Event Date
🌟 Presented by Inclusive Excellence
Celebrate the Principles of Community with UC Davis!
The 2026 Principles of Community Celebration recognizes the people and partnerships that bring our values to life across UC Davis.
The celebration will feature recognition of the Soaring to New Heights and ASUCD awards honorees, stories from faculty, staff and students, showcases highlighting community-engaged research and partnerships, and opportunities to connect with colleagues and community partners.
We honor our collective decision to be part of this community, and we celebrate the ongoing work of making UC Davis a place people want to be.
RSVP Read the Principles of Community
“Each of us has an obligation to the UC Davis community of which we have chosen to be a part.” —Principles of Community
Help us Bring the Principles of Community to Life!
We would love your help to make the Principles visible across our Zoom meetings, inboxes, social feeds and campus screens.
Here are a few simple ways to participate:
- Update your Zoom background and encourage colleagues to do the same.
- Add a Principles of Community graphic to your email signature.
Dignity. Respect. Connect.
UC Davis Principles of Community
We affirm the dignity inherent in all of us.
UC Davis Principles of Community
- Share a post on Instagram or LinkedIn to promote the celebration or highlight the Principles throughout the year.
- Use your local LCD screens to share the celebration invitation or keep the Principles visible every day.
Find all the materials in our folder, Celebrate the Principles of Community 2026 on Box and Canva (access may require a Canva seat). Please share it with colleagues and groups who can help spread the word.
Be in community
Enjoy food, live performances, giveaways, and shared moments of connection with colleagues.
Hear from UC Davis leaders.
UC Davis leadership and distinguished guests from across the community will share what the Principles mean to them and how they continue to guide our collective journey.
Celebrate honorees.
The program will feature recognition of the Soaring to New Heights and ASUCD awards honorees, stories from faculty, staff and students, showcases of community-engaged research and partnerships, and a reception to connect with colleagues.
Participate from anywhere.
Attend in person or tune in to the program via Zoom.
Bookstore Pop Up!
Take a little community home! Stop by the UC Davis Stores pop-up at the event to shop Principles of Community T-shirts, the Dynamic Discussions Conversation Deck and On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, the 2026–27 Campus Community Book Project selection.
Driving Directions and Parking
Contributions and raffle items are welcome.
Contribute raffle items by contacting us or by dropping off your donation at the Mrak Hall front desk with a note indicating it is for the 2026 Principles of Community Celebration. Please include your unit name (for acknowledgment) and a brief description of the item so we can highlight it appropriately in event materials.
Principles of Community Faculty Gathering
Spark new possibilities
Faculty are invited to gather before the 2026 Principles of Community Celebration for an opportunity to connect with colleagues across UC Davis and discover other faculty who are helping build a more inclusive, intellectually vibrant community.
In attendance will be scholars representing the Center for Advancing Multicultural Perspectives on Science STEM (CAMPOS), the Center for Advancing Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) and The IDEA Research Collective, whose work reflects the many ways faculty contribute to learning, equity, belonging and innovation across the university.
All faculty are welcome. Come share what you’re working on, discover colleagues engaged in research, mentorship and community partnerships, and spark new conversations, collaborations and possibilities. Consider inviting a new faculty member to join you—especially someone who may not yet have had the opportunity to connect with colleagues doing this work across UC Davis.
Join us at 3:30 p.m., then stay for the 2026 Principles of Community Celebration from 4–6 p.m.
Open to all UC Davis faculty from all locations (tenure-track, teaching faculty, clinical faculty and academic appointees)
Were you there last year—or curious what the celebration is like?
Look back at the people, moments, and spirit that make this community celebration so special.
Revisit last year's story and photo gallery.
Recognized as Professional Development
This event is officially recognized as professional development. UC Davis’ updated professional development policy now identifies inclusion and belonging programming as professional development, making it easier for employees to take part in programs that strengthen our inclusive culture.
Davis campus and UC Davis Health staff are encouraged to discuss participation and any needed release time with their supervisors, and supervisors are encouraged to support attendance.
This change is one step we’re taking in response to Employee Experience Survey feedback to make UC Davis an even better place to work.