Marissa Wenzke

May 3, 2011

Campus Groups To Promote Global Justice

By Marissa Wenzke

UCSB’s third biannual Human Rights Week kicked off yesterday with a number of events aiming to highlight and discuss domestic and international human rights issues. The week-long series — hosted by various cultural a...

April 27, 2011

New Executive Board Takes Office May 18

By Marissa Wenzke

Members of Associated Students’ recently elected 2011-12 executive board have begun organizing plans for next year before taking office on May 18. Board members plan to streamline expenditures in response to severe pro...

April 25, 2011

Celebrated Economics Theorist Visits Campus

By Marissa Wenzke

Economics Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen will discuss the field of welfare economics tonight at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall. Sen is the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and an economics and philosophy professor at Har...

April 20, 2011

Students Showcase Potential Products at Corwin Pavilion

By Marissa Wenzke

UCSB’s Technology Management Program held the semifinals for its 12th annual New Venture Competition last night in Corwin Pavilion from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Twenty-one teams of undergraduate and graduate students exhibited t...

April 18, 2011

Graduate Student Week Commends Contributions

By Marissa Wenzke

Today marks the beginning of UCSB’s seventh annual Graduate Student Appreciation Week. The university will host activities to honor graduate students, such as a lecture from Engineer Jean-luc Doumont of the Louvain Sch...

April 11, 2011

Thunderdome Initiative To Face Vote for Reaffirmation

By Marissa Wenzke

The UCSB Events Center’s maintenance and improvement fee will appear on this year’s Campus Election Commission’s online ballot for reaffirmation.

March 2, 2011

Event Encourages Entrepreneurship

By Marissa Wenzke

The Associated Students Human Rights Board will host a banquet tonight to educate students about local and international social entrepreneurship opportunities.

February 16, 2011

New A.S. Annex To Provide Resources for I.V. Community

By Marissa Wenzke

Associated Students plans to open a new off-campus workspace that will cost $82,500 a year to operate.

February 10, 2011

Real Life To Host Talk on Sex From a Christian Perspective

By Marissa Wenzke

Several campus organizations will discuss sex from a Christian position today during a public forum in Isla Vista Theater.

February 3, 2011

Students Compete for Chance to Fund Business Ventures

By Marissa Wenzke

A record number of students entered UCSB’s annual New Venture Competition this year for a chance to pitch their original business propositions to prominent corporate representatives and venture capitalists.

January 31, 2011

UC Appoints Regent Officials

By Marissa Wenzke

The University of California Center, Sacramento will host a reception to officially announce the University’s newest ex-officio Regents today at 6 p.m.

January 27, 2011

Gaucho Grads’ Gadget Locates Lost Belongings

By Marissa Wenzke

A smart phone innovation that UCSB alumni Christian Smith and Chris Herbert invented in 2008 for the Technology Management Program’s ‘New Venture Competition’ has been topping recent consumer electronics reviews.