The countdown is on to the new year: Check these dates!

  • by Dave Jones

We all know school starts soon — some of us can feel it in the air!

But pay close attention to the following, because the dates have changed for some of our traditional events to start the year:

This year’s convocation, “UC Davis in the 21st Century: Educating for the Future of California and the World,” will be followed by a Student Research Expo (11 a.m.-1 p.m.) on the Vanderhoef Quad, across the street from the Mondavi Center. Refreshments will be served at the expo.

Students, faculty and staff and the general public are invited to join Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi in this ceremonial start to the new academic year. Release time with supervisory approval is appropriate.

State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, of Sacramento, a 1984 graduate of the UC Davis School of Law, will deliver the keynote address.

The program also includes:

  • Suad Joseph, distinguished professor, Department of Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies Program, and Middle East/South Asia Studies Program; recipient of the 2014 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement; and faculty adviser to the chancellor.
  • Alejandra Ramirez, fourth-year student double majoring in environmental policy and Spanish.
  • Grace Davis, director of corporate affairs, Intel Corp.

The Demeter String Quartet will perform as a prelude to the ceremony. The group comprises three UC Davis students — Devon Bradshaw, violin (third-year music major); Christopher J. Liao, violin (senior, food science major and music minor); and Nathan Leber, cello (senior, psychology major) — and, from the University of Pittsburgh, Michelle Mazanek, viola (communications and rhetoric major).

UC Davis’ Alice Del Simone, a third-year student, double-majoring in music and plant science, will sing the national anthem.

John Owens, associate professor, electrical engineering and computer science, will be the master of ceremonies.

More than 50 students are expected to participate in the research expo, involving the Undergraduate Research Center, Graduate Studies, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, School of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Education, Graduate School of Management and School of Law.

Welcome events

Want to know more? Check out the Fall Welcome website, or the Week of Orientation and Welcome (WOW) website for graduate, postdoctoral and professional students.

New this year: Discover Davis, 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, as part of the Davis Farmers Market at Central Park, Third and C streets. Discover Davis, presented by the Davis Chamber of Commerce and Davis Downtown, replaces Chamber Day on the Quad.

Discover Davis “is a free event to welcome new and returning UC Davis students,” Davis Downtown declares on its website. “Learn about the city of Davis, its quaint downtown, the farmers market and the amazing Davis businesses that are here to serve you.”

The Discover Davis sponsors have set up a Facebook page for RSVPs.

University Farm Circle

As the new year begins, the University Farm Circle invites new and prospective members to its Newcomers Welcome, 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the home of Bonnie Lam, 1524 Arena Drive, Davis.

Founded on campus 101 years ago, the University Farm Circle now extends into the greater community, “connecting campus and community through scholarship, enrichment and friendship.”

The Univertsity Farm Circle’s new year begins in earnest with the Fall Tea, Oct. 8, where members can learn more about and sign up for general programs and interest sections. The tea also features the presentation of scholarships to UC Davis students.

For more information about the Newcomers Welcome, call co-chairs Karen Fess, (713) 504-5113, or Bonnie Lam (530) 756-6473. More information about the University Farm Circle is available online.

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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu

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