The Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity honor and showcase people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to furthering diversity, inclusion and excellence at UC Santa Cruz. Eligible recipients include undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, academic, and staff employees, campus units (e.g., offices, departments or divisions) and academic or administrative programs.

UCSC has many individuals and units that contribute significantly to our diversity and inclusion efforts. Some examples of achievements include: student-to-student outreach programs; developing cutting-edge recruitment programs; developing successful mentoring and retention programs; providing opportunities for academic and staff employees to advance in their careers; influencing peers on decisions that affect equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, inclusion and diversity at UC Santa Cruz; and advancing the understanding and field of diversity through research, publications and other media.

Diversity recognition and award programs offer important opportunities to promote and institutionalize diversity and honor those who actualize our Principles of Community. The Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity highlight diversity as a campus priority and a necessity for maintaining institutional excellence. In addition, the awards process, event and publicity showcase campus diversity achievements and best practices to internal and external audiences; and enable students and academic and staff employees to communicate and document their achievements.

The Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity are sponsored by:

• Chancellor's Office/Campus Diversity Officers
• Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Academic Personnel Office
• Staff Human Resources

Chancellor Blumenthal with recipients of the 2012 Chancellors Achievement Awards for Diversity

2012 Recipients of the Chancellor's Achievement Awards for Diversity

Gregory S. Gilbert, professor of environmental studies
Steve McKay, associate professor of sociology
Malika Bell, staff director of STEM diversity programs
Sharon Hibdon, staff research associate in physical & biological sciences
Sophia Petraki, undergraduate student in molecular, cell and developmental biology
Student Initiated Outreach, student organization

Past Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Diversity Recipients

2011
Professor Darrell Long
Assistant Professor Christine J. Hong
Teresa Valenzuela
Martha Valle
Donald G. Williams
Jasmine K. Syedullah
Janette Esmeralda Linares
Sociedad Estudiantil de Psicólog@s Avanzando (S.E.P.A.)
Third World and Native American Student Press Collective (TWANAS)
UCSC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE)

2010
Associate Professor Roberto Manduchi
Professor Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Professor Charlie McDowell
Carlos Salas
Lizzie Yasser
April Goral
Alexander Whittlesey
Kathryn Koumatos
Leda Hernandez
Matthew Palm
Global Brigades

2009
Professor Eugene Switkes
Professor Karen Tei Yamashita
Associate Adjunct Professor Adriane Steinacker
Shante Lewis
Theikdi
Educational Partnership Center (EPC)

2008
Professor Richard Hughey
Associate Professor Ingrid Parker
Associate Professor Renee Tajima-Peña
Dean of Students Alma Sifuentes
Latin American & Latino Studies
UC Santa Cruz Dining

2007
Associate Professor Gina Dent
Professor Russ Flegal
Julio Cardona
Minh Tran
CEMELA

2005
Professor Martin Chemers
Professor Pradip Mascharak
Professor Barry Bowman
Professor Leo Ortiz
Bernice Frankl
Nancy-Cox Konopelski
Nandini Bhattacharya
Richard Baldwin
Nancy Kim
Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community
History of Consciousness

2004
Professor Phil Crews
Alex Reveles
Dining Services University
Multicultural Engineering Program
Chicano/Latino Research Center

2003
Professor Tara Madhyastha
Professor David Belanger
Professor Judy Yung
Professor Mary Silver
Ilse Kolbus and Jesse Magaña
VC Francisco J. Hernandez and Student Affairs Division
Library Cultural Diversity Committee