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Resources for Passover
This year, Passover begins at sundown on April 22nd and ends after nightfall on April 30th. In support of our patients, faculty, employees, students, and community members, we would like to share resources for awareness, care, and guidance around accommodations to consider when scheduling important academic deadlines, events and activities or when hosting gathering and/or meetings where food is provided.
Visible Resilience: Celebrating Womxn in Tech at UC Davis
The UC Davis Womxn in Tech (WIT) group received an official campus designation and became a subgroup of the Status of Women at Davis Administrative Advisory Committee (SWADAAC).
Creating Spaces
A 2021 Pew Research study found that while women are earning more than half of higher education degrees, they are still significantly underrepresented in the fields of engineering and computer science. Additionally, according to 2021 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, roughly 12% of all computing and mathematics occupations are held by women of color. While the issues that lead to these statistics do not have one, simple fix, the University of California, Davis, and the College of Engineering are aiming to shift their trajectories through programs aimed at supporting women of color in their pursuit of STEM education and careers.
Call for Applications for the Administrative Advisory Committees
As a member of an Administrative Advisory Committee, you can ensure that your constituency's perspectives are well represented in the committee's recommendations to the administration. You can also help representatives from other constituencies understand your interests and concerns and, in turn, learn more about their views of campus issues.
Maisha T. Winn Voted AERA President-Elect
Maisha T. Winn, the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at UC Davis, was recently (March 1) voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Why I DEI: Marisa Davidson '24
Marisa Davidson is a fifth-year undergraduate student at UC Davis who is graduating this spring with dual majors in international relations and communication and a minor in professional writing. She is also the social media and strategic communications project lead at the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UC Davis and an ambassador lead for the College of Letters and Science. We had a chance to sit down with Davidson to learn more about her time at UC Davis and her “Why I DEI.”