March 20, 2000 Take Note Work-Life Balance series continues "Making Stress Work for You" is the topic of a workshop for faculty and staff, which will be held on Wednesday, March 29, in the Health Center Conference Room. It is the second in a series of workshops on balancing the competing demands of work and personal life offered by Human Resources in conjunction with the campus Employee Assistance Program provider, Managed Health Network. Two sessions are offered: one from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. and a second from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served; participants are encouraged to bring their lunches. The workshop is free, but reservations are required. To reserve a spot, e-mail workshop@cats.ucsc.edu. For more information on the series, call Sharon Cohen Barry at (831) 459-2979 or Lucy van Doorn at (831) 459-5565. Spring is a perfect time for a Farm tour photo: Don Kenny On a clear day, you can see forever. Well, okay, maybe only across the bay to Monterey, but the views from the UCSC Farm are pretty spectacular, and spring is a perfect time to visit. Free one-hour tours of the Farm are offered twice weekly beginning March 23 and continuing through October. Docents share organic gardening tips with visitors as they lead walks through the Farm's lush gardens, busy greenhouses, productive orchards, and fields of row crops. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables organically, as well as about composting, propagation, and the university's research in sustainable agriculture. Tours take place on Thursdays at noon and Sundays at 2 p.m. and begin at the Louise Cain Gatehouse. Free parking is available on weekends in the Physical Plant parking lot. For more information about tours, call (831) 459-3240. Awards for outstanding student employees Each year the campus Career Center recognizes student employees for exceptional performance and/or contributions to the campus administration. Top student employees receive a minimum cash award of $100 (maximum $2,000), a certificate of appreciation, and an official public recognition of their excellent service to the university. See a full description of the Student Employee Recognition Award Program. To nominate a student employee, supervisors fill in the nomination form and send it to their Service Center; Service Centers must submit the form to Patti Parise at the Bay Tree Bookstore by March 31. Further details and Service Center deadlines may be obtained from the individual Service Centers. Construction update Currents is now providing monthly updates on construction projects that have an impact on campus transportation and parking. Construction update story For more information, visit the Transportation and Parking Services Web site and the Physical Planning and Construction Web site. March broadcast schedule for UCSC Forum UCSC Forum, which features the best of UCSC lectures and programs, airs at 8 p.m. each Sunday and 4:30 p.m. each Wednesday on Community TV of Santa Cruz County, Channel 72. The schedule for March is as follows: March 19: Judy Yung: "Unbound Feet: Reclaiming Chinese American Women's History" (rebroadcast March 22) March 26: 2000 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation featuring Susan Taylor (rebroadcast March 29) For more information, call Community Television at (831) 425-8848, ext. 20.