New: Sounding Board Lecture Links can be found in our Links section.
Be sure to check below for special announcements!
Who Are We?
Oceanids is a University of California, San Diego organization and support group promoting friendship and services to the UC San Diego community. Oceanids is open to all who are interested in UC San Diego as well as faculty, staff and active members of campus support groups and their spouses. In particular, we shall:
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Welcome and assist newcomers and visitors to the University campus and community
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Fund fellowships and undergraduate awards recognizing scholarship and service
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Sponsor interest groups to promote fellowship and strengthen the academic community
Oceanids service activities include: Undergraduate service awards, graduate fellowships, Friday Cafe, Kitchen & Baby Equipment Exchange and other service projects. The Newcomers group welcomes and assists new members to the UC San Diego community throughout the academic year. For more information on Newcomers, contact Liz Wills, (858) 454-6858.
Our annual events include: Fall Welcome Lunch, Holiday Party, Whale Watching , Desert Camping, Museum Bus Trip, Campus Focus, Theater Fund Raiser and Spring Luncheon, just to mention a few.
Interest Groups are the backbone of our Oceanids organization. They are here to meet the many varied needs of our UC San Diego families. If you are interested in book clubs, day trips, bird watching, practicing your French or German, wine tasting, playing bridge, join us. For a more complete list and description of our groups, click on Interest Groups.
Join!
If you are a University scholar, researcher, staff member, visiting guest of the University or a person interested in being part of a vibrant University community, you are invited to join us. We are located in the UC San Diego International Center. For more information, please contact oceanids@ucsd.edu, or download a membership application.
President's Message
Dear Oceanid
Friends,
When a
“President” becomes an “Immediate-Past-President”, she has a golden
opportunity to look back on (in my case) two years of evolution.
Oceanids has not evolved during
my stewardship, so much as it has evolved over its long lifetime.
The membership, and particularly the leadership has - shall we
say - matured. During this
lifetime the organization has developed into particular activities,
collectively called our Interest Groups, and at the same time evolved
away from parties, teas and larger group sorties.
This format
seems to be satisfactory, but it does fragment the organization, and I’m
hoping that our wonderful new chief honcho, Mary Hanson will find ways
of invigorating the group as a whole. One
excellent example is Sounding Board: those seven excellent
lunch-with-speaker events held monthly throughout the academic year.
Spring and Fall luncheons bring
out another group, and there are more activities I could mention.
I’m hoping that some of the
individuals whose only activity has been with an Interest Group will dip
their toes into other things that go on- including the annual eBay
fundraiser.
This is a great
organization, led by a superb Board. It
has been a great pleasure and a great learning experience to be called “Prez”
for the past two years. I cannot
praise the Board highly enough for their aid and expertise in helping me
to keep the craft afloat. If
you have any urge to be part of an effective, well functioning entity,
give that urge free rein and let someone on the Board know that you are
interested.
And good luck,
Mary Hanson! I see great things happening in the next two years.
With greetings
to all,
Dear Oceanid
Friends,
Thank you all
so much for your vote of confidence in electing me to be your president
for the next two years. I’m also
extremely grateful to Ruth Stern for her outstanding leadership.
She has been consistently caring and committed, and I hope I can
maintain my good humor as well as she has.
The task is
less daunting knowing that the Oceanids team is very much intact.
There is still a lot I need to
learn about the organization, so I am only able to take on this job
kowing that there are members who understand better than I how our
finances, mmbership, outreach programs, awards and scholarships etc.
work.
I’ve very much
enjoyed being Interest Group Coordinator, and am pleased that Beate
Menzel has agreed to be my replacement.
She already chairs the daytime bridge group and Cafe Espanol, so
she understands the important role of our Interest Groups.
Some of our groups continue throughout the summer (we bridge
players never want to stop), and others take a break.
In either case, they are
thriving.
However, over
the summer when we’re more relaxed is often when great ideas can pop
into our head. So whether it’s
about friends who might like to join Oceanids, or items you can
contribute to our 2014 e-bay auction, or an Interest Group you might
like to initiate, let those good ideas bubble up.
Our organization is healthy and
strong, but we also need to be open to new people, new activities and
new ideas.
Have a
wonderful summer!
Special Announcements
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Triton 5K - Race For The Future
(formerly the Chancellor's Challenge 5K Run/Walk for Scholars)
Saturday, June 8, 2013
9am, UCSD Campus
Come join us at the new reimagined Triton 5K Race for the Future, which will feature a new course, a family fun run, a festival and more! More importantly, your support will continue to support UC San Diego student scholarships. For more information, http://5k.ucsd.edu/
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Congratulations to our Oceanids Fellowship Recipients for 2013-2014!
Renee Harkem, Nanoengineering, awarded the $4,000 Frieda Daum Urey Academic Fellowship
Yelena Gluzman, Communications, awarded the $3,000 Frieda Daum Urey Endowed Fellowship
Lauren Freeman, Scrips Institution of Oceanography, awarded the $3,000 Oceanids Memorial Fellowship
Jorge Leal, History, awarded the $2,000 Oceanids Bertha Lebus Fellowship
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Oceanids Directory to be Updated
If you have any changes to your entry to the Oceanids Directory, please email these changes to oceanids@ucsd.edu with "Directory Changes" in the subject line by June 30, 2013 .
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Newcomers' 4th of July Picnic
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UCSD International
Center 5pm Cost: $6/adult; $3/children 2 -10 yrs |
Menu: Hot dogs with buns and condiments, Potato Salad, Coleslaw, Brownies, Watermelon,Wine and Lemonade; Reservations MUST be made by JUNE 30th!
For more information, please contact Jennie, gotarro@yahoo.com or Georgina, gbsham@gmail.com
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Piano Matinee-Intermediate Level
Due to the success of our first Piano and Chamber Soiree group, we have formed another group that might suit players who are at an advanced beginner/intermediate level and want the opportunity to practice and perform in a relaxed setting among friends. If you are interested in being part of this group, please contact Diana Vines, dianasvines@gmail.com.
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Friends of the International Center presents
International Cooking Experience
(Formerly known as "Cooking in America")
If you are interested in a hands-on opportunity to prepare and sample different dishes from around the world, including those here in America, Jennie Chin and Mary Woo will be leading cooking classes on the 2nd Thursday once a month from 9:30am to 1pm. The cost is $6/person per class. You may sign up for a single session or for all the sessions. Payment must be received at least 2 days prior to the class. For more information, please contact, Jennie, enjien1@hotmail.com, or Mary, mwoonew@gmail.com .
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*New!!!!
Highlights from Oceanids' Interest Groups
We will be highlighting our various Interest Groups throughout this year, with brief descriptions and happenings, as well as pictures. A new group will be added, so check the site often. Check us out at:
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Exercise for Older Adults
La Jolla Recreation Center
Mondays and Wednesdays
9:00am - 10:30am
(Chair exercises for the balance challenged, 10:30am -12pm)
For more information, please contact Roswitha Enright, renright@ucsd.edu
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UCSD Tours
Sundays, year-round at 2pm
South Gilman Information Pavilion
Cost: Free
Reservations are required. For more information and to check dates, visit www.ucsdnews.ucsd.ed/tours or call (858) 534-4414, visitorsprogram@ucsd.edu .
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For questions regarding the website, please contact Mary Woo, mwoonew@gmail.com