Yakagadzwa muna 1965, UC Santa Cruz inoonekwa senzvimbo yeHurumende yeIvy.
Chokwadika, shanduro yakaoma zvikuru yemutsara wacho ndeiyi "Yakatangwa muna 1965, UC Santa Cruz yakatanga sechiitiko chedzidzo yepuraimari inopfuurira mberi, inobatanidza zvidzidzo, nzira dzokudzidzisa itsva uye zvivako zvemazuva ano".