The University of California, Davis (also referred to as UCD , UC Davis , or Davis ), is a research university public and university land grants as well as one of the 10 campus systems of the University of California (UC). It is located in Davis, California, west of Sacramento, and has the third largest registration in UC Systems after UCLA and UC Berkeley. The institute was founded as a branch in 1909 and became a separate entity in 1959. It has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies", a publicly funded university deemed to provide a quality of education comparable to that of the Ivy League.
The Carnegie Foundation classifies UC Davis as a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs, and very high research activities. UC Davis Faculty includes 23 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 30 members of the American Academy of Arts and Science, 17 members of the American Law Institute, 14 members of the Institute of Medicine, and 14 members of the National Academy of Engineering. Among other awards, university faculty, alumni and researchers have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Brotherhood, the National Medal of Science, the Blue Planet Prize, and the Early Career Prize for Presidents for Scientists and Engineers.
Founded as primarily an agriculture campus, the university has grown over the last century to include graduates and professional programs in medicine (which includes UC Davis Medical Center), law, veterinary, education, nursing, and business management, in addition to the 90 research programs offered by UC Davis Graduate Studies. UC Davis Veterinary Faculty is the largest in the United States and has been ranked first in the country for two consecutive years, 2015 and 2016.
UC Davis Aggies athletics teams compete at the NCAA Division I level, especially in the Big West Conference as well as the Big Sky Conference (only football) and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. In the first year of the full Division I status, 11 UC Davis teams qualified for the NCAA post-season competition.
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Establishment
University Farm
In 1905, the California legislature passed Bill Farm University, which called for the establishment of an agricultural school for the University of California (at the time, Berkeley was a single university campus). The Commission took a year to select a site for campus, a small town that became known as Davisville. UC Davis opened its doors as "University Farm" for 40 students degrees (all men) from UC Berkeley in January 1909. (Agriculture had begun accepting students in a non-bachelor's short course of farmers in October 1908; about 115 people attended.)
The Farm was founded largely as a result of the vision and persistence of Peter J. Shields, secretary of the State Agricultural Society. Peter J. Shields Library at UC Davis is named in his honor. Shields began fighting for the cause of University Farm to teach agriculture after learning that California students would go to an overseas university to pursue such an education.
After two failed bills, a law authorizing the manufacture of the University Farm was authorized on 18 March 1905. Yolo County, home to some of California's principal farms, was chosen as the site. A committee appointed by the Bupati purchased land near Davisville (now Davis) in 1906. The Regents officially took over the property in September 1906 and built four buildings in 1907.
The short course was first offered in 1908 and a three-year non-degree program was established in 1909. In 1911, the first class graduated from University Farm. The Farm received its first female student in 1914 from Berkeley. The three-year non-degree program continued until 1923.
At that time, a two-year non-degree program began, continuing until 1958. In 1922, a four-year undergraduate academic program was established, with the first class graduating in 1926.
Renamed in 1922 as the North Branch of Agricultural College , the institute continued to grow at a very rapid pace: in 1916 314 Agricultural students occupied a 778-hectare (315Ã, ha) original campus. By 1951 it had expanded to a size of 3,000 hectares (1,200 ha).
UC Seventh Campus
In 1959, the campus was announced by the University of California Bupati as the seventh public campus in the University of California system.
Davis' Graduate Division was founded in 1961 followed by the College of Engineering in 1962. The School of Law opened for classes in the fall of 1966, and the School of Medicine began instruction in the fall of 1968. In a period of increased activism, the Native American study program began in 1969 , one of the first in the big university; it was then developed as a full department within the university.
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Important event
pepper spray incident of 2011 and beyond
During a protest against a tuition increase on November 18, 2011, a campus police officer, Lieutenant John Pike, used pepper spray on a group of protesters who sat down when they refused to disperse, and another officer also sprayed the demonstrators towards Pike. The incident attracted international attention and led to further demonstrations, official inquiry, and Pike's departure in July 2012.
Documents released in 2016 through a public record request suggest that the University has spent at least $ 175,000 trying to "scrub the Internet of negative posts" about the incident, in an effort that began in 2013. The California Bee California > i> obtained a document outlining a public relations strategy, which states: "Nevins and Associates is ready to create and execute an online branding campaign designed to clear the negative attention University of California, Davis, and Chancellor Katehi have received in connection with events that occurred in November 2011 ". This strategy includes "aggressive and comprehensive online campaigns to eliminate negative search results" aimed at achieving "the eradication of references to pepper spray incidents in search results on Google for universities and Chancellers". The university's strategic communications office, which has worked on the reputation management of the university and its chancellor, has had a very strong budget since the current chancellor took office - up from $ 2.93 million in 2009 to $ 5.47 million by 2015. In August 2016 Katehi resigns as chancellor and, under the terms of his contract, will continue to be a full-time faculty member at UCD.
Campus
Size and location
Though named after Davis City, the campus is technically located adjacent to Davis City in a part unrelated to Yolo and Solano districts. The main campus is located 15 miles (24.1 km) west of Sacramento in the Sacramento Valley, part of Central Valley California, and is bordered by Interstate 80.
The city of Davis is a college town, with the ratio of students to the long-term population estimated at 1: 4. Also contributing to the campus-city environment is near downtown Davis to the main quad campus - a matter of a few blocks, and a 5- 10 minute walk or bike ride. The 15-minute Davis distance from Sacramento provides it with critical isolation to foster the city-campus environment while also providing a large and lively metropolitan area nearby. Although the campus itself is very large, the entire Davis community is relatively small and easily traveled by bicycle using Davis's extensive bike path.
Campus Core/Quad
To the northeast edge of the campus is the Quad, a large rectangular field, which is the geographic center of the historic campus. Earlier in campus history, several campus buildings surrounded the four sides of the Quad. Today, although the campus has grown significantly and the geographic center of the campus has shifted, the Quad remains the center of college life, anchored to the north by the Union Memorial, to the south by the Shields Library and to the West and Southeast by Wellman and Olson Halls respectively -something. The Memorial Union Complex houses the Freeborn Hall and Union Memorial, which houses places such as the UC Davis Bookstore.
The northeast side of the campus holds more of the core buildings built earlier in UC Davis history, such as Wellman Hall, Shields Library, Mrak Hall, and Hutchison Hall. Also famous in this northeastern corner is the Social Science and Humanities labyrinthine building designed by Antoine Predock, known to students as "Death Star" for its metallic angle design.
Main South Campus and South Campus
The majority of Equestrian Center, and Animal Sciences buildings are located near the Waterway Arboretum, away from the core campus; The Western Entrance Parking Complex, Silo Association, and the newly constructed Science Lecture Building and the Science Laboratory Building are located closer to Tercero dorms and campus centers. Mondavi Center, home of the University Symphony Orchestra and other cultural events, is also located near the Tercero complex.
Western Campus
For much of UC Davis's history, the Western Campus has served primarily as an agricultural research field. Recently, sections have been developed through a $ 300 million public-private partnership to form the largest non-profit energy community in the United States, known as UC Davis West Village. West Village will provide housing for 3,000 students, faculty and staff and will help the university recruit and retain top faculty. The project will include 662 apartments, 343 single family homes, 42,500 square feet of commercial space, recreation centers and learning facilities. West Village will also host the first college on the UC campus.
The classes held in this field mainly involve plant science, but also include entomology courses. Students in plant science keep the garden as part of the PLS 5 lab while Entomology 156L and 158 students embark on field trips to fish samples for parasites at Putah Creek and undertake projects in forensic entomology in the UC Davis ecosystem, respectively. The Western Campus is also home to the University Airports, Food Factory Service, National Primate Research Center of California, and Controlled Research Facilities, biological safety level facilities 3.
Arboretum
To the south side of the campus core is the UC Davis 100-acre Arboretum, which includes 3.5 miles of asphalt tracks, 4,000 specimens of trees, Putah Creek and Lake Spafford. On March 10, 2017, a multi-year waterway improvement project began.
Artwork
There are seven common art sculptures found around the campus, collectively called The Egghead Series, created by the late Robert Arneson, who also taught at Davis from 1962-1991.
Bookhead is located on the Shields Library Square, Yin & amp; located at the Fine Arts Complex, See No Evil/Hear No Evil on the east page of King Hall (main building for Law School UC Davis), Eye on Mrak (FatalLaff) is located outside Mrak Hall (registrar office housing and other administrative offices), and Stargazer is located between North Hall and Young Hall. The Yin & amp; The egg head has been reorganized and duplicated for installation near the San Francisco Ferry Building in San Francisco.
Student housing
UC Davis Student Housing operates 23 dormitories consisting of 29 buildings divided into three areas: Segundo, Tercero, and Cuarto. The northwest end of the campus holds the majority of the Segundo undergraduate housing complex, and various alternative housing sites, such as Orchard Park, Russell Park, Colleges at LaRue Apartments, and Primero Grove. The Activity and Recreation Center, or ARC, is also located near the Segundo complex. Adjacent to the northwest corner of the campus is the Cuarto bachelor housing complex, which has one shared meal.
Tercero's terraced housing complex is located near the geographical center of the UC Davis campus, north of the Waterway Arboretum. It extends longitudinally through almost the entire southern end of the campus. Solano Park, the UC Davis family housing complex, is located adjacent to the Waterway Arboretum, at the eastern end of the campus. The Davis Arboretum is a public botanical garden with over 4,000 species of trees and plants, including many native California plants, which have developed over 100 acres (40 ha) along The Waterway. The undergraduate housing complex (student and student displacement) in Cuarto is located one block off campus, opposite the Boulevard Russell. In contrast to other undergraduate housing complexes, Cuarto is located within the city limits; residents can vote in the city selection.
Organization and administration
The entire University of California system is governed by The Regents, a 26-member council, as established under Article IX, Section 9 of the California Constitution. The board appointed the university's top officials including the president of the system and UC Davis Chancellor.
UC Davis Chancellor has overall responsibility for campus leadership, management, and administration and reports to the President of the University of California system, a position currently held by former Secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano.
The Chancellor's Office and Provost are headed by the Executive Vice-Chancellor and Provost (EVCP). In their capacity as Executive Vice Chancellor, EVCP shares with the Chancellor in leadership and campus administration management and operations as a whole, while as Provost, EVCP is UC Davis's chief academic.
Senior Staff provides executive support to the Chancellor's Office and Provost. The Council of Deans and Vice Chancellors comprises the head of the academic unit and the principal administration of the university.
Students are most likely to interact with or be directly affected by the Student Affairs Office, run by Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, currently Fred Wood, and by various deputy and assistant vice-chancellors. This office oversees many campus units including: Acceptance, Athletics, Campus Recreation, Campus Union, Counseling and Psychology Services, Financial Aid, Student Housing and others.
Student demographics
Women comprise 59% of students in autumn 2016; men 41%.
In 2010, the US Census Bureau made UC Davis its own census place for statistical purposes. The campus location is outside the city limits of Davis.
In 2014, Chancellor Katehi stated that UC Davis aims to be a Hispanic-Serving Society in the academic year 2018-2019, with at least 25% of the body of a graduate student composed of Latinos.
Academics
The University has 104 undergraduate programs and 96 postgraduate programs. It has the Department of Viticulture and Enology (regarding the scientific study of wine-growing and winemaking) which has and continues to be responsible for significant advances in wine making used by many California wineries. Campuses claim to be noted for the top Agricultural and Resource Economics programs and the major Department of Animal Science through which students can study at their own universities on dairy campuses, meat processing plants, equestrian facilities, and experimental farms. Horticultural Students Environmental and other botanical sciences have many hectares of campus farmland and the University of California, Davis, Arboretum they have. The Department of Applied Sciences was established and previously led by physicist Edward Teller. Art is also studied extensively on campus with subjects such as studio art, design, music, theater and dance. The Design Department at UC Davis is the only comprehensive academic design unit of the University of California system. There is also the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts featuring artists from all over the world.
UC Davis undergraduate courses are divided into four colleges:
- UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
- UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
- UC Davis College of Engineering
- UC Davis College of Letters and Science
Ratings
UC Davis is regarded as "Public Ivy." In the 2017 edition, AS. News & amp; World Report places UC Davis rankings as tied to the 10th best state university in the United States, tied to 44 national and 42 globally. Washington Monthly rated UC Davis 10th in the National University Rank 2016. In 2017, Money magazine ranked UC Davis 9 in the country from nearly 2400 schools evaluated for Best Colleges ratings 2017-2018.
The University has several prestigious postgraduate programs that fall into the top 10 in its field by the US National Research Council; the most notable are its programs in agricultural economics, entomology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, and ecology. In addition, the NRC places more than one-third of UC Davis graduate programs in the top 25% of their respective fields. In 2016, AS. News & amp; World Report rated UC Davis 2 globally in Agricultural Sciences, 1st in Crop Science and Animal Science, Fourth in Ecology, and 1st in National Veterinary, 3rd in Evolutionary Ecology and Biology , 7th (tie) in the field of Biology and Agricultural Engineering, 9 in US Colonial History, 15 in Comparative Politics, 19 in Biological Sciences, 20 in Earth Sciences and 21 in Psychology. The Economics Department of UC Davis is also ranked 6th among state universities and 20 nationally according to the RePec Rector (Research in Economics) in 2011. In 2013, The Economist placed the Graduate School of Management UC Davis in 8% of the top accredited MBA programs in the United States (ranked 37th nationally and 65th globally).
The Academic Ranking of the World University puts the 39th nationally and 75th UC Davis globally for 2016. In the 2016-17 ranking, World Times University Education Rankings ranked 51st in the World. The QS World University Rankings places it 85th globally by 2016, with Veterinary Science ranked 1st in the world.
In 2016, Sierra Magazine ranked UC Davis 8th in the "Coolest School" in America's list for campus sustainability and climate change efforts. The College Rankings' 2011 Newsweek has UC Davis in 10th place among the "Happiest Schools in America" ​​and 11th among "Greenest Schools" in the United States. UC Davis was awarded A- from the University 2011 Sustainability Report Card , which assessed the schools on the sustainability of their environment in nine categories. In 2012, - 2013, UC Davis is also ranked 1st among research universities (tied to UC Berkeley and Penn State) as the top producer of Fulbright Scholars. UC Davis is ranked # 6 college in the United States by the Mobility Index social rankings college.
Reception
Entering UC Davis is considered "more selective" by the US. News & amp; World Report .
For Autumn 2016, UC Davis receives 67,472 new student applications; 28,617 received (42.4%) and 5,760 registered. The average grade point average (GPA) of newly enrolled students is 3.99, while the middle 50% range of SAT scores is 510-630 for critical reading, 540-700 for math, and 520-650 for writing. The middle 50% range of the ACT Composite score is 24-30.
Library
UC Davis Library includes Peter J. Shields Library, Physics Science & amp; The Technical Library, the Carlson Medical Science Library, and the Medical Center Library in Sacramento, contain over 3.5 million volumes and offer a number of specialized collections and services. The Peter J. Shields Library has three different architectural styles due to the various constructs and extensions added; it is the main library where students study on campus, with a 24-hour reading room, open computer labs and unique furniture.
Army R.O.T.C.
The university hosts the Training of Army Officers Corps (ROTC), the Fake Gold Battalion, with more than 50 cadets. With more than sixty years of existence, the commission currently employs about 10 senior graduates as second lieutenant every year.
Postgraduate Study
The Graduate Studies Program of the University of California Davis is a post-graduate program offered by the University of California Davis. The division consists of more than 90 programs, offering master's and doctoral degrees and post-doctoral programs. The program educates over 4,000 students from around the world.
UC Davis has the following graduates and professional schools, the most in all UC systems:
- UC Graduate Studies Davis
- Postgraduate Management Program
- Education School
- Faculty of Law
- School of Medicine
- Veterinary School
- Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
History
University of California, Davis's graduate division has a long history. Graduate education has been a key feature of academic focus for over 80 years. This academic tradition began in the fall of 1925, when 12 students received a bachelor's degree from the College of Agriculture through a partnership with a division graduate from the University of California at Berkeley. Over the years, the program continues to grow, interact, and collaborate. The first undergraduate degree was awarded from the UC Davis campus in the fall of 1949.
In 1961, the Autonomous Graduate Division and Graduate Board were formed at all University of California campuses to provide focused supervision of their graduate programs.
Academics
A key feature of postgraduate education at UC Davis is the graduate group. The core elements of the graduate group include an emphasis on "the interests of joint research between faculty and students, the flexibility to grow and rapidly change to reflect emerging fields of interdisciplinary knowledge and technology, and the acceptance that many research questions go beyond the boundaries of traditional academic departments. " UC Davis offers more graduates than any other campus in UC systems.
Rating
US News & amp; World Report, "America's Best Graduate Schools 2015" rated some of UC Davis's graduate programs among the top in the country. Following a comprehensive survey of US doctoral programs, the National Research Council released results in 2010 UC Davis graduate program rankings among the nation's best. Among the top five percent are graduate programs in Spain, entomology, agricultural economics and resources, plant biology, ecology, and nutrition biology. About one-third of UC Davis graduate programs are ranked the top 25 percent in their respective fields.
Medical school admissions
In 2016, AS. News & amp; World Report is named UC Davis School of Medicine as the 6th most competitive medical school in the United States with an acceptance rate of 2.8%.
Faculty and research
UC Davis is one of 62 members at the Association of American Universities, a leading research university organization devoted to maintaining a strong academic and educational research system. It consists of sixty universities in the United States (both public and private) and two Canadian universities.
Research spending
According to the National Science Foundation, UC Davis spent $ 725.7 million on research and development in fiscal year 2013, ranked 25th in the country.
Faculty Award
The faculty includes 23 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 14 members of the National Academy of Engineering, 30 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 17 members of the American Law Institute, 5 Royal Society members, 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 1 Guggenheim Fellow, and 3 MacArthur Fellows.
Research center and laboratory
The campus supports a number of research centers and laboratories including:
The Crocker Nuclear Laboratory on campus has had a nuclear accelerator since 1966. This laboratory is used by scientists and engineers from private industry, universities and government for research topics including nuclear physics, applied solid state physics, radiation effects, planetary and cosmogenic geology. UC Davis is the only UC campus, apart from Berkeley, which has a nuclear laboratory.
Agilent Technologies will also work with the university in setting up the Davis Millimeter Wave Research Center to conduct research into millimeter waves and THz systems.
Student life
The UC Davis graduate student government is an Associated Student of UC Davis (ASUCD), and has an annual operating budget of 11.1 million dollars, making it one of the largest student governments funded in the United States. ASUCD includes branches of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. In addition to representing the student body on campus, the task of ASUCD is to lobby student interests to local and state governments. Also under the scope of ASUCD is the student-run Coffee House is an ASUCD and Unitrans unit, Davis public bus system. ASUCD employs thousands of students annually in its many units.
Picnic Day, UC Davis's annual Open House, is the largest student-run event in the United States. It attracts thousands of visitors every year with many attractions. These include parades, magic shows performed by the chemistry department, Doxie Derby (dachshund race), film screenings, and Band Battles between Band-Uh! and other college bands including Cal Band, Stanford Band, and Humboldt State University Marching Lumberjacks.
Another highlight of UC Davis is its student-run free form radio station KDVS. The station began operating on 1 February 1964 from the men's dorm room-Beckett Hall. The station soon gained a reputation by broadcasting an interview with Angela Davis and a live call show with California Governor Ronald Reagan in 1969. The station can now be heard at 90.3 FM and online on its website.
UC Davis has more than 500 registered student organizations, ranging from political clubs to professional communities to language clubs.
Postgraduate students of academic and management students are represented by the Graduate Student Association (GSA). Student Law is represented by Legal Student Association.
The students were also encouraged to wear Aggie Blue on game days to show their Aggie Pride. If seen wearing Aggie Blue by Aggie Pack, students may have UC Davis fixtures thrown at them as gifts.
Students also participate in intramural sports such as basketball, frisbee, soccer and more. ARC contains a basketball gym, workspace, climbing wall, and other studio rooms for group practice.
Other student activities:
- Unitrans, student-run (and driven) bus system.
- The Coffee House, also known as CoHo, is a student-run restaurant serving 7000 customers daily.
- The Bike Barn, a bike shop that sells and rents bicycles and cycling equipment, also operates a workshop.
- KDVS, student radio.
- Entertainment Council, responsible for bringing renowned musicians to campus and organizing student events.
- The US Post Office, a postal service station of the United States Postal Service that is fully staffed by students.
Transportation
Cyclists are everywhere around the campus as well as the city, and thus many specialty bicycle infrastructure exist, such as bicycle circles, large bike lanes, and special traffic signals for bicycles and cycling team UC Davis has won several championship titles national. The campus police department also has officers patrolling bicycles and cycling under the influence ("BUI") and cycling without lights at night very seriously. All bikes on the UC Davis campus must be registered with a California Bicycle license or they risk selling at a campus bicycle auction.
UC Davis is also famous for its distinctive bus service, Unitrans, and London buses. It has been in operation since 1968 and is believed to be the only general purpose (non-sightseeing) transit system in the US to operate an antique double decker bus in daily service. The system is fully operated and managed by students and offers fixed route transportation throughout the city. There is also an inter-campus bus service that runs between UC Davis and UC Berkeley twice a day, from Monday to Friday. Davis is also one of the busiest stations of the Capitol Corridor intercity rail service operated by Amtrak between the Bay Area and Sacramento.
The central campus is bordered by a highway on both sides (Highway 113 and Interstate 80). All other UC campuses are either some distance from the nearest freeway or directly adjacent to just one highway. Two free exits are fully within UCD boundaries. One, from Highway 113, was signed "UC Davis/Hutchison Drive" and the other, from Interstate 80, signed exclusively as "UC Davis."
Easy toll access, coupled with the rising cost of housing in the city of Davis, has led to an increase in the number of students traveling by car. Some students choose to live in neighboring Sacramento, Dixon or Woodland communities, and use their own car or Yolobus in the area to get to UC Davis.
California Aggie
UC Davis also publishes a weekly student newspaper, The California Aggie . The Aggie was first published in 1915 as Weekly Agricola after its approval by the Associated Student Executive Committee. At this point, UC Davis is considered University Farm, an extension of UC Berkeley.
Initially, Weekly Agricola is focused on students' good news and topics related to agriculture. Novelis Jack London was one of the first readers of Weekly Agricola. In 1922, his name was changed to match the school's athletic name. Between March 2014 and October 2016, Aggie is not printed but is still accessible online. The Aggie is being printed and available on campus again in October 2016.
Greek Life
Brotherhoods and social gatherings have been part of the University of California at Davis since 1913. About 8% of university undergraduate students are involved in fraternities and school associations. One of the female students, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, was featured on the first season of MTV reality show Soratity Life .
There are currently 21 social fraternities that are part of the Interfraternity Council (IFC) in Davis. IFC representatives attend weekly meetings to ensure that all UC Davis rules and regulations are followed. Meetings are also used to inform the fraternity about all upcoming events throughout the week. The 21 fraternities are: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Omega, Alpha Gamma Rho, Alpha Sigma Phi, Chi Phi, Delta Chi, Delta Lambda Phi, Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi, Theta Xi, and Zeta Psi.
The Panfavien Davis Collegiate (DCPA) Council is similar to the Interfraternity Council, but the governing council for some student associations at UC Davis. They are responsible for organizing recruitment, and overseeing that all regulations are enforced. Currently there are 10 student societies that are part of the Panhellenic Board. 10 sororities are: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi.
The Phi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho was founded locally May 1, 1923 at UC Davis making it the first ever national fraternity to run on campus. They started out as the Kappa Tau Brotherhood, which was the first Agricultural Brotherhood on campus. Many campus buildings are named after Alpha Gamma Rho alumni such as Emil Mrak (Mrak Hall, Registrar's office), Orville Thompson (Thompson Hall, Segundo student housing), and Dean De Carli (De Carli room, 2nd floor MU), Mel Olson Scoreboard ( Aggie Stadium), and much more. AGR Hall is an event space located within the Buehler Visitor/Alumni Center and is usually rented as a conference room or banquet hall. There are national and local fraternities and students at UCD with diverse backgrounds and histories.
Athletics
The UC Davis Aggies (also known as Cal Aggies or Ags) competed in the NCAA Division I sports in the Big West Conference. For football, Aggies competed in Division I FCS (formerly known as Division I-AA), and was a member of the Big Sky Conference, giving UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to form a soccer team (Cal and UCLA being the other two). The Aggies is also a member of the Pacific Sports Federation of the Mountain in gymnastics and lacrosse, the East America Conference on field hockey, the Inter-Western Rowing Association and the Davis Men Crew for rowing.
The UC Davis Crew Club is one of the successful clubs both on campus and in the West. In 2008, the JV vessel won first place in the ACRA Championship in Tennessee and in 2009 the Varsity boat got second place in the countries in the ACRA Championship. They consistently compete with teams like Stanford, University of Washington and UC Berkeley.
The Aggies finished first in the NCAA Division II six times in 2003 and won the NACDA Director 'Cup 4 years in a row from 1999 to 2003. In 1998, UC Davis' men's basketball team won the NCAA II National Championship despite being one of several non-scholarship in the Second Division at that time. They also won the NCAA Division II championships in Softball (2003), Tennis Men (1992), and Tennis Women (1990, 1993). These and other achievements motivated the decision (after a year of great discussions by campus administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni and local communities) in 2003 for athletic programs to reclassify to Division I.
The culmination of UC Davis's 4th year transition to Division I took place on September 17, 2005, when Aggies defeated the well-liked Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium with a score of 20-17 on the touchdown operand with 8 seconds left in the game. The Aggies also took offense against Stanford in basketball just months later, defeating the 64-58 Cardinal with a final rally at home on 4 December 2005. The victory in these two great sports and the addition of the Aggies beat Cardinal in football earlier in 2005 as well as victory in wrestling and two wins in baseball pulled Aggies's winning record with Stanford to 5-1 for men's sports in 5-06.
Aggie's soccer team plays Sacramento State in the annual Classic Causeway for the Carriage Causeway. The team also plays Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the annual Battle of the Golden Horseshoe. UC Davis students gather at sports events to be raised as Aggie Pack, the largest student-run school spirit organization in the United States. The Aggie Pack is cheering on the sports team along with the Spirit Unit for Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh's music! and his alumni band. Aggie Stadium is home to UC Davis football teams and lacrosse.
UC Davis has a wrestling program, which competes in Pac-10 at Division I. In 2007, UC Davis wrestler Derek Moore earned All-American status, and won the NCAA Division I Championship for heavyweights. Moore also received the "Most Outstanding Wrestler" award from the NCAA tournament. In doing so, Derek Moore became the first UC Davis student athlete to win the NCAA at Division I. In the same year, UC Davis finished in the top 25 for the Division I college wrestling program in the country.
Due to budgetary pressures, wrestling was cut from the athletics department in April 2010. Other cuts included male pools, men's indoor tracks, and women's rowing. The athletic department should cut $ 1.79 million from the budget. 14 female teams and 9 male teams are funded for the 2010-2011 school year.
The official school color is blue and gold. The blue color is due to UC's initial connection to Yale and as a result is often referred to as "Yale Blue" (for example, see). and the official blue UCD, usually called "Aggie Blue", is Pantone 295, which is different from Yale Blue (around Pantone 289).
The official school mascot is mustang. Students at UC Davis are referred to as Aggies in honor of the origin of schools in agricultural studies. Unlike most colleges, there is a difference between names for students and mascots. Some students support changing the school mascot from mustang to cow, but alumni oppose this act. Many people call the mustang mascot from UC Davis as Aggie, but are named Gunrock. The name dates to 1921 when the US Army brings a pure-blooded horse named Gunrock to UC Davis to supply high quality breeding stock for the US Cavalry remaly program. The must-have mascot was chosen to honor the cavalry horse.
Sustainability
UC Davis claims to have implemented many eco-friendly features on campus. In autumn 2010, UCD opened a renovated Dining Commons in Cuarto's living room. The dining room uses local produce and promotes sustainability. The University operates twenty LEED-certified buildings in three of the five comprehensive LEED categories. Examples include the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the first brewery, winery or food processing in the world to earn Platinum-level certification and the Tahoe Environmental Science Center in Lake Tahoe, one of only five laboratories in the world to achieve Platinum-level certification. It developed UC Davis West Village as a "zero net energy" community.
The University received two Best Practice Awards at the 2009 Annual Sustainability Conference, hosted by the University of California, California State University and the California Community College, for campus lighting retrofit projects and sustainable design in new construction.
UC Davis harvests olives from old trees on campus to produce olive oil and olive tables for use in the campus dining room. It has been designed landscaping with drought tolerant trees and other plants. The campus operates its own TPA, where it converts landfill gas (methane) into energy. For his efforts in campus sustainability, UC Davis obtained A- on the 2011 Higher Education Sustainability Report Card, one of 27 universities to achieve this, the highest award awarded.
In February 2014, UC Davis and Diamond Developers formed a joint venture to create a sustainable city in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The draft design for sustainable cities in Dubai is called for "eco-village" on 120 hectares with enough housing for 1,200 people. The plan calls for K-12 education, apartments, single-family homes, and retail stores. In May 2015, UC Davis and Diamond expanded joint ventures to include sustainable professional training programs.
UC Davis became the first university to apply the terms of payment of fees for all disposable bags distributed on campus; he worked to become the first university campus to ban plastic bags completely.
UC Davis is also home to the Institute for Agricultural Sustainability (ASI), which is part of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES). ASI provides leadership for research, teaching, outreach, and expansion efforts in the sustainability of farming and food systems on the Davis campus and throughout the UC system.
UC Davis hosts the 3rd Global Climate Summit (GGCS3), an international climate forum for leaders of local, regional, national and international entities, as well as those from academia, business and nonprofits. The summit is working to expand the national partnership in continuing the growth of a clean green economy. The summit involved more than 1,500 participants from more than 80 countries.
Alumni
UC Davis currently has 240,438 live alumni. The famous alumni of UC Davis include two astronauts; US Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral; Chevron CEO John S. Watson; businessman Jason Lucash; and actor Matthew Moy. Leading faculty includes twice Pectzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor.
- Alumni Notorious UC Davis meliputi:
Universitas Sister
- Universitas Formosa Nasional, Taiwan
Lihat juga
- Mondavi Center
- The Pavilion (UC Davis)
- Museum Seni Manetti Shrem
Referensi
Tautan eksternal
- Situs web resmi
- Sejarah | UC Davis
- Situs web UC Davis Athletics
- Davis Wiki - Wiki untuk komunitas Davis
- University of California, Davis di Curlie (berdasarkan DMOZ)
- Universitas California, Davis di National Center for Education Statistics: College Navigator
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