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Friday, April 19, 2024

Daily Calendar

TODAY

 

Farmers Market

11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

East Quad

Get fresh fruits, veggies and snacks at this convenient farmers market.

 

Life Science Majors Internship Fair

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sciences Laboratory Building

Want to get an internship in research fields, health care, public health or in a foreign country? Learn how at this fair featuring student groups, on-campus advisors and outside professionals.

 

Career advising for women

Noon to 1 p.m.

104 North Hall

Still trying to figure out what to do with your major, career or life in general? Drop in and talk with an Internship and Career Center counselor.

 

Asthma in the African American community

Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Memorial Union East Conference Room

This event will explore allergies and asthma in the African American community and is a part of Black Family Week.

 

Senior percussion recital

3:30 to 5 p.m.

115 Music

Hear the result of years of music study at UCD. This concert is free!

 

Carbon-neutral talk

4 to 5:30 p.m.

3001 Plant & Environmental Science

This talk will focus on sustainable development and balancing business needs with sustainable goals.

 

Author talk

4 to 6 p.m.

2203 Social Sciences and Humanities

Listen to this talk by Susan Burch, coauthor of Unspeakable: The Story of Junias Wilson, about an African American man who was wrongly imprisoned in an insane asylum for over 60 years. Part of Black Family Week.

 

Getting ahead at work

4:10 to 6 p.m.

Memorial Union De Carli Room

Learn how to stand out and get ahead in the workplace with the Internship and Career Center. This event is part of Black Family Week.

 

Wellness Wednesday workshop

5 to 6 p.m.

ARC Meeting Room 3

Learn how to practice walking meditation at this free workshop.

 

Texas Hold’em Tournament

5:30 to 9 p.m.

Silo Café & Pub

Tournament starts at 6 p.m. Seats fill up quickly, so come early! Be one of the top 30 players and be invited to play in the Tournament of Champions!

 

Rally for education

6 p.m.

Davis Farmers Market

March for education with Davis Parents for California Schools and the Davis Teachers’ Association.

 

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous meeting

7 to 8:30 p.m.

United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road

Program for individuals recovering from addictive eating, bulimia and under-eating based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are no dues, fees or weigh-ins. For more information, go to foodaddicts.org.

 

Sankafa screening

7 to 9 p.m.

MU II

Watch this movie featuring acclaimed actress Oyafunmike Ogunlano. This event is part of Black Family Week.

 

UCD Dance team clinic

8 to 11 p.m.

Upper Hickey Gym

Want to become a UCD dance team member? Find out what it takes at this open clinic.

 

Celebrating Malcolm X

8:30 to 10 p.m.

Memorial Union DeCarli Room

Remember the legacy of civil rights activist Malcolm X at this Black Family Week event.

 

THURSDAY

 

Cancer awareness event

Noon to 1 p.m.

The Quad

Join Colleges Against Cancer to learn more about cancer in the African American community. This event is part of black family week.

 

Empyrean Ensemble concert

12:05 p.m.

115 Music

Empyrean Ensemble members and UC Davis students will perform works by Schoenberg, Takemitsu and Pablo Ortiz at this free concert.

 

Resume writing workshop

12:10 p.m.

229 South Hall

Learn how to polish your resume with the Internship and Career Center at this Black Family Week event.

 

Gender and the African American community

4 to 6 p.m.

Memorial Union East Conference Room

Learn about gender roles in the African American community at this Black Family Week event.

 

Chinese dance and culture discussion

5 to 7 p.m.

University Club

Join renowned experts in a discussion of the challenges intercultural collaborations with Asian artists. The event is free. Contact Lynette Hunter to reserve space at lhunter@ucdavis.edu.

 

Trivia night

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Silo Café & Pub

Show off your knowledge of random factoids!

 

Math Café

6 to 8 p.m.

Scholar’s Center Study Room, Surge IV

Get a good serving of mathematics at this weekly tutoring session with the Women’s Resources and Research Center. Women and men are both welcome.

 

Red Cross Club meeting

6:10 to 7 p.m.

226 Wellman

Interested in learning how to save a life or volunteering to prepare

communities for disasters? Check out this meeting!

 

Christian college students talk

6:30 to 8 p.m.

Memorial Union East Conference Room

This event explores the challenges Christian college students face. It is part of Black Family Week.

 

UCD Cheer clinic

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Lower Hickey Gym

Find out what it takes to join the UCD cheer team! Open to all.

 

Tie a Yellow Ribbon screening

7 p.m.

194 Chemistry

This free movie screening is part of the Asian American Film Festival.

 

U.S. military funding talk

7 p.m.

1001 Giedt

A former representative from Iraq to the United Nations will give a talk about American military funding.

 

Hermanos Macehual meeting

8 p.m.

1 Wellman

Check out this community service organization that offers academic and social support to students at UC Davis. For more information, visit macehual.com or e-mail hermanos@ucdavis.edu.

 

FRIDAY

 

Soul food talk

1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

3201 Hart

This talk will discuss soul food and African American conversations about it. This event is part of Black Family Week.

 

UCD Dance team clinic

6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Upper Hickey Gym

Want to become a UCD dance team member? Find out what it takes at this open clinic. This is the last clinic before tryouts.

 

D-Q University 101

7 p.m.

234 Wellman

Learn more about this Native American college.

 

Documentary screening

7 p.m.

1322 Storer

This documentary features footage and pictures from children in the Brazilian Amazon.

 

Local Tones concert

8 p.m.

1100 Social Sciences and Humanities

This UCD a cappella concert will feature The Spokes and The Afterglow.

 

Keep a Child Alive

8 p.m.

ARC Ballroom

Come to a benefit dinner celebrating the African diaspora sponsored by the Pan-African Student Organization. Enjoy a night of poetry, music, food and dance. Tickets are $10 at the Freeborn ticket office and $15 at the door. All profits go to Keep a Child Alive.

 

To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, e-mail dailycal@californiaaggie.com or stop by 25 Lower Freeborn by noon the day prior to your event. Due to space constraints, all event descriptions are subject to editing, and priority will be given to events that are free of charge and geared toward the campus community.

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