Whatever your recreational bent--horseback riding, outdoor activities, listening to music, arts and crafts, bowling, swimming or sports--there's a place or program on the Davis campus where you can enjoy your favorite activities.
Information:
Memorial Union Programs and Campus Recreation
Lower Freeborn
916-752-1730; World Wide Web:
http://www-bookstore.ucdavis.edu/CR/recreation1.html
Memorial Union Programs and Campus Recreation at UC Davis provide the community with numerous choices for social, physical, creative, intellectual and cultural expression. These programs complement the academic mission of the university, enhance the quality of life for the campus, and provide many healthy activities to offset the stresses associated with a rigorous academic environment. Facilities and programs such as those listed below will help you balance the academic demands at UC Davis with your leisure interests. A catalog of recreational activities is published quarterly, mailed to all residences in Davis and distributed throughout campus.
The Barn (on the corner of California and Hutchison)
916-752-1995/1730
Outdoor Adventures will help you develop your outdoor skills and plan your outdoor excursions. You can rent equipment of professional quality and arrange for custom-designed trips and group rates. An up-to-date library contains topographic maps, trail guides and other materials. Classes, excursions and clinics in backpacking, rock-climbing techniques, whitewater rafting, kayaking, sea kayaking, mountaineering, cross-country skiing and other sports are offered throughout the year. Outdoor experts conduct many special activities, such as wilderness emergency-care clinics, whitewater river guide training, slide presentations and programs. Stop in and share your own outdoor experiences.
Garrod Dr. (southwest of Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital)
916-752-2372/1730
The Equestrian Center is open all year round, providing trail rides, practice sessions and instruction in both English and Western riding. Group and private lessons are available for beginning through advanced levels, along with training in horse care and stable management. The Equestrian Center sponsors clinics, horse shows, summer equestrian camps and special events, and also coordinates the Equestrian Club for student participation.
South Silo
916-752-1475/1730
The Craft Center is an ideal place to channel your creative energy. Facilities are available on a drop-in basis, or purchase a pass for more frequent use of the equipment and work space. Workshops and classes are offered each quarter in woodworking, weaving, jewelry-making, art and graphics, computer imaging, ceramics, photography, silkscreen printing, welding, leatherworking, stained glass and other crafts.
Corner of La Rue Road and Hutchison Drive
916-752-2695 or 916-752-1995/1730
The Rec Pool is a large free-form pool with a separate wading pool, a bathhouse, shuffleboard courts and a large grass area for sunbathing. The staff offers swimming lessons to all age groups and arranges for special events, such as "family nights." The pool opens for the season in April and closes in October.
Games Area (located below the UCD Bookstore)
916-752-2580/1730
The Games Area is a recreational facility with a bowling center, billiards room, video arcade, lounge and storage lockers. The Games Area conducts bowling leagues, classes, clinics and tournaments for all ages from beginning through advanced skill levels. The facility is fully accessible to those with disabilities.
MU Campus Information Center
916-752-2222; e-mail: infocenter@ucdavis.edu
The MU complex serves as the community center for the campus. First-floor facilities include the UCD Bookstore, Corral gift shop and the Coffee House. The MU Campus Information Center's student staff can refer you to people, places, programs and services on and off campus, maintains an up-to-date database of 1,200 organizations, and takes reservations for the use of tables and display boards in and around the MU.
On the second floor, the King Lounge features music listening and periodicals in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere popular for studying. Adjacent to King Lounge, are the MU Art Gallery and Music and Periodicals Center (916-752-2885/1730). (The MU Art Gallery and Music Periodical Center will be closed for seismic renovation until spring of 1998.) The gallery features a changing series of contemporary and historical art exhibits throughout the school year, sponsors print sales, special programs and lectures, and internships for those interested in career work in an art gallery or museum. The Music and Periodicals Center provides current periodicals for leisure reading and has a large library of music for your listening pleasure. The MU II Conference Center completes the second floor.
Freeborn Hall is a 1,250-seat assembly hall in the MU complex used for performing arts, dances, banquets, lectures and conferences. The Campus Box Office, where you can purchase tickets for campus events and cash checks, is outside Freeborn.
The Memorial Union is undergoing seismic renovation until the spring of 1988. With the tower portion of the complex closed, the Coffee House is best reached by walking around Freeborn Hall and entering from the west or south side. The Freeborn Courtyard allows access to the Games Area, Bookstore, Freeborn Hall, the Campus Box Office and the east corridor. The MU Campus Information Center (752-2222) has up-to-date information about the construction schedule, including temporary room closures and office relocations.
The administrative offices of ASUCD and the Student Programs and Activity Center are temporarily located in South Hall. Student Judicial Affairs is in North Hall and Campus Events and Visitors Services (CEVS) and the MU Business Office are in Lower Freeborn. Four rooms are available for reservation (call CEVS for information): East Conference Room and Room 5 are reservable anytime, while Fielder and Smith are available after 4:30 p.m. and are limited in access and capacity.
The Memorial Union has several facilities that can be rented for group gatherings. With its rustic wood-paneled interior and ceiling-high windows, Rec Pool Lodge is an ideal location for meetings, lectures or dances. The covered patio surrounding the lodge offers a lovely, shaded environment for outside dining during the warm weather months. Putah Creek Lodge, secluded in the Arboretum, provides a relaxing atmosphere for lectures, banquets, weddings or dances. The spacious lawn surrounding the lodge is suitable for volleyball and games, receptions and picnics. The lodge has kitchens and outdoor barbecues.
Silo Union
The Silo Union offers food services, meeting/conference facilities, lounges and the campus pub. The South Silo houses the ASUCD Experimental College (916-752-2568), Student Special Services (916-752-2007), Graduate Student Association (916-752-6108) and a branch of the Bookstore serving the School of Law (916-752-2961). If you would like to reserve space in the Silo for a meeting, social event or conference, call Campus Events and Information at 916-752-2813.
Information:
Entrance 1B
916-752-6074
Recreation Hall is a multi-use facility for intramural and informal recreation play, intercollegiate athletic basketball and women's gymnastics, physical education classes and sports clubs. Numerous special events sponsored each year by the campus and community are held in the 8,400-seat arena. The tri-level facility has locker rooms; a flat running track; an equipment room; racquetball, wallyball and squash courts; two weight rooms with free weights, universals, hydraulic machines, stair machines, rowing machines and bicycles; court areas for basketball, volleyball and badminton; and areas for martial arts, table tennis, gymnastics, aerobics and dance. A state-of-the-art artificial rockclimbing wall is available for climbers of all skill levels under the supervision of Outdoor Adventures. The Special Events Room can be reserved for meetings by calling the Campus Events and Information Office.
Undergraduate students can use Rec Hall facilities by showing their current valid photo ID card. Graduate students must pay a $5.00 per quarter activity fee. Students may also purchase a $6.00 guest pass valid for three people. Non-students may purchase a daily, monthly, quarterly or yearly privilege card at Rec Hall to use lockers, equipment and facilities. Prices are available at the Recreation Hall Equipment Room.
Recreation Hall is surrounded by an outdoor fitness cluster on Orchard Field, the in-line skate facility on La Rue Road just north of the Rec Pool, and the volleyball and basketball courts west of the Segundo residence hall complex. While these courts are primarily for student use, they are also available to the general community. The courts cannot be reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Information:
IM Sports/Sports Clubs
140 Rec Hall
916-752-3500
Intercollegiate Athletics
264 Hickey Gymnasium
916-752-1111
Intramural Sports, Sports Clubs and Intercollegiate Athletics programs provide organized sports competition and physical recreational activities across the broad spectrum of students' physical abilities. Together, these offices offer a coordinated program of sport opportunities to meet student needs at every level of skill and interest.
The Intramural Sports office provides a structured, competitive program involving 36 men's, women's and coed activities with over 13,000 participants. Complementing this highly popular sports arena is the diverse sports club program. A total of 23 recreational and competitive offerings attract approximately 1,000 athletes in activities ranging from archery, badminton, crew, horse polo, and water and snow skiing, to the traditional volleyball, lacrosse, rugby and equestrian events.
Although Intercollegiate Athletics at Davis benefits the campus by creating esprit de corps, its primary role is to provide personal development opportunities for as many non-scholarship student-athlete participants as facilities and resources permit. Currently, the program consists of varsity teams in 11 men's sports and 12 women's sports. Membership affiliation is with the Northern California Athletic Conference and Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Approximately 650 students compete on varsity teams each year.
Whether you want to participate, be entertained or be inspired, an abundance of creative, musical, theater, art, design and dance offerings are happening on campus all year long.
UC Davis Presents
Information:
200 B Street, Suite A
916-757-3199
World Wide Web: http://www-presents.ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Presents brings a wide variety of world-class performing artists to UC Davis to serve both the campus and surrounding communities. During the academic year, UC Davis Presents offers concerts and recitals by classical, jazz and folk music artists; drama; classical, modern and ethnic dance; and lectures by eminent public figures.
You'll find annual and quarterly brochures and promotional flyers on all events sponsored by UC Davis Presents at the Campus Box Office and at the UC Davis Presents office. Bulletin boards, kiosks, the student radio station KDVS and the California Aggie announce upcoming events. Tickets for UC Davis Presents events may be purchased at the Campus Box Office (Freeborn Hall, 916-752-1915) or any BASS/TM outlet.
Music
Information:
Department of Music
916-752-5537
The Department of Music sponsors the UCD Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Chamber Singers, Early Music Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band and small ensemble groups. Music majors and other interested students can receive credit for participating in these groups, which perform at concerts and recitals open to the university community. The department sponsors, for one quarter each year, an artist-in-residence who gives concerts, recitals and lectures. Free noon concerts featuring individual performers and ensembles--both professional musicians and music students--are a favorite weekly event during the school year. The Empyrean Ensemble and the UCD Wind Quintet are in residence on campus. The Department of Music sponsors nearly 100 public concerts each year.
Drama
Information:
Department of Dramatic Art
916-752-0888
The Department of Dramatic Art has one of the finest theater facilities in California, with an unusually good stock of scenery, props, costumes and state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment. The excellent faculty, the Granada Artists-in-Residence program (which brings a major British director to the department each quarter), and the graduate students working on Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degrees in acting and Ph.D. degrees in 20th Century Performance and Culture, all contribute to the professional quality of UC Davis drama and dance productions and programs.
Each year's schedule includes University Theatre Season (five major productions of established plays); Dance Collage (a collection of student and faculty choreographed dance numbers); and Studio Season (four to six productions). Studio Season features premiere performances of new plays written at UC Davis, productions of established plays, and performance projects conceived and produced for the first time at UC Davis. Studio Season productions are held in the smaller department theaters and typically are produced entirely by students. The final production each year is the Undergraduate Playwright's Festival, a collection of three or four one-act plays written by undergraduates and produced for the first time. These productions are part of the academic program of the department and serve an important purpose in the study of dramatic art. Participation is open to all students.
A tour of all the UC Davis art galleries will take you from one corner of the campus to the other. The MU Art Gallery (second floor of the MU; 916-752-2885) features a series of changing contemporary and historical art exhibits during the school year. Works by professional artists as well as students are on display for periods of six weeks. (The gallery is closed until spring 1998 due to the MU seismic renovation.)
The Design Gallery (first floor of Walker Hall; 916-752-4139) is an innovative space known for its exciting exhibitions of design-related material. Changing presentations and installations of architecture, interiors, graphics, costumes, textiles, folk art and the annual Student Show and Picnic Day Exhibition reflect the interests of the design program. Hours during exhibition periods are noon to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sundays, and closed on holidays.
The Art Building houses three galleries. The Richard L. Nelson Gallery (first floor; 916-752-8500), named in honor of the first chair of the Department of Art, organizes regularly changing exhibitions of historical and contemporary works of art. The gallery's program reflects and complements the teaching program of the Department of Art and brings art to the university community and the Northern California area at large. Hours during exhibition periods are noon to 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
The Fine Arts Collection (adjacent to the Nelson Gallery; 916-752-8500), representing various historical periods and cultures, is the Davis campus's major collection of art. Selected works are available for viewing weekday afternoons.
The Basement Gallery (Art Building basement) is a student-directed gallery that exhibits the artwork of advanced UC Davis art majors. The exhibitions change biweekly throughout the academic year. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Hart Hall is home to the C.N. Gorman Museum (first floor; 916-752-6567, Native American Studies). The museum was established in honor of Carl N. Gorman, an artist, advocate and former faculty member of Native American Studies. The museum features changing exhibitions of works by Native American and diverse artists. Selections from the permanent collection of art are also exhibited on a rotating basis throughout the year. Hours are noon to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and by appointment.
UC Davis 1997-98 Online General Catalog. Posted August 1, 1997.
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Keitha Hunter and Barbara Anderson, Editors
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