Welcome to UC Davis. We're delighted you've chosen the Davis campus as the place to pursue your academic goals. All of us--faculty, staff and administrators--are committed to helping you toward their successful attainment.
Welcome to UC Davis. We're delighted you've chosen the Davis campus as the place to pursue your academic goals. All of us--faculty, staff and administrators--are committed to helping you toward their successful attainment.
In the time you spend at UC Davis, you will acquire knowledge and skills that will help you shape the rest of your life. You will make lifelong friends and have experiences that will determine the direction of your growth as a human being and as a member of the larger community in which you live. For that to happen there must be a partnership among many individuals working together to ensure the most intellectually stimulating, technologically sophisticated and culturally rich environment. That partnership includes you, the student. Your energy and vision are the catalysts that energize and inspire each of us to help make your time at UC Davis challenging, meaningful--and, yes--fun.
We are very proud of UC Davis. Long renowned for its agricultural and veterinary science programs, in recent years we have attained international stature for our programs in engineering, biological sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. Members of our faculty have won MacArthur genius grants, Pulitzer prizes, Fulbright scholarships and election to the nation's top academies of the arts and sciences. UC Davis is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, a select group of 62 institutions of higher learning whose membership is by invitation only. Our alumni have made significant and lasting contributions to society as leaders in government, business, technology, media and the arts. And our students--the cream of California's crop--consistently persist and graduate at among the highest rates of University of California campuses.
UC Davis' character has been built through decades of commitment to a unique core of values and principles. We are using our talents and ingenuity to continue working toward a community that honors our diversity as individuals and reflects our belief in a shared set of values. I'm happy you're about to join our community. Congratulations on becoming an Aggie!
Larry N. Vanderhoef
Chancellor
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