Devon Kelly (her Mom is English and her Dad is Irish, in case you wondered!) is our new undergraduate Work Study staff employee. As a Student Assistant II, Devon takes over as our Receptionist and “girl Friday,” providing general clerical and administrative support to Geography staff in the main office. To quote Devon, “I’m a sophomore at UCSB, majoring in Global Studies. I’m originally from Sacramento, CA, and I love Santa Barbara....
Read MoreYep, Kathy Davis is of Welsh descent, hence the Welsh “welcome.” Kathy is our new Graduate Program Manager and deals with graduate admissions, TA’s and fellowships, grad curricula, colloquia, alumni relations, newsletter coordination, and donor relations. She’s been a UCSB staff member for six years (Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering), three as an Undergraduate Advisor and three as a Graduate Program...
Read MoreIf you’ve ever read the plaque beneath the kinetic “pencil sculpture” on the lawn to the west of Ellison Hall, you know that “Flying Pencils” was created by Peter Logan in 1986 and acquired by the UCSB Art Museum as a gift from the David Bermant Foundation in 1996. Logan was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, UK in 1943 and studied at the Oxford School of Art (1961-63), the Camberwell School of Art (London,...
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