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May 17, 2022
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Students ‘Make Magic’ at Camp Kesem
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Memorial Day Ceremony Honors 136 Gold Star Aggies
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UC Davis will honor its 136 Gold Star Aggies — former students who gave their lives in military service — next week in the campus's first in-person Memorial Day Ceremony since 2019. The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in the Memorial Union’s North Courtyard. Rory Stuart, who divides his time as a physician with UC Davis Health and in the Air Force, will deliver the keynote.
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‘Dream Big’ Is a Key Message of Cesar Chavez Conference
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Junior high, high school and community college students flocked to UC Davis last Saturday (May 14) to hear messages on the life-changing power of education, and to learn about financial aid, services for undocumented students, paths to STEM careers and more. José Hernandez, a UC regent and a former astronaut, delivered one of the keynote addresses.
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What a Day! Thank Goodness for Staff and TGFS Organizers
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Gunrock mobbed for photos! Twenty-two food trucks serving free lunches! Chancellor May in the dunk tank! It could be only one thing: Thank Goodness for Staff on Russell Field, last Wednesday (May 11), under a sunny sky. TGFS After Dark was held the night before, for alternate-shift workers, and a drive-in movie rounded out the week.
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Make Commencement Shine: Sign Up for a Volunteer Shift
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Thousands of undergraduates will soon queue up for UC Davis’ new commencement experience — three large ceremonies in UC Davis Health Stadium — and organizers are asking staff members to volunteer to help make it happen, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 10, 11 and 12. Sign-up today and a free T-shirt is yours!
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Announcements
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Putah Creek Wetlands proposal — An on-site meeting Wednesday (May 18) will be the last in a series offering the public an opportunity to learn more about this habitat enhancement and public access project. It would be developed jointly by UC Davis and the city of Davis on university-owned land between Levee Road and the Davis campus’s southern boundary.
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Police Accountability Board spring public meeting — 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, remote.
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Public Scholarship Faculty Fellows for 2022-23 — Call for applications for this program of the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, recognizing faculty members who are working toward specific public scholarship goals such as manuscripts, book chapters or similar projects. Deadline: May 20.
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UC Davis Group Mentoring Program — Call for applications from employees of UC Davis and UC Davis Health, to be mentors and mentees in six-month-long remote program of large and small group meetings. Deadline: June 10.
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Upcoming Events
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The UC Davis Marching Band hosts this event featuring music by local bands along with carnival games and prizes, concessions and silent auction, benefiting the marching band to help pay its expenses, including travel, and instrument purchase and repair. The bash will be from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday (May 22) at Davis’ Central Park. Third and C streets. Free admission. The silent auction will close at 7 p.m., and the day will conclude with a performance by the marching band at 7:30 p.m.
See an all-new program tonight (May 17, in person), the finale of this two-night festival of short films by students and recent graduates. $10.
Academic and Staff Assistance Program
The One Health Institute and the School of Veterinary Medicine host the author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning in the institute’s Try Harder, Be Better series. (May 18, remote)
The Davis College Republicans are hosting District 4 candidates from all parties. (May 18)
“A Hesterian Musicism Approach to Afrofuturism,” May 19, free, in person.
Music: End-of-Year Concerts
Healthy UC Davis: Nutrition Webinars
The last week (May 23-27) includes webinars on “Timely Injury Reporting” (May 24) and “Injury Investigation and Prevention” (May 26).
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The Download
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Watch the first episode in a new video series from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, about the special places people have found on campus. ... Learn about the kinds of plants that are helpful to bees. ... People take to social media to congratulate and say farewell to FOA Vice Chancellor Kelly Ratliff. ... Submissions are open for this year’s Grad Cap Contest.
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