Having trouble viewing this email?Click here Volume 2 | Issue 37 | May 1, 2015 In This Issue Academics Come First Leadership Council Meetings Residential Academic Advising Area Facebook Groups Academics Come First Residential Academic Advising Residential Academic Workshops RHAT Program Updates Quick Links Academic Dates and Deadlines Important Housing Dates Aggie Reader Archive 2nd Year Housing Student Housing News Campus Department Announcements Open Courses Sorority and Fraternity Life Updates Qu ick L in ks housing.ucdavis.edu [email protected] Student Housing Calendar Advising Hours Monday - Thursday | 10 AM - 8 PM Friday | 10 AM - 4 PM (Segundo and Tercero) Friday | 10 AM - 2 PM (Cuarto) myucdavis Tutoring Hours Segundo and Tercero: Monday - Thursday | 5 - 9 PM Cuarto: Monday - Thursday | 6 - 9 PM TAPS Guide to Getting Home Chemistry and math tutoring will be offered each day. Writing is only offered twice a week; specific days will vary by center and week. Please visit your AAC or rhat.ucdavis.edu for more information. Residential Academic Workshops Stress Management | May 1 Utilize stress reduction techniques to improve your concentration! City of Davis News Speed Reading | May 4 - 8 Explore how to strengthen your reading comprehension and efficiency! Leadership Council Meetings Email [email protected] for more information about the workshop or to schedule an individual appointment. Registered UC Davis Student Groups Segundo Seg u n d o Mondays | 7-8 PM Thompson Main For more information contact Christopher Pangelina at [email protected]. Tercero ucdavis.edu Just in Case App Social Survival Guide: Skills for College Life Academic Dates and Deadlines May 1: Pass/No Pass Deadline May 4: Fall registration times available May 23: Fall Pass 1 registration begins June 5: Fall Pass 1 open registration ends Important Housing Dates Cuarto Monday: 1:10 PM Monday: 11 AM Monday: 11 AM Thursday: 9 AM Wednesday: 3:10 PM Tuesday: 1:10 PM Schedule Builder Tool Wednesday: 3:10 Friday: 11 AM PM Now - May 18 - Room Transfers RHAT Program Updates Please contact an Area Coordinator if you are interested in a room transfer. Room transfers are firstcome, first-served and based on space available. Looking Ahead and Fall Quarter Aggie Reader Archive Registration Tercero Mondays | 7 PM Tercero Main Lounge For more information Leah Galasso at [email protected]. Our next RHAT program, Looking Ahead and Fall Quarter Registration, will begin May 3 and continue until May 20. See your RA for your community's exact time. Past Issu es Did you miss the last issue of the Aggie Reader? Click here to access past issues. 2nd Year Housing This program will help you map out an academic plan for your next year. Where will you go for advising next year when living on your own??? When you leave the residence halls, you will have to be proactive and seek advice from a variety of resources. This program will introduce you to a variety of valuable academic resources on campus. Imp o rtan t Dates The deadline to request to cancel your housing application and receive a full refund of the $500 reservation fee was April 30, 2015. If you have questions please email [email protected]. Cu arto Mondays | 7 PM Thoreau Hall 2nd Floor Lounge For more information contact Nathan Moses at [email protected]. Please be aware that if you are no longer a student anytime during Spring Quarter 2015 (withdrawal, PELP, dismissed, etc.), you will no longer be eligible to return to the Student Housing Apartments for Fall 2015. Area Facebook Groups Fin d Ou t Wh at is Hap p en in g in Yo u r Resid en ce Hall There is a change to the dates for the self-selection process. Previewing the apartments for Returning Residents will be available on June 15-19 and the selfselection process will take place from June 22 - 26. Any students that do not selfselect a room will be randomly assigned to vacant spaces. The housing assignments will be released in late August through your UC Davis email account. Join your area's Facebook group. Click here to join #TeamSegundo Click here to join Team Tercero Click here to join Cuarto Crew Please contact Student Housing at [email protected] or 530-752-2033 if you have any questions or need additional information. Student Housing News Healthy in the Halls Free health and wellness series Academic Advising Center Survey Core Fusion We want to hear from you! Sustainability Work Group Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 6 2 - 3 PM | Segundo Services Monday, May 4 | 8 PM Tercero Main Lounge Check out the Facebook event for more information. Questions? Christopher Pangelina at [email protected] Tercero Picnics Join your Tercero Peers out on the Tercero North Quad throughout the month of May for some BBQ dinners and activities! On the follow evenings, select to dine outside with your peers and take part in the events listed below: Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5pm-7pm: Board Games & BBQ Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 5pm-7pm: DJ Kelsey Kruger & BBQ Thursday, May 21, 2015, 5pm-7pm: Spring Crafts & BBQ Questions? Contact Leah Glasso at [email protected] If you recently met with a peer adviser in an academic advising center, please check your email for a Survey Monkey link to share your experiences and for your chance to win a prize from our weekly random drawing. Tercero Scavenger Hunt Saturday, May 2 | 2 PM - 4 PM | Meet at the Tercero South Quad Calling all Tercero Residents: Looking to compete at the next Tercero Hall Cup event? Well, look no further. Attend TLC's Tercero Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, May 2nd from 2pm-4pm to win additional points for your District! Center, Room 3110 Come learn more about sustainability, share ideas, get involved and meet like minded people. Questions? Email [email protected] or call Jenni Porter at 530-7522759. Tercero Student Housing Awards April 27 - May 18 (collecting nominations) Calling all Tercero Residents! Have you or your peers served as a role model to your community, building or neighborhood? Have you accomplished something that you are proud of? If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider nominating yourself or a friend for a Tercero Student Housing Award! Nominations will be accepted until 5pm on May 18th and award recipients will be presented at the Tercero Talent & Awards Show occurring on Thursday, May 28th from 6-8pm at the Tercero South Quad. Questions? Contact Leah Galasso at [email protected] Click here for award information and nomination link. Click here to join the Facebook event. Move-out Part II We are weeks away from the end of school and the start of summer vacation! Before you know it, it will be time to pack up and move-out of the res halls. Here are some tips to help you plan ahead and reduce your stress during finals/move-out week: Decide what items you will not be taking with you for the summer Set aside items that can be donated during the Spring Cleaning Event the week of June 8 - June 12. Click on link for details: housing.ucdavis.edu/sustainability/springcleaning Find out how to properly dispose of items that cannot be donated. See the Student Housing Waste Diversion Guide for tips housing.ucdavis.edu/sustainability/wastediversion The week of June 8 - June 12 Student Housing will be collecting items to donate to Goodwill Industries and the Food Bank of Yolo County. How it works: Goodwill Donations Drop of your reusable items such as clothes, shoes, linens, accessories, housewares, school supplies, etc. Do not drop off anything that is badly stained, soiled, worn, torn, broken, or that has missing parts. Electronic waste is acceptable and will be recycled. Food Bank of Yolo County Donations We will also have a collection bin for non-perishable. Do not drop off anything that is opened, expired, needs refrigerated, or in glass containers. For a list of all upcoming events please visit: housing.ucdavis.edu/sustainability/events Questions or comments? Email or call Jenni Porter at 530-752-4265. 2015 Residence Hall Block Party Thursday, May 14 | 4 PM - 8 PM | Russell Field | Click here to join the Facebook event **Please note all DCs will be closed and dinner will be served on Russell field between 4:45 PM - 7:30 PM** Sign-up at https://surveymonkey.com/r/moovein2015 Campus Department Announcements ARMY ROTC | Get Involved Army ROTC is the perfect opportunity to help you succeed. Through elective classes, labs and field training exercises, you will receive firsthand experience on what it takes to lead and motivate others, and how to conduct missions as an Officer in the Army, Army Reserve or Army National Guard. The program provides the skills and experience that will help empower success in any competitive environment. Upon graduation and completion of Army ROTC, you will earn the title of Second Lieutenant and equipped with a set of leadership and decision-making skills that ultimately will make you a valuable commodity in any professional industry. Scholarships are available and are awarded based on students' merit and grades. Additional allowances will help pay for books and fees. Army ROTC even offers a stipend of up to $5,000 a year. To learn more about the requirements and other information, please contact Mr. Gary Suen at RM 127 at Hickey Gym or at [email protected]. UC Davis Athletics Friday, May 1 Track and Field - Causeway Dual | All Day | Toomey Field Saturday, May 2 Softball vs. Cal State Fullerton | DH - Game 1 at Noon, Game 2 at 2 PM | La Rue Field Sunday, May 3 Softball vs. Cal State Fullerton | Noon | La Rue Field Friday, May 8 Baseball vs. CSUN | 2:30 PM | Dobbins Stadium Saturday, May 9 Baseball vs. CSUN | 1 PM | Dobbins Stadium UC Davis students admitted free with valid UC Davis ID card. For more information visit ucdavisaggies.com Do you want to be on the 2015-16 UC Davis Cheer or Dance Team? If so, open tryouts are coming up on May 16 and all Aggies are encouraged to show-up. The Aggie Cheer and Dance teams represent UC Davis at many athletic contests, campus and community events and are a source of Aggie Pride and campus spirit. Click here to learn more about these teams and how you can be on them next year. 46TH Annual La Raza Culture Days Our Struggles Empower Our Resistance NUESTROS DESAFIOS FORTALECEN NUESTRA RESISTENCIA Friday, May 1 For a complete listing of events click here for a PDF flyer or visit the Facebook event. La Raza Cultural Days, will be celebrating the different cultures within the Xicanx/Latinx community. Come and enjoy delicious food from Latin America and Caribbean countries that different organizations will provide. 46th Annual La Gran Tardeada Saturday May 2 | 11 AM - 6 PM | UC Davis Campus, Outdoor East Quad Free Event | Open to the Public Student Performances, children activities including pinata and bounce house Opening Prayer Blessing and Danza by Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl Citlalli Live Music and Entertainment Headliner: Raskahuele Mariachi: Maria Monarcan Banda: Tamborazo Del Valle Samba Dance Performance: Brazilian Center for Cultural Exchange of Sacramento 13 XICAN@/LATIN@ STUDENT FOOD BOOTHS | Menu items include: Elotes - Sigma Omega Nu | Mango Y Pepino - MEChA | Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs - Alpha Pi Sigma Sorority Inc. | Funnel Cakes - CALESS | Chocolate Covered Bananas - Clinica Tepati | Tacos Dorados - Gamma Zeta Alpha Fraternity | Chicharones con Cueritos - Hermanas Unidas | Nachos with Meat, Cheese and other Toppings - Hermanos Macehual | Caramel Apples - Mujeres Ayudando La Raza | Snow Cones - La Raza PreLaw Association | Ham Tortas - Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority | Fresas con Crema - SPEAK | Sodas Xican@/Latin@ Graduation For complete event details visit the Facebook event. SHADES OF PRIDE | Pride Month 2015 Pride Month 2015 at UC Davis has arrived! Join the LGBTQIA Resource Center for a Pride Month kick-off event with food, refreshments, music, friends, and raffles prizes.Everyone is welcome and make sure to check out all of our Pride Month events! Click here for a PDF flyer of events. How to Get Involved in Research Become involved in undergraduate research to help develop necessary skills in your field, to boost your resume, and to hone your interests in a particular field. It's a great opportunity available to all undergraduate students at UC Davis. Come to our seminar "How to Get Involved in Research," to learn the tools you'll need in order to approach professors and land a position in the research environment of your choice! Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. | Meeting Room D, Student Community Center Sponsored by: Undergraduate Research Center, 2300 Student Community Center Students are welcome to contact URC to make an appointment to see an Undergraduate Research Advisor. Just call us at 530-752-3390 or email us at [email protected] to schedule a time that works with your class schedule. Celebrate Undergraduate Research! Did you know that in a survey of 2014 UC Davis graduates that 91% of UC Davis undergraduate felt that learning research methods was important? The UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center (URC) is organizing a weeklong celebration of the outstanding undergraduate research at UC Davis with the first annual Undergraduate Research Week May 1- May 8, 2015. The week begins with the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Conference (May 1-2). There will be activities throughout the week offered by different departments, colleges, clubs, etc to highlight the undergraduate research performed in their unit or by their students. For example the School of Veterinary Medicine plans to offer poster sessions and lab tours. The University Library will be hosting poster sessions all week. And the Undergraduate Research Center will be presenting workshops and student seminars. Attend the daily URC-sponsored seminars in the SCC and be entered in the Undergraduate Research Week prize raffle! Are you part of a student group or department? We invite campus units and student groups to organize activities for the week to celebrate research and creative pursuits. You could also table. Rally your department or student club to highlight undergraduate research and design accomplishments. To include your activity in the program schedule for the week, please contact Lolita Nelson-Adkins [email protected] or [email protected]. Schedule for the week will be posted soon! Check it out at: http://urc.ucdavis.edu/researchweek/index.html Join the celebration! Participate in Undergraduate Research Week! Student Health and Counseling Services 4th annual Work It Week May 4 - 8 Student Health and Counseling Services is hosting the 4th annual Work It Week celebrate Physical Activity Month and encourage students to get at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day. To fit activity into your busy schedule, you can split it into three 10-minute bouts. Don't miss out on the rad prizes, club activities, and FREE fitness classes taught by instructors from Campus Recreation and Unions! Kick-off Work It Week with 80's style Resistance Band Workshop on Monday, May 4th from 4:00-4:45 pm in the ARC Group Exercise Studio. Then join us Wednesday, May 6th at the Farmer's Market for Recess on the Quad from 11:00 am-1:30 pm on the West Quad for FREE prizes, fun activities, and more! The first 50 participants will also get a FREE Work It Week t-shirt! For more information and events visit shcs.ucdavis.edu/workit. 10+10+10, Get your 30 minutes in! Brought to you by Student Health and Counseling Services and Campus Recreation and Unions, with a special thanks to all the organizations for participating in this year's event. Click here for a PDF Flyer | Click here to join the Facebook event Theatre and Dance Event News: Spring Season Our Spring season will include " The Light and Dark Arts: A Radical Magic Show," directed by Granada Artist-In-Residence Aaron Gach, who will be playing with the ageold theatrical strategies of hiding and revealing, literally teaching our students magic. This production will draw parallels between magic acts and issues such as economic manipulation, political deception, vanishing resources and social transformation. Performances are May 28-June 6, 2015 at the Main Stage Theatre in Wright Hall. Main Stage Dance Theatre performances are scheduled for May 7-17, 2015 at the Main Stage Theatre in Wright Hall. This production will be directed by faculty member David Grenke and is sure to entertain. The 15th Annual Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 & 21, 2015 at the Varsity Theatre in Davis at 10PM. This student-driven project is known to sell out and is one of the more popular arts activities on campus. Tickets may be purchased in advance through our box office at Wright Hall. Box office can be reached at (530) 752-7111, or by email at [email protected]. Tickets are also sold at the theatre door starting one hour before curtain time (pending availability). Please note that we do not currently sell tickets through the Mondavi Center. Complete ticket and group rate information Moobilenet is Retiring The UC Davis campus is retiring the moobilenet wireless service on May 5, 2015. The main news: When moobilenet ends May 5, anyone still using it will need to switch to one of the other campus wireless services -- namely, eduroam or moobilenetx. Also on May 5, the campus is expanding ucd-guest to the rest of the campus. For additional information visit http://technews.ucdavis.edu/news2.cfm?id=1988. Visit elcmakeathon.eventbrite.com to sign up. Open Courses ECM 1: The Design of Coffee This very popular course offers you a chance to learn how to transform raw coffee beans to an icy and refreshing cup of Joe. Rejuvenation in a cup! GE Credit: 3 units of Science and Engineering; Visual Literacy and Scientific Literacy Learn more at: http://bit.ly/SAVEAp Frequently Asked Questions Will I really get to roast and brew coffee in this class? Yes! The core component of this class is a weekly 2-hour lab session, where you will do experiments involving coffee. Examples include taking apart a Mr. Coffee brewer to analyze how it works, measuring the pH of coffee versus brew time, and examining the energy usage of different roasting profiles. In every lab session you will get to taste the resulting coffee, working with your group to ultimately make your unique design for the best-tasting cup of coffee. I don't drink coffee. Does this class require me to drink it anyway? No, you can take the entire course without tasting any of the coffee, and doing only visual and olfactory (smelling) sensory analyses. However, one of the things you will learn in this class is that properly prepared, fresh roasted coffee can taste nothing like the bitter stuff you might have tasted before. Some coffees even taste sweet without adding sugar. Moreover, a fun part of the class is the blind taste test at the end of the quarter, where you get to complete with your classmates Iron Chef style. I only drink decaffeinated coffee. Is decaf available? Yes. For students who cannot or choose not to consume caffeine, decaffeinated green coffee beans are available for both roasting and brewing. I've heard engineering courses are difficult. Is this class going to destroy my GPA? No! This class is designed as a general education course for students who are not majoring in engineering. All grades will be based on a curve using standards appropriate for a non-quantitative, freshmen level class. Will I get GE credit for this course? Yes, this class counts as 3 units of Science and Engineering credit for GE. The course also satisfies 3 units of both Scientific Literacy and Visual Literacy. Why is this class in the department of chemical engineering? Are we going to be adding weird chemicals to the coffee? Absolutely not! During the entire course we will use only green coffee beans and water. As we will discuss in the class, chemical engineers apply quantitative reasoning to a tremendously wide variety of industrial applications. Quite a lot of our graduates are actually hired by the food and beverage industries. But the main goal here is to introduce students to how chemical engineers analyze things, using coffee as a fun (and delicious!) example. Native American Experience (NAS 10) Monday-Thursday | 10 AM - 11:40 AM | Summer Session One (June 22-July 31, 2015) Professor Steven Crum (Western Shoshone), Department of Native American Studies (NAS), UC Davis Interested in taking an Exciting 2015 UC Davis Summer School Course? Take Native American Experience (NAS 10)! This course provide an overview of the significant histories, life-ways, and issues ithat revolve around the past and contemporary Indigenous cultures of the Americas. The course will look at a number of important topics, including cultural, economic, and political resurgence of Native American peoples of the United States. Gaming and Casinos is an example of economic resurgence. Because NAS follows a Western Hemispheric approach to the study of Indigenous peoples, lectures will cover important events that have taken place in those Latin American nation-states that have sizable Indigenous populations. This includes Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Some of the topics will be the Chiapas Rebellion of 1994 and how and why Evo Morales became the first Indigenous president of recent times to be elected to the Office of the Presidency of Bolivia in 2005. Moreover, NAS 10 will give some coverage to Indigenous peoples living in three Asian nation-states that recognize the status of Indigenous peoples: Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan. The course will give attention to how the issues of Indigenous peoples of Latin America and Asia compare and contrast with those of Native American people in the U.S. NAS 10 fulfills a number of GE categories. Required Textbooks + Eisler, Kim, Revenge of the Pequot: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World's Most Profitable Casino (2001). + Wilkinson, Charles, Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations (2005). Sorority and Fraternity Life Updates Upcoming Events Spring quarter is in full swing and the sororities and fraternities on campus are active as ever. Here is a list of a few upcoming events including philanthropy events being hosted by our campus' sororities and fraternities! For more information about individual events or chapters apart of our community, contact the chapter leadership or visit our website. Good luck with the upcoming quarter and feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns! As always, you can check out the Rush and Recruitment Calendar on our website for more information about upcoming recruitment events. The March Against Sexual Assault Hosted by Interfraternity Council Delta Gamma presents Anchorsplash Saturday, May 2 Saturday, May 2 | 10 AM - Noon The IFC of UC Davis will be holding the inaugural March Against Sexual Assault. All proceeds will go to Empower Yolo. The costs of the event is $10.00, with that you get pizza, a t-shirt and entry into the event. For more information please contact Wolfgang Kern at [email protected]. Lambda Sigma Gamma Mr. Greek Universe Thursday, May 7 | 7:30 PM | Rock Hall | Tickets: $5 presale and $8 at the door The lovely ladies of Lambda Sigma Gamma Multicultural Sorority, Incorprated Beta Chapter at UC Davis would like to invite you to their 11th Annual Mr. Greek Universe 2015! The participating members of our Greek community will be competing in six different categories: Toga Wear, Question and Answer, Swim Wear, Greek Knowledge, Talent, and Formal Wear. Proceeds go to support the California Head Start Program. For more information, visit their Facebook event page. The ladies of Delta Gamma invite you to their 3rd annual swim competition, Anchor Splash. The competition will consist of an inner tube relay, belly flop contest, synchronized swimming, as well as the competition to be this year's Anchor Man. Tickets are $3 presale and $5 at the door. For more information and updates, visit the Facebook event page here. Delta Sigma Phi Recycling Competition Now - June 3 6/3 Let the brothers of Delta Sigma Phi help your chapter recycle- for a good cause! Delta Sigma Phi will be facilitating a quarter long competition among IFC fraternities to see which house can recycle the most cans and bottles over the course of the quarter. Delta Sigs will collect and recycle the waste for you, and all of the funds will be donated to the Cancer Research Institute. The chapter that collects the most recyclables will receive $100 to a philanthropy of their choice. If you are interested in participating, contact Cooper at [email protected] for more information. Chapters Currently Not Registered Registered Student Organizations, students, and campus departments are advised to not participate in any events or activities held by these organizations as they receive no oversight, or liability coverage, and are not held accountable at the local, regional or national level. Students, organizations, and departments who interact or seek affiliation with any of the organizations listed below do so at their own risk. Phi Alpha Phi Fraternity | Lambda Phi Epsilon Fraternity | Alpha Delta Chi Sorority | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. Registered UC Davis Student Groups Colleges Against Cancer | Relay For Life ARC Pavilion | May 16 -17 | 10 am- 10 am Relay For Life is a 24-hour event and all of the proceeds are used for cancer research and providing assistance to those that are currently fighting cancer, survivors, and their families. The 24 hours of Relay are filled with activities, games, performances, and emotionally moving ceremonies. Relay For Life gives us the opportunity to celebrate those who have survived, remember the loved ones that we have lost, and fight back against cancer. If you are interested in participating in this year's Relay For Life you can start a team online at www.relayforlife.org/ucdavisca If you have any questions feel free to contact us at [email protected] can also volunteer at Relay! We have set-up, day of and clean-up shifts. Volunteer hours can be validated through the American Cancer Society. If you have any questions about volunteering please contact Shayaan at [email protected]. City of Davis News Download Downtown Davis with the Davis Downtown iOS Mobile App When you download the Davis Downtown Mobile App you will get our latest events, full directory of downtown businesses, the current month's 2nd Friday ArtAbout details, and parking information all in the palm of you hand. It is one of the first apps built to have real time interaction with a website. The app grabs its entire content directly from DavisDowntown.com for the user to have access to the most up to date information. The GPS system gives visitors their exact location in the downtown and the businesses that are in their proximity. It also offers the UC Davis Unitrans Schedule. The app is available through the App Store under "Davis Downtown". An Android version will be available in 2016. Copyright © UC Davis Student Housing 2015. All Rights Reserved. Forw ard th i s emai l This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Rapid removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. UC Davis Student Housing | Segundo Services Center | University of California, Davis | One Shields Ave | Davis | CA | 95616
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