Veterans Day Content

Yellow Ribbons Honor Service

Cody Kitaura — November 05, 2024 - 1:30pm

Anyone passing through the Quad at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis this week would be hard-pressed not to think about the nation’s service members, thanks to the work of volunteers who tied dozens of yellow ribbons around trees Monday (Nov. 4).

Veterans Week Activities Begin With Yellow Ribbons

Cody Kitaura — October 29, 2024 - 11:13am

The campus community is invited to honor the nation’s veterans next week as Veterans Day expands into Veterans Week through a series of events hosted by the Veterans Success Center.

AT A GLANCE

Veterans Week activities

Yellow Ribbons Bring Message of Support

Cody Kitaura — November 07, 2023 - 2:00pm

Yellow ribbons have returned to the Quad, signaling the university’s support for veterans and Veterans Day (Nov. 11).

Some 15 people gathered yesterday (Nov. 6) for a campus tradition that is more than a decade old — tying yellow ribbons around nearly every tree on the Quad.

Yellow Ribbons Call Veterans to Mind

Dave Jones — November 08, 2022 - 2:11pm

The trees on the Quad are once again bedecked in yellow ribbons in a tribute to veterans and Veterans Day (Nov. 11).

51�ԹϺ�� Davis Hospice Honors 102-Year-Old WWII Vet, Professor Emeritus

Cody Kitaura — November 10, 2020 - 12:45pm

In the spring of 1945, after months of rooting out Nazis from high ridges in the Italian Alps, 2nd Lt. Milton Hildebrand — executive officer (XO) of his company in the 10th Mountain Division — crossed the fabled Po River.

Ribbons and Events Show Support for Veterans

Cody Kitaura — November 04, 2019 - 2:00pm

51�ԹϺ�� Davis is continuing to show its support for the growing community of veterans on campus.

This morning (Nov. 4), 18 people volunteered to tie yellow ribbons around the 100-plus trees of the Quad in the traditional symbol of Veterans Day remembrance — an increase over last year’s volunteer numbers.

THE DOWNLOAD: Voting, Veterans, Violet Blooms

Cody Kitaura — November 06, 2018 - 11:45am

Voting has more benefits than just a feeling of having done your civic duty: That little white "I Voted" sticker is good for a discount at the Aggie Reuse Store and Aggie Surplus. Voters will get 18 percent off at Aggie Reuse and half off any item priced at $25 or more at Aggie Surplus.

THE DOWNLOAD: Smart Home Residents, Honoring Veterans

Cody Kitaura — November 07, 2017 - 11:15am

Three students have moved into a lab of sorts on campus — not one with beakers and test tubes, but one with radiant-heat flooring and automatic shutters.

The Honda Smart Home, a zero-net-energy residence in 51�ԹϺ�� Davis West Village, allows researchers from Honda, 51�ԹϺ�� Davis and PG&E to test out new energy-efficient technology. Meet its new residents and learn about the home in the above video.

VETERANS WEEK: Yellow-Ribbon Tying Open to All

Dave Jones — October 31, 2017 - 11:13am

For six years we’ve arrived on campus the week of Veterans Day to see all of the 100-plus trees on the Quad adorned with yellow ribbons, put there by our veterans — students and staff members.

THE DOWNLOAD: Butterflies, Ribbons, Rugby, Apples

Cody Kitaura — November 15, 2016 - 11:00am

Three dozen butterflies — symbols of new life — were recently released during a tribute to those who gave life to others.

Hosted annually by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Transplant Center and Sierra Donor Services, the ceremony recognizes the generosity of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Medical Center patients who became organ and tissue donors. Because of them and others like them, 1,200 people in the Sacramento region received lifesaving transplants last year.