Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter Content

Interim Chancellor: Congratulations! Let's Dance!

Dave Jones — March 12, 2017 - 11:37am

Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter sent the following message this morning.

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Dear Men’s Basketball Team, Coach Jim Les, and Assistant Coaches Kevin Nosek, Kyle Vogt and Jono Metzger-Jones,

On behalf of the entire 51�ԹϺ�� Davis community, congratulations on winning the Big West Conference and moving on to the NCAA tournament!

Some might only know us for our leading agricultural college in Northern California, but the nation is learning we are that and leaders in so much more. That's all because of you.

State of the Campus: Strain Not of Our Doing

Cody Kitaura — March 07, 2017 - 11:25am

Some of the biggest challenges facing 51�ԹϺ�� Davis are coming from Washington, D.C.

That’s the message Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter delivered March 3 to members of the Academic Senate in the annual State of the Campus address. See the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied his address.

No Jousting, Just Dialogue and Discernment

Dave Jones — February 28, 2017 - 6:50pm

‘Science In a Post-Truth Era’

Read Dateline 51�ԹϺ�� Davis coverage of the first program in the Dialogue and Discernment series.

Interim Chancellor Hexter gave the following remarks Feb. 22 in introducing the university’s new discussion series Dialogue and Discernment:

Chancellor’s Fellows Working to Improve the World

Cody Kitaura — January 24, 2017 - 9:00am

The world is a better place because of the work of our Chancellor’s Fellows — early-career faculty members working to improve health, understand the challenges facing endangered species, cut greenhouse gas emissions and more.

This year’s class of Chancellor’s Fellows comprises 11 associate professors or recently promoted full professors — rising stars in their fields who have now received one of the university’s highest honors and will retain the title for five years.

Hexter Urges Climate Action by Trump and Congress

Cody Kitaura — December 20, 2016 - 1:40pm

“The upcoming transition of federal leadership presents a unique opportunity to address head-on the challenges of climate change by accelerating the new energy economy and creating strong, resilient communities,” Hexter and more than 170 other college and university presidents and chancellors wrote.

Manetti Shrem Museum of Art Holds Grand Opening Sunday

Karen Michele Nikos — November 10, 2016 - 10:58am

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, will open its doors to the public for the first time Sunday, Nov. 13, with a community street fair and party starting at 10 a.m. and grand opening at noon.

4 New Leaders: Research, GSM, Bio Sci, Education

Dave Jones — October 04, 2016 - 2:33pm

Other Recruitments

The search for the dean of the College of Letters and Science continues, and Interim Provost Ken Burtis anticipates announcing a successful conclusion to the process in the near future.

Two other recruitments will begin soon:

Inspirational Start to New Academic Year

Dave Jones — September 22, 2016 - 6:53pm

Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter said it. Students, faculty and staff said it. The chief justice of the California Supreme Court said it.

Ralph Hexter Now the Interim Chancellor

Dave Jones — September 20, 2016 - 12:59pm

Ralph J. Hexter’s title changed last week, from “acting chancellor to “interim chancellor.”

51�ԹϺ�� President Janet Napolitano appointed him acting chancellor in April, and, when the office of the chancellor officially became vacant, she put forward his name to be the interim chancellor. The Board of Regents approved her recommendation on Sept. 15.

Regents Approve Ralph J. Hexter as Interim Chancellor

Dave Jones — September 15, 2016 - 10:26am

Ralph J. Hexter issued the following statement today (Sept. 15) after the 51�ԹϺ�� Board of Regents approved his appointment as the interim chancellor of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis. He had been the acting chancellor since April; then, after the position became vacant, he needed board approval to serve as the interim chancellor.