Baskin Engineering Leadership
UCSC Processes
Baskin Engineering Research Administration
Acronyms
Slugs
100

In July 2016, they became the sixth Dean of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering.

Who is Alexander Wolf?

100

UCSC’s Expense Reporting System designed to automate and streamline the expense reimbursement, CTE Card and InstantCard reconciliation processes.

What is CruzFly?

100

This RA is an acclaimed singer for their church.

Who is Patty Madrigal?

100

This form can be accessed in Banner to find out information about a particular grant.

What is FRAGRNT?

100

The name of the UC Santa Cruz mascot.

What is Sammy the Banana Slug?

200

This person succeeded Tood Lowe as the Associate Dean for Research at Baskin Engineering and is Professor in the Department of Computational Media. 

Who is Sri Kurniawan?

200

This program allows faculty to utilize external fund sources to support a portion of their total compensation.

What is the Negotiated Salary Program (NSP)?

200

This RA can technically visit another state by stepping in their backyard.

Who is Christie Brown?

200

This report in InfoView provides the distribution of payroll expense.

What is UCPath DOPE?

200

The nominee of this award will receive a $25 gift card and certificate to celebrate their excellent contributions for the quarter. 

What is the Super Slug Award?

300

This person is the inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics.

Who is Marcella Gomez?

300

RA's receive this form from Academic Personnel to approve postdoc funding.  

What is the document inventory?

300

This RA is a graduate of UCSC with a Bachelor's in Economics.

Who is Havens Ratchye?

300

The primary role of this group of people is to protect the safety, rights, and welfare of human subjects in research conducted by UC Santa Cruz investigators.

What is IRB (Institutional Review Board)?

300

This Banana Slug is the daughter of singer Minnie Ripperton and gained notoriety on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.  

Who is Maya Rudolph?

400

This person is the Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff for Baskin Engineering.

Who is Anne Criss?

400

The secure, award-winning web portal with access to UC’s Systemwide Travel Program comprehensive rates and benefits for all those affiliated with UC. 

DAILY DOUBLE!

What is Connexus?

400

This RA shares the same last name as a famous NFL QB, whose first name is Gardner, that has played for the Jaguars, Eagles, Colts and most recently the Raiders.  

Who is James Minshew?

400

This campus location is home to the UCSC Genome Browser, one of the most widely used tools in genomics worldwide, and hosts many cutting-edge labs.

What is WRP (Westside Research Park)?

400

This Banana Slug has a certain "mystique" about her.

Who is Rebecca Romijn-Stamos?

500

This person is the Associate Dean for Graduate Experience and a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.

Who is Roberto Manduchi?

500

The form FZAJVEL performs this important function in Banner.  

What is encumbrance liquidation?

500

This trio of RA's have something in common with a particular redwood tree.

Who are Pureshka Panicker, Martin Medina and Alexis Wing?

500

This program allows PI's to direct charge up to 30% of their academic year research effort to appropriate contracts and grants and use the salary savings generated from their faculty position to create a research fund.

What is FSREP (Faculty Salary Research Exchange Program)?

500

The student organization at UC Santa Cruz focused on introducing students to hands-on robotics engineering

What is Slugbotics?