Academic Senate Content

‘What If’ Questions Lead Staff Member to Commencement Stage

Julia Ann Easley — December 12, 2023 - 11:56am

Inspired by her work with the Academic Senate, a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis staff member returned to school and will be awarded an undergraduate degree at fall commencement.

ORG CHART: Ahmet Palazoglu to Begin Term as Senate Chair

Dave Jones — August 30, 2022 - 11:17am

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Senate, Federation Honor Members for Teaching, Research, Service

Dave Jones — March 29, 2022 - 2:09pm

The 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Academic Senate and the Academic Federation announce their annual awards to members for exceptional research, teaching and mentoring, and public service.

Senate, Federation Bestow Annual Awards

Dave Jones — April 18, 2017 - 9:44am

AWARDS PROGRAM

WHAT: Academic Awards and Faculty Research Lecture and Reception
WHEN: Tuesday, May 9
AWARDS PROGRAM: 5:30 p.m.
RECEPTION: 6:30 p.m.
FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURE: 7:10 p.m.
WHERE: Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center for the Performing A

Graduate Council Presents 1st Mentoring Awards

Dave Jones — June 20, 2016 - 12:31am

Professors Vicki Smith and Jean VanderGheynst are the first recipients of new mentoring awards from the Academic Senate’s Graduate Council.

Senate and Federation Awards Program

Dave Jones — April 25, 2016 - 12:59pm

This year’s Academic Senate and Academic Federation awards program, including the Faculty Research Lecture, is set for this coming Monday (May 2). Starting time is 5:30 p.m. in AGR Hall at the Buehler Alumni Center.

Academic Federation Honors Excellence in Teaching, Research

Dave Jones — April 18, 2016 - 1:19pm

The Academic Federation recently announced Sean Davis, Nathan C. Rockwell and Wrye Sententia as the recipients of its Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research awards for 2016:

Academic Senate Announces 2016 Awards

Dave Jones — March 14, 2016 - 3:07pm

The Davis Division of the Academic Senate is honoring its own with annual awards for Distinguished Scholarly Public Service, Distinguished Teaching and Faculty Research Lecture.

The lecture award, the senate’s highest accolade, goes to Professor Donald Strong of the Department of Evolution and Ecology and the Bodega Marine Laboratory. He is widely regarded for his work on biodiversity, competition and food webs, with a particular emphasis on interactions between plants and insects that feed on them.

The State of Things to Come

Dave Jones — March 01, 2016 - 10:16am

Amid “Envision 51�ԹϺ�� Davis” last week and four days before “Reimagining Our Work,” Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi used her Feb. 25 State of the Campus address to tie all the forecasting and thinking together, as part of her vision of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis as the University of the 21st Century.

NEWS BRIEFS: State of the Campus Address

Dave Jones — February 23, 2016 - 12:23pm

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi gives her State of the Campus address to the Academic Senate’s Representative Assembly, this Thursday (Feb. 25).

The meeting, open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Student Community Center. Katehi’s address is the first item on the agenda.

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