July 15, 1994 Contact: Jim Burns (408/459-2495)

UC REGENTS APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS VICE CHANCELLOR AT UC SANTA CRUZ

For Immediate Release

SAN FRANCISCO--Francisco J. Hernandez has been appointed to fill the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The appointment, which will take effect September 1, was approved today (Friday, July 15) by UC's Board of Regents.

Offered UCSC's top student affairs post after a national search, Hernandez will assume responsibility for an administrative division with more than 350 employees and an annual operating budget of $43 million. Hernandez's annual salary will be $105,000.

He will replace C. James Quann, who will return full-time to the post of UCSC's registrar. Quann has served in the dual capacity of registrar and interim vice chancellor for student affairs since October.

Hernandez comes to the Santa Cruz campus from UC Berkeley, where he has served as assistant vice chancellor/dean of students in the Office for Undergraduate Affairs since July 1989. In that capacity, Hernandez has assumed responsibility for all student-life issues, supervised student advising services and career and graduate school services, coordinated special grant projects for low-income students, and supervised the Office of Student Activities and Services. His duties at UC Berkeley also included interaction with the campus's Multicultural Action Team and the Women's Resource Center.

"We are extremely fortunate to gain the services of someone of Dr. Hernandez's caliber for this critical administrative position at UC Santa Cruz," UCSC Chancellor Karl S. Pister said. "His extensive experience within the UC system will prove invaluable as we provide vital services to current UCSC students as well as prepare for the needs of those who will enroll in future years."

Administrative units that will report to Hernandez include Accounts Receivable, Admissions, Arts & Lectures, the Bay Tree Bookstore, Career & Internship Services, Child Care Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Disabled Student Services, Financial Aid, the Rape Prevention Education Program, Office of the Registrar, Student Affirmative Action andEducational Opportunity Programs, Student Health Services, Housing, the Office of African-American Student Life, the Office of Physical Education, Recreation, and Sports, Student Organization Advising and Resources, Student Employment Services, the Women's Center, Re-Entry Services, and the nonacademic administration of UCSC's eight colleges.

Hernandez received a bachelor of arts degree in American history in 1970 from UC Berkeley, a master's degree in education from Stanford University in 1976, and a Ph.D. in philosophy with a minor in Chicano history from Stanford in 1982. Since 1976, he has also taught a variety of courses in Chicano studies and Mexican- American studies--as a lecturer, adjunct lecturer, and assistant professor at UC Berkeley and Sonoma State University.

"UC Santa Cruz is an excellent university in a wonderful setting," Hernandez said. "I look forward to working with the people who perform the critical support services for enrolled as well as prospective students."

Hernandez, 46, and his wife, Veronica Hinojosa, have three children.

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