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Discussing the reality of remote mental health counseling from the perspective of students and SHCS counselors  The Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) has transitioned completely to meeting with clients either by phone or video call.  Some students who receive counseling from SHCS over Zoom or another platform have said they feel like the experience […]

Members from DCR and DCD discuss mail-in voting, voter suppression and registration and voting as a college student This November, many college-age students are voting in their first presidential election ever. Members of Generation Z—people born after 1996—make up 10% of eligible voters in the U.S. this fall, according to the Pew Research Center. With […]

Another wave of payroll and benefit errors causes UAW 5810 to file new grievances against the UC Over the last few years, the UC system has been rolling out its new payroll system, UCPath, which was designed to make payroll more unified and efficient across the UC system. Since the beginning of this already time-consuming […]

How UC Davis students are continuing to promote second-hand shopping in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis The California Aggie spoke to Cowtown Closet, a clothing donation and upcycling store, as part of our Shop Sustainably series which highlights a green business local to Davis each month. Since the start of the pandemic, people have […]

Instructors explain positive changes within the program The UC Davis Viticulture and Enology department usually functions in vineyards, surrounded by greenery and grapes, as students get hands-on learning experience from instructors who are quite literally in the field. Along with adjustments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department is also adapting to a recent change […]

Students inspired by UC Davis course start clothing business using non-toxic and plant-based dyes  The California Aggie spoke to Gracie Globerman and Juliette Connolly as part of our Shop Sustainably series, which highlights a green business local to Davis each month. Spring of 2020 was full of many fads: Tiger King, Tiktok and, of course, […]

Davis students and activists discuss how the measure may help or harm the city Everyone registered to vote in Davis for the Nov. 3 elections will see Measure B on their ballot. The measure proposes that a new campus, the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), be built on the northeastern corner of Davis, covering […]

Programs continue to offer students opportunities and growth through remote platforms While a majority of students spend the entirety of their college careers in Davis, many choose to participate in programs abroad and spend a duration of time learning in a new location. In the past, this might have meant learning beside the Eiffel Tower, […]

UC Davis freshman share experiences meeting new people and starting college remotely Every year, the freshman class arrives on the UC Davis campus ready to take on an exploratory year in the dorms together. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the class of 2024 began their college career dispersed: residing in dorms, apartments or their hometowns. […]

Davis council members, business owners and employees discuss current state of small businesses and the help the city is offering  Due to decreased student patronage of small businesses in Davis over the past few months, local establishments have had to change how they interact with customers and devise ways to remain functioning. Students leaving Davis […]

How the team plans to continue their construction from a distance The coronavirus pandemic has forced much of our lives to be reimagined digitally, and in addition to classes, meetings and clubs, the members of UC Davis’ Engineers Without Borders’ Bolivia project have had to find a way to do construction from across the world.  […]

Former union organizers recall their experiences representing UC employees Holding signs reading “pay us enough to live here” and “COLA 4 all,” graduate students began participating in strikes for cost of living adjustments (COLA) in Dec. 2019. The protests began with a grade strike at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) and continued in the spring with […]