On Campus (July 7, 1982)

              On Campus
FOR THE UC SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY
July 7, 1982
[Photograph] Eugene Cota-Robles
Provost changes
at two colleges
Professor of Biology Eugene
Cota-Robles has been named
provost of Crown College effective September 1. He will succeed
the current provost, Professor of
German and Comparative Literature
Siegfried B. Puknat, who will retire
from the University after 34 years of
service.
Cota-Robles's current scholarly
activities are in the areas of electron
microscopy of procaryotic cells and
mutogenicity of embedding resins
used in electron microscopy. He received a B.S. degree in 1950 from
the University of Arizona and an
M.A. degree in 1954 and a Ph.D. in
1956 from the University of California, Davis. From 1958 to 1970
Cota-Robles was on the faculty of
UC Riverside. From 1970 to 1973.
he served as professor at Pennsylvania State University.
In other administrative actions,
Philip F. Nelson, who came to Santa
Cruz from Yale a year ago to head
Porter College and serve as director
of the arts, has resigned those positions. "It has become clear that
many of the objectives which
brought me to this University cannot be realized," says Nelson. His
resignation will be effective July 1.
During the coming year, Nelson
will serve as a special assistant to
the chancellor, a search committee
for a new provost will be appointed,
and an acting provost will be named
for Porter in the interim.
Staff group
looking for health
care alternatives
A group of about 50 staff members has met with the chancellor's assistant, Susan Burcaw,
and Personnel Manager Bob Bickal
in order to investigate alternatives
to the current health care insurance
options.
In order to pursue the matter, it
was agreed that more information
from staff members was needed to
get a sense of campus attitudes.
Therefore, the group has put together the following survey. As
Mardi Brown in Admissions says,
response from staff "may make the
difference" in being offered suitable
health care insurance packages.
Responses should be made by
Friday, July 9, to Mardi Brown,
Admissions Office, 150 Central
Services.
This survey is primarily for staff
to ascertain if there is sufficient interest in a health maintenance plan
provided by an HMO* as a third
alternative to our present health
benefits.
1. I would be interested in a health
maintenance plan in Santa Cruz
County as a substitute for my
current insurance coverage.
2. If our alternative HMO was
Kaiser, would it be a feasible option for you (knowing that the
Kaiser facility is located in San
Jose)? 
3. If we cannot have an HMO plan
at a substantially lower premium
than presently offered, will you
be forced to drop your current
health insurance coverage due
to the increase incurred by the
employee this year?
4. Or would you maintain your current health insurance coverage?
Please print:
Name
Department
Comments
*HMO = Health Maintenance Organization, or a "Kaiser-like" plan,
that offers both regular medical care (doctor's office visits,
physicals, prescriptions) and
major medical coverage
(hospital, emergency, and
surgery).
Summer jitney
service to UCB
A new summer schedule for the
intercampus bus service between the Santa Cruz and
Berkeley campuses has been set by
Transportation Services.
Monday through Friday, the jitney
will depart UCSC at 8:15 a.m. and
arrive in Berkeley at 10:15 a.m. Return trip will depart Berkeley at
2:45 p.m. and arrive in Santa Cruz
at 4:45 p.m. The Saturday jitney
will be discontinued for the summer
session.
The $5 fee charged to faculty and
staff will be dropped for the summer
schedule.
Reservations for jitney service may
be made by calling x2803 between 8
a.m. and 12 noon.
Jazzercise
summer class
Jazzercise classes with Meg will
be held this summer Monday
and Wesnesdays at 5:15 p.m.,
in the East Field House. You may
join at any time. Men are welcome
too.
Register in class and bring a towel or mat. Call Meg Sellery for more
information at 423-8085.
Units interested in submitting
newsworthy items should submit
articles to the Editor, On Campus,
Public Information Office. Deadline
for copy is Friday, 5 p.m. Articles
should be double-spaced and should
include the name and a contact
phone number of the article writer.