Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi is scheduled to give her state of the campus address next week at a meeting of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate.
The chancellor鈥檚 talk is early on the agenda for the Tuesday (April 17) meeting of the senate鈥檚 Representative Assembly. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m. in MU II in the Memorial Union.
The agenda also includes a report from the senate鈥檚 Special Committee on Athletics.
The senate charged the special committee with reviewing 2011鈥檚 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis Athletics Strategic Audit and associated issues, and offering recommendations to aid the Academic Senate in formulating a position on the topics under discussion.
The committee鈥檚 report is available , together with a forum for comments from the campus community 鈥 students, staff and faculty.
The audit and the chancellor鈥檚 response are also available , together with information on the ongoing search for a new director of athletics.
Chancellor to appear on KVIE
public television's Studio Sacramento this week explores the state of higher education in our region, in a conversation with Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Chancellor Brice Harris of the Los Rios Community College District and President Alex Gonzalez of California State University, Sacramento.
The program is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today (April 13). In a on her "Common Sense" blog, Katehi offers a preview of her comments.
Coins and hair for charity
Student athletes and campus firefighters recently targeted piggy banks and hair for charity.
In the Big West Coin Drive, coordinated annually by student-athlete advisory committees at each school in the Big West athletics conference, 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis athletes collected $1,410 鈥 good enough for second place.
澳门六合彩资料库 Davis ran this year鈥檚 coin drive as a benefit for the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center of Yolo County. It got $1,039.
Under the rules of the Big West Coin Drive, the winning school 鈥 the University of the Pacific this year 鈥 gets a percentage of the other schools鈥 collections. Therefore, the remainder of the 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis collection, $371, went to UOP鈥檚 chosen beneficiary, St. Joseph鈥檚 Medical Foundation Breast Health Services.
At the fire station on March 28, eight people went bald for St. Baldrick鈥檚, raising $4,157 for childhood cancer research.
The participants: David Anderson, firefighter; Kyle Dubs, firefighter; Scott Hatcher, firefighter; Tait Nilsson, firefighter; Meghan Scannell, executive assistant to the chief; Erich Schultz, firefighter; Nate Trauernicht, chief; and Brian Weiss, operations and training assistant.
Faculty funding workshop
A faculty funding workshop is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday (April 19) on the topic of Fulbright opportunities for U.S. citizens.
The organizers said Andy Riess, assistant director of outreach at the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, will lead the workshop. The council administers the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, which each year sends 1,100 faculty and other professionals around the world.
Reiss鈥 topics: lecturing and research opportunities, advice on selecting a destination (from among the approximately 125 participating countries) and advice on how to make contacts abroad. In addition, he is expected to cover the preparation of the Fulbright application (due Aug. 1, 2012, for 2013-14).
The workshop program also includes discussion of how to host Fulbright scholars from abroad.
The funding workshop is sponsored by University Outreach and International programs, and the Institute of Governmental Affairs.
I-House needs more flag bearers
has 124 flags to present in the Picnic Day Parade, and, as of April 12, volunteers had come forward to carry only 23 of those banners.
Which means I-House is still recruiting flag bearers for the April 21 parade.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a colorful bit of pageantry celebrating the pride and diversity of international students, scholars and Davis residents and the 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis community,鈥 said Elisabeth Sherwin, I-House executive director.
I-House has provided the flags to the campus for many years, and the campus arranged for the volunteers. Then, last year, I-House took on the task of rounding up the volunteers, too.
You can sign up for a flag of special significance to you, or for any other flag. Students, staff and faculty and welcome to sign up, as is anyone in the Davis community. I-House usually recommends two people per flag (to share the work), and cautions: no children.
Interested in helping? Call the I-House, (530) 753-5007, or stop by. It鈥檚 at 10 College Park, across from Howard Way at the north edge of the campus.
Blood donors take note: Go to The Pavilion
The next AS澳门六合彩资料库D Blood and Marrow Drive is set for Tuesday and Wednesday (April 17 and 18) 鈥 and, remember, the blood bank has a new location: The Pavilion鈥檚 upper level.
From in front of the ARC Starbucks, enter The Pavilion鈥檚 northeast lobby (under 鈥淭he Pavilion鈥 sign), then take the stairs to the upper level.
People should eat before donating, and drink plenty of fluids, too. Also, be sure to bring photo identification.
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu