Spring Quarter Snapshots Content

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Motor Parade Celebrates Graduating Interns

Cody Kitaura — June 12, 2020 - 9:00am

In a year like none other, graduating seniors have been impacted in unusual ways — one of the most noticeable being a lack of traditional ceremonies and observances.

So when an email went out to all of Strategic Communications at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis announcing, “We are planning a drive-by to celebrate our graduating seniors,” many staffers jumped at the chance to be part of the festivities.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Trimming the Waste from Home

Cody Kitaura — June 11, 2020 - 9:00am

At the Energy & Engineering Office — part of Facilities Management — a self-described group of “energy enthusiasts” came up with a way to share home energy tips and tricks while they are not in their regular offices.

The “Trim the Waste: Home Edition” began earlier this quarter and features videos from staffers’ homes. They discuss energy saving ideas while showing how-tos from their own thermostats, air filters and solar panels. They also talk about these concepts on a larger, university-wide scale.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Teams Highlight Their Graduating Student-Athletes

Cody Kitaura — June 10, 2020 - 9:00am

Intercollegiate Athletics will honor its 2019-20 senior class on Aggie Launch Day, an event spanning the department’s website and social media accounts tomorrow morning (June 11) celebrating graduating student-athletes’ “launch” into the world after college.

Throughout the day, Intercollegiate Athletics will celebrate student-athletes' academic success, athletic accomplishments, post-undergraduate plans and highlight its student-athlete resource groups.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Student-Run Clinic Continues Providing Care

Cody Kitaura — June 09, 2020 - 9:00pm

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped health care throughout the region, including at student-run clinics. Some are temporarily closed or providing only essential services while a few, like 51�ԹϺ�� Davis’ Clínica Tepati are using telehealth to maintain, and even expand, access to care.

“Ironically, the move to telehealth visits has allowed us to offer care seven days a week rather than just once a week for in-person visits,” said clinic director and physician Brenden Tu.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Law School Forum Centers on Police Violence, Race, Protests

Cody Kitaura — June 08, 2020 - 9:00am

Last week, as protests prompted by the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other black men and women spread across the nation, the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis School of Law held the virtual public forum “Police Violence, Race, and Protest.”

More than 175 people, including King Hall students, faculty, staff and alumni, came online June 3 to express their grief and sadness regarding the most recent examples of systemic violence toward people of color, and discuss what the King Hall community can do to move the fight for justice forward.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Phi Beta Kappa Welcomes New Members

Cody Kitaura — June 05, 2020 - 9:00am

“Picture us under the oak tree in Shields Courtyard, with a gentle breeze blowing.” Naomi Janowitz, a professor of religious studies and president of the campus Phi Beta Kappa chapter, sets an imaginary scene on May 27 for about 90 students and family members attending the first-ever online induction ceremony of the campus’ Phi Beta Kappa society.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Walker Hall’s Transformation Continues

Cody Kitaura — June 04, 2020 - 9:00am

Though much of the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis campus has been quiet over the past few months, the lot west of Shields Library has remained abuzz with construction work on the new Graduate Center at Historic Walker Hall. Scheduled to open later this year, the newly renovated building will promote interdisciplinary interactions and build community by serving students and postdoctoral scholars.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Faculty Learn to Make Courses More Global

Cody Kitaura — June 03, 2020 - 9:00am

Global Affairs at 51�ԹϺ�� Davis offered its Curriculum Enhancement Through Global Learning program this year, but like many things in the spring quarter, it concluded remotely.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Nursing and Medical Schools Team up to Keep Students on Track

Cody Kitaura — June 02, 2020 - 9:00am

When COVID-19 hit, it not only disrupted life as we know it, but it threatened to derail students in health professions programs from graduating on time.

For 51�ԹϺ�� Davis nursing leaders, there was never any question that students, on the cusp of their nursing careers, would be given a place at the hospital to finish up their educational requirements.

Spring Quarter Snapshot: Excitement Builds for First Quarter at Aggie Square

Cody Kitaura — June 01, 2020 - 9:00am

Seats — whether they’re remote or in-person — have filled quickly for the inaugural Quarter at Aggie Square experiences launching this Fall. The experiences offer immersive curricula that integrate internships and community engagement at the Sacramento campus and surrounding neighborhood.