Pushing the
boundaries
At UCSC, we push the boundaries. Our founders instilled a spirit of innovation and independent thought nearly a half-century ago, and those traditions are alive and thriving today.

With your help, UCSC is taking on the future and enhancing what is already an extraordinary education.

George Private donors gave generously to UC Santa Cruz last year. Even as state support for UCSC declined by $31 million, total giving to the campus jumped nearly 10 percent—from just over $20 million in 2009–10 to nearly $22 million in 2010–11.

Already this fall, our accomplishments fill me with pride: UCSC was ranked third worldwide for research influence; five students won Fulbright scholarships; and we enrolled the most diverse class in campus history. In addition, 45 percent of this year's frosh class will be, when they graduate, the first in their families to earn a four-year college degree. This highest-ever percentage of "first generation" freshmen is powerful evidence that a UC education remains a life-changing goal for thousands of high school students.

Your support provides the gift of education and reinforces our collective commitment to aspiration and transformation. You are a part of the cycle of giving, in which one generation gives a hand to the next.

I invite you to help us keep the cycle going.

Sincerely,
Chancellor George R. Blumenthal - signature

George Blumenthal
Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz
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Financial
summary
Donors to UCSC continued to provide their generous support, supplying the campus with nearly $22 million in private contributions in 2010-11. Your vision and commitment to UCSC's values have directly helped students and faculty.
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UC Santa Cruz
Foundation
The UC Santa Cruz Foundation is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization formed in 1974 to support the University of California, Santa Cruz. In close partnership with the chancellor, faculty, and staff, the Foundation encourages and accepts private gifts to address critical campus needs.
A message from the president

At UC Santa Cruz, students and faculty have increasingly had to rely on private funding because of declining investment from the state. The UC Santa Cruz Foundation, now 37 years old, is ramping up our support to meet these turbulent times. We thank you for your past help and urge you to join us as we build into 2012.

The Foundation is newly energized, reaching out more widely and deeply to alumni, friends, donors, and the academic community. As the leading philanthropic partner of the campus, our work is growing to meet new demands. Our Board Opportunity Fund, just a couple of years old, has already funded more than a dozen campus initiatives.

All of our trustees have extended their donations and gifts of time to preserve the campus's unique legacy. That legacy, in learning and research, along with our continuing commitment to public service, require all of us to step up. We're glad to say that thousands of other UCSC supporters have come forward as well, and we ask you to join us now in this vital quest.

On behalf of my fellow trustees, let me thank you in advance.

Sincerely,
Ken Doctor
President
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ELECTED TRUSTEES 2010-2011

Ex-Officio Trustees (2010-11)
George Blumenthal
UCSC Chancellor

Jerry Ruiz (Crown '77)
Alumni Association president

Retiring Foundation Trustees
The following Foundation trustee retired during the past year. We thank him wholeheartedly for his dedicated service.
Patrick G. Riley (Cowell '68)

Kenneth J. Doctor (Merrill '71)
President

Mary E. Doyle (Porter '74)
Vice president, events

Michael P. Graydon (Cowell '70)
Vice president, engagement

Kristen Marinovic (Graduate Studies '91)
Vice president, Board Opportunity Fund

Richard F. Moss (Stevenson '85)
Vice president, board affairs

Betsy Buchalter Adler (Cowell '70)
Parliamentarian

Brandon Allgood (Graduate Studies '05)
Stephen A. Bruce (Cowell '79)
Barbara W. Canfield
Harriet L. Deck
Robert T. Falltrick (Cowell '69)
Theodore C. Goldstein (Stevenson and Oakes '83)
Paul J. Hall (Merrill '72)
Susan W. Hammer
Kamil H. Hasan
Matthew J. Howard (Crown '85)
Peder E. Jones (Stevenson '70)
Narinder S. Kapany
Frans M. Lanting (Graduate Studies '78)
Anuradha Luther Maitra, president, 2005–07
Kumar Malavalli
Kiran Malhotra
SB Master (Cowell '75)
Nion T. McEvoy (Porter '74)
Lawrence A. Moskowitz (Cowell '74)
Gary D. Novack, president, 2009-11 (Kresge '73)
Linda Peterson (Stevenson '70)
Vikram Sahai (Graduate Studies '92)
Gunjan Sinha (Graduate Studies '91)
Garry A. Spire (Stevenson '77)
Loren A. Steck (Porter '73)
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