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County-Appointed IVCSD Director Bob Geis Retires

July 15, 2021 by

During the IVCSD July 13 meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution honoring Bob Geis and his work as he leaves the CSD to join his wife in retirement.
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Local Black Artist Paints “This Is More Than A Moment, This Is A Movement” at Little Acorn Park

July 10, 2021 by

The mural was commissioned by the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District and UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students, and unveiled on Juneteenth.
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UCSB Undergrad Releases All Student Undergraduate and Graduate Grades From Past Six Years

July 9, 2021 by and

Using California’s Freedom of Information Act, a 2021 UCSB alum filed a request with UCSB’s PRA Office, asking for the quarter grades every professor has given over the past six years. 
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Marsha P. Johnson Volunteer Program Focuses on Education and Community Building Through the Past Remote Year

July 1, 2021 by

Twelve years since its founding, the Volunteer Program is continuing its mission to promote student engagement, community building and the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
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LGBTQ+ Employees at UC Santa Barbara Share Their Experiences In Higher Education

July 1, 2021 by and

The Nexus spoke with employees on UCSB’s Out List about their experience within the field of higher education as members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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UCSB Health and Wellness Hosts COVID-19 Information Stations in Isla Vista

June 28, 2021 by

The program is built off of the department’s initial goal to distribute masks and hand sanitizer to I.V. residents. Since then, the founders realized that many people were unaware of current COVID-1...
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UCSB MultiCultural Center Hosts Screening of Short Films “#PardonMaria” and “Fighting For Family”

June 23, 2021 by

Following the screening, then-senior global studies and Asian American studies double major Rose Hoang led a panel discussion with the filmmakers and participants.
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“Power to the People” Launches as Blum Center’s First Podcast

June 21, 2021 by

The team wanted each recording to be a resource for the community and spent months finding the balance between personal storytelling and relaying historical or political facts. 
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Newly Founded Black Women’s Health Collaborative Centers on Black Women and Non-men’s Joy and Health

June 19, 2021 by and

The collaborative has funded 14 campus organizations throughout the Winter and Spring 2021 Quarters.  
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Aspiring Attorney Movie Club Discusses Legal Field Through Movies

June 18, 2021 by

At weekly meetings, members of the Aspiring Attorneys Movie Club watch a preselected movie about a certain legal case and then discuss the semantics of that legal maneuver.
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UCSB Academic Advisor Sara Sterphone Remembered as ‘The Light of CCS’

June 13, 2021 by

The former College of Creative Studies (CCS) academic advisor, sibling, wife, daughter and friend passed away on April 25 after being diagnosed with NUT carcinoma in early 2020. 
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Save the San Marcos Foothills Reaches $18.6 Million Goal To Purchase San Marcos Foothills West Mesa

June 10, 2021 by

June 1 was the original deadline for the $18.6 million to be raised; however, following negotiations, the deadline was extended to June 9.
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I.V. CSD Officially Recognizes June as Pride Month and Local LGBTQ+ Activism Following Stonewall Riots

June 9, 2021 by

The resolution shares several examples of local LGBTQ+ activism following the Stonewall Riots, including the establishment of the Gay Liberation Front office at 900 Embarcadero Del Mar.
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Isla Vista Youth Projects: Responding To Vulnerability in Childcare During a Pandemic

June 7, 2021 by

Most of the children in IVYP come from low-income backgrounds, and factors like food insecurity, loneliness and fear of the future were common amongst the children in their program.
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Food Not Bombs Volunteers Gather at People’s Park To Support Houseless Residents

June 4, 2021 by and

Food not Bombs volunteers and some I.V. residents came to People’s Park to make signs dissenting IVRPD’s decision, provide and eat food and more.
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