Campus News

A working group of the UC Commission on the Future visited UC Davis for feedback at the Walter A. Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center this Monday.

Student fees aren’t the only things on the rise – as of this fall, UC Davis admitted its largest number of transfer students, accepting a total of 2,237 new students.

It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark … and there weren’t protests when the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences began restructuring its budget.

After 30 years of providing support to thousands of farmers around the state, the University of California’s Small Farm Program (SFP) will close at the end of this month.

Sara Granda doesn’t take no for an answer.

The recent availability of more advanced technology has prompted UC Davis’ Information Educational Technology services (IET) to update Smartsite, the campuswide online course website.

Chancellor Linda Katehi will meet with the campus today to hear and respond to the concerns of students faced with fee increases. The Fall Dialogue with the Chancellor will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Activities and Recreation Ballroom. Katehi and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia will address the UC Davis budget and the effects it will have on campus.

Fifty-one out of 52 students and faculty arrested for trespassing during the Nov. 19 Mrak Hall protest will not be charged with a misdemeanor violation at this time.

Roughly 150 protestors rejoined in Mrak for another sit-in last night to further show their dissatisfaction with the UC Regents and campus administrators.

Trouble with studying

Citing declining residency, current budgetary issues and cost of upkeep, the department of Student Housing has decided to consolidate the Tri-Cooperative Housing program from three co-ops to two. The consolidation will take effect Aug. 1, 2010.

A recently released study by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management found that California women are grossly underrepresented in leadership roles of corporations.