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𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 "Nearly 30 years ago, I first saw the campus of UCSB. My mom had suggested that we stop in several places where I could pursue a teaching degree..." #UCSB #UCSBfaculty
𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐎𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐂𝐒𝐁 𝐅𝐌 “As a career news anchor and radio host, I never dreamed that I would ever work at a university..."
𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨/ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 “Lo único que te va a sacar adelante es la escuela,” is a phrase my mom reiterated to me all too many times in Spanish..."
𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐥 "If you eat a croissant on campus, know that it’s from my bakery, Debbie’s Delights. It’s where we make all the pretzels and buns for the stand..."
𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 Growing up as twins, our friends and family would always tell us, “In college you’ll finally have space from each other as you go your separate ways.” instagram.com/ucsbgauchogroc…
𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "After scurrying past dozens of people at Berlin’s Rosenthalerplatz subway station, I made it onto the eastbound U-Bahn train with my pink notebook and voice recorder in hand ..."
𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 "My freshman year summer internship for a shoe brand got rescinded because of the global pandemic. It was really depressing..."
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 “I was always 'supposed' to go to college."
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "What I unexpectedly gained from just one night of camping in the mountains gave me a new perspective on life that I go by every day..."
𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 Prior to becoming a band leader, I was told that I was “spineless” by our instructor. How was I going to prove him wrong....
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 " I had never cared much for school. I found it pointless, since living paycheck to paycheck..." hfa.ucsb.edu/news-entries/2…
𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "On my path to UCSB, the assistance provided by the Promise Scholarship Program was essential. It provides support to students, ranging from financial to emotional..."
𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐝𝐨/𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "I was five years old when my sister left for college. Our 12-year age gap and physical distance made it difficult for me to have a close relationship with her..."
𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "'Everything is won and lost at the margins.' Growing up, I was a happy-go-lucky child who didn’t think much of this quote when my dad would repeat it during the dreaded 'car talk'..."
𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "I have many scrapes and bruises on my legs. Sometimes it’s simply because I am not careful where I walk and end up running into the sharp corner of my desk..."
𝐄𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "Ask me where I am from and I would probably tell you that I am French. That I grew up in a city called Lille, two hours away from Paris..."
𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫/ 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 "As the Coordinator for "Humans of UCSB," I welcome you all to this newly revived platform to showcase our campus community. After a three-year hiatus..."
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