Welcome to our 2021 Virtual Open House!

In this week-long series, we opened the doors to our classrooms and laboratories (virtually), and shared just what it means to study as a Banana Slug on our campus! Our professors, students, and staff members brought some examples of our innovative, interdisciplinary research and learning directly to you in these LIVE virtual events. The event has passed, but we encourage you to view the video recordings below!

Designing a Video Game

Monday, Nov 1  5:00-6:30 p.m.

Recent UC Santa Cruz graduates discuss the roles they played to create the video game, Alone, Not Lonely. Faculty from Computer Game Design and Art & Design: Games and Playable Media will give an overview of the video game design programs at UCSC.

View the Recording Here!
Designing a video game

Presenting Faculty

Tad Leckman
Robin Hunicke

Featured Students

Mia Kennedy

Producer, Narrative, Creative Director, UI Designer, Concept Artist
Major: Art & Design: Games and Playable Media
College Affiliation: Crown
Graduation Year: 2021
 

Rachel Haub

Lead Programmer
Major: Computer Science: Computer Game Design
College Affiliation: Cowell
Graduation Year: 2021
 

Joann Long

2D Artist and Animator 
Major: Art & Design: Games and Playable Media
College Affiliation: Oakes
Graduation Year: 2021

Ethan Grossbach

Level Designer
Major: Computer Science: Game Design
College Affiliation: Crown
Graduation Year: 2022

Adrian Miller

Programmer
Major: Computer Science: Computer Game Design
College Affiliation: Stevenson
Graduation Year: 2022

Gregory Kauffman

Sound Designer and Composer
Major: Music
College Affiliation: Cowell
Graduation Year: 2021

Lezette De Paz

3D Artist
Major: Art & Design: Games and Playable Media
College Affiliation: Crown
Graduation Year: 2021

Aurelia Swift

3D Artist
Major: Art & Design: Games and Playable Media
College Affiliation: Porter
Graduation Year: 2021

Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, Nov 2  5:00-6:30 p.m.

Alumni and current UCSC students share how they started businesses while on campus or after graduating. They will also discuss the entrepreneurship program opportunities UC Santa Cruz provides.

View the Recording Here!
Entreprenuership

Featured Students

Pavle Jeremic

Alum
CEO & Founder of Aether Biomachines, Inc.
Major: Bio-Molecular Engineering
College Affiliation: Oakes

Grad Year: 2017

Location: Davis, CA

Justin Redmond

Recent graduate

Co-Founder of ReFuel Technologies & current graduate student

Major: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology 

College Affiliation: Porter Transfer Community

Grad Year: 2020

Location: Rialto, CA

Kimberley Bueno-Schonig

 Alum

CEO & Founder of BuenoSchonig Consulting

Major: Politics & Legal Studies

College Affiliation: Crown College

Grad Year: 2016

Location: Pleasant Hill, CA

Shiloh Sacks

Current Student

CTO & Co-Founder of Wonderfil

Major: Electrical Engineering 

College Affiliation: Stevenson

Grad Year: 2022

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Samuel Rapp

Recent Grad

Co-Founder of Blue Waltz Bio & U.S. Forest Service Seasonal

Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

College Affiliation: Cowell

Grad Year: 2021

Location: San Francisco, CA

Student Life Panel

Wednesday, Nov 3  5:00-6:30 p.m.

Current UC Santa Cruz students representing each of the five academic divisions on campus - Arts; Baskin School of Engineering; Humanities; Physical & Biological Sciences; and Social Sciences - discuss their experience as a Banana Slug in a Q&A format. Ask them anything!

View the Recording Here!
Student life

Featured Students

Keara Arnold

Arts Division
Major: Theater Arts and Music (double major)
College Affiliation: Cowell
Graduating: Spring 2022
Hometown: Rodeo, CA

Shivika Sivakumar

Baskin School of Engineering
Major: Computer Science and Politics (double major)
College Affiliation: College 9
Graduating: June 2022
Hometown: Milpitas, CA
 

Artis Anderson

Physical and Biological Sciences
Major: Theater Arts  Minor: STEM education
College Affiliation: Rachel Carson College
Graduating: Spring 2022
Hometown: South Central Los Angeles, CA

 

Jimmy Gomez

Social Sciences
Major: Psychology, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Education, Democracy, and Justice
College Affiliation: John R. Lewis
Graduating: Spring 2022
Hometown: Inglewood, CA

 

Daniel Marinero

Humanities
Major: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Black Studies minor
College Affiliation: Kresge College
Graduating: Spring 2022
Hometown: Los Banos, CA

Social Justice in Action

Thursday, Nov 4 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Faculty and current UCSC students discuss programs and opportunities for undergraduate students to study and get involved in social justice issues including those within the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies department, the Center for Racial Justice and the Everett Program for Technology and Social Change.

View the Recording Here!
Social Justice

Presenting Faculty

Christine Hong

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Juhee Kang

Everett Program for Technology and Social Change

Shauntay Larkins

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Featured Students

Alexandra Munoz

Executive fellow at the Everett Program 

UCSC Class of 2021 

Legal Studies

Undergraduates in Research

Friday, Nov 5  5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

UCSC undergraduate students and faculty involved in research showcase multiple opportunities from different academic disciplines, and discuss how students can join a lab or research project during their time at UC Santa Cruz.

View the Recording Here!
Research

Presenting Faculty

Shiva Abbaszadeh
Alexander L. Ayzner
Vicky Oelze

Featured Students

Austin Ng

Major: Biomolecular Engineering & Electrical Engineering (double major)

College Affiliation: John R. Lewis

Graduation Year: 2023

Eris Albert-Minckler

Major: Chemistry

College Affiliation: Porter

Graduation Year: 2022