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Aerial view six white buildings surrounded by trees
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A high-resolution rendered site plan for the San Benito student residential community

University progresses on development plans to expand student housing

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A smiling graduate holds up a sash

A week’s worth of commencement activities will celebrate 6,875 graduates for 2023–2024
friend group celebrates with new graduate
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Sonia Fernandez

Creative Studies students mark major milestone in the first of UCSB's Commencement ceremonies
A graduate in cap and gown, holding flowers, with her arm raised, other grads in the background
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Matt Perko

Commencement returns to the Green
School children seen from behind observing a historical statue
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Students from Adams Elementary School at the Santa Barbara Presidio learn about the statue of King Carlos III.

Exploring the meaning and significance of monuments
The graduating class of 2018
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Matt Perko

Sign me up: staff stalwarts help keep commencement running
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Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants
A diverse mix of college students in motion outside a university building
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Elena Zhukova

The university’s accreditation is reaffirmed as it advances strategic goals for the future
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New grant supports creation of UC network of open source program offices
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Honoring future UC students
Portrait of Jennifer Ja Birchim
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Matt Perko
“My favorite spot on campus is Campus Point. My kids learned how to surf there, and that is where I surf as well as my husband. It is an important place for me because my kids have spent so much of their life down there.” —Jennifer Ja Birchim

From rental listings to dispute resolution, housing officer Jennifer Ja Birchim focuses on student support
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Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés to deliver inspirational talk for UCSB Arts & Lectures
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Pioneering author of Asian American literature to speak at Multicultural Center
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