In June 2026, two brothers, Matt and Andrew Mokski, completed their four-year academic journeys at UC Davis. Andrew graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering, while his older brother Matt graduated from the Redwood SEED Scholars Program, California’s first four-year, fully-inclusive university living and learning college program for students with intellectual disabilities.
Faculty, staff, and graduate student instructors are invited to apply for the new UC Dialogue Fellows Program from the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement. The fellowship provides $5,000 to support teaching practices that help students develop dialogue skills and engage across differences.
Inclusive Excellence shares the following letter written jointly by the Muslim Faculty and Staff Association (MFSA) employee resource groups on the Davis campus and UC Davis Health. In moments of profound grief, our Principles of Community remind us to “strive to build and maintain a culture based on mutual respect and caring.”
What words of encouragement, welcome or kindness helped shape your Aggie experience?
The Words of Affirmation campaign invites graduating students to share messages with the incoming class of UC Davis students. Whether it’s advice you wish you’d heard, encouragement that helped you through a difficult moment or words that made you feel like you belonged, your message can help welcome the next generation of Aggies.
Selected submissions may be featured in welcome events, digital displays and university communications throughout the fall.
The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities recently launched the Cultura for Resilience website, a new online hub highlighting resources, trainings, and project history connected to the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP). Since 2016, the center has served as a Technical Assistance Provider for seven Latino community-based organizations implementing Community Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPs) aimed at reducing mental health disparities in Latino communities across California.
The Jewish Culture, Heritage, and Identity Faculty and Staff Association (JCHAIFSA) is one of UC Davis’ newest Employee Resource Groups. Chai means 'Life' in Hebrew, and it is widely understood as a symbol that expresses the importance and value of life itself within the Jewish tradition. The group's name, JCHAI, reflects this deep Jewish value.
Arnulfo Herrera, a staff member at UC Davis who now works at the front desk in Mrak Hall, has spent years in different roles across campus. From earlier work in Student Housing Dining Services to his current position in a more public-facing role, his experience reflects a shift from behind-the-scenes support to direct interaction with students, families, and visitors.
UC Davis has launched a newly reimagined Addressing Antisemitism resource hub, reinforcing the university’s commitment to confronting antisemitism as an ongoing challenge, globally, nationally and on college campuses, including UC Davis.
Originally established in September 2022, the page has continued to evolve through sustained engagement with Jewish students, faculty, staff and community partners.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 Chancellor’s Achievement Awards for Inclusive Excellence. These awards honor individuals whose work advances the campus’s Principles of Community through exemplary service, meaningful mentorship, scholarship with broad community impact, outreach in partnership with local communities, and sustained efforts that promote inclusion, understanding and opportunity for all.
