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Amber Knight

As a previous Neighborhood Assistant and Oakes writing tutor, Amber Knight was an experienced leader in the Oakes community and an excellent candidate for the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship for the Oakes Mentor Program...

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Jennifer Lawrence

Before starting as the KZSC’s Business Manager, Jennifer previously held positions as a Resident Advisor at Crown College, Editor in Chief of Chinquapin Literary Magazine, and Director of Career Opportunities for the University Economics Association....

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Eva Licht

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Mark Lopez


Mark was hired for the Diversity Outreach CUIP Internship under Student Organization Advising and Resources (SOAR), along with Mike Lok who was continuing the position for a second year after a successful year as a CUIP Intern...

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Daniel Masaoka

Transitioning from organizing and activism in such student organizations as the Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance, APISA, Community Unified Student Network, CUSN, Motivation Conference, and the Japanese American Student Association, JASA, to becoming a CUIP intern for Student Cable Television, SCTV, was a big change for 22 year-old Oakes student Daniel Masaoka...

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April Miletich

April Miletich was the Student Liaison to the Health Center for the 2005-2006 Academic Year. This position is also know as the “SHAC intern” because the intern is essentially the head coordinator of the Student Health Advisory Committee, otherwise known as SHAC....

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Abel Murillo

As the Queer Communities intern, Abel Murillo was responsible for assessing, investigating, and exploring new ways to extend university support to the queer student community....

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Lewis Nerenberg

A number of different things made Lewis particularly qualified for this position including his participation in the 2003-2004 pilot campus honors program, extensive volunteer work in helping to provide feedback on the honors program, long standing participation and leadership in the Regents Scholars Association....


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Kelly Ng


Before becoming a CUIP intern, Kelly was a Residential Assistant at Cowell College. Being a Residential Assistant allowed her to interact with students and have inside knowledge of how students view living both on and off campus. ....

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Katy Poole

Katy Poole became involved at College Eight early on in her UCSC career. She worked for the college in numerous facets: at the café, with the Program’s office, and in the Academic Office as both a records assistant and as the head Peer Adviser. ...

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Rachel Restani


Rachel Restani was the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program Coordinator. Before she was hired, she worked on campus as a TA at the Granary Preschool, she was a CA at Kresge College, a Library Assistant, and a Campus Tour Guide...

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Laura Sheppard

Laura Sheppard is a very passionate fourth year transfer student who has managed to involve herself in many important issues and activities on campus. Sheppard is a Santa Cruz local with a double major in Economics and Environmental Studies. She was chosen to be the campus Recycling Intern for the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program (CUIP). ...

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Noel Tagab-Cruz


No’el K. Tagab-Cruz is the Coordinator for the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AA/PI) Heritage Month. As a third-year Community Studies major, No’el has been active in the AA/PI community since her first year of college. ...

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Tyra Thorstad

Tyra Thorstad was the UCSC Condom Co-op Coordinator for the 2005-2006 school year. The Condom Co-op is a student run non-profit organization that began in 1985 as a mobile vendor of safer sex supplies such as condoms and dental dams sold at reasonable prices....

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Amelia Timbers

Amelia Timbers, a UCSC Good Neighbor Intern for 2005-6, led organizations before coming to Santa Cruz. Her varied leadership experience, prepared her for many of the outreach and communication tasks ahead of her....

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Ida Vandaei

The College Ten Social Justice and Community intern Ida Vandaei is committed to working for social justice, which made her a great choice for the internship position. Ida is a third year psychology major at UC Santa Cruz with hopes of continuing psychology in the field of social justice....

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Sade Williams


Sade Williams, a junior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is pursuing a major in Psychology, which will help her achieve her goal in becoming a Social Psychologist and activist in her community. ...

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Daniel Zarakov

Daniel was hired as an HIV Peer Test Counselor, and for two years volunteered his time for the position. During his second year as a counselor, Daniel felt the need to step up his involvement in the program, and decided to apply for the HIV Peer Testing Coordinator CUIP position. He felt honored and accomplished when he was appointed the position....

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