Information:
Student Housing Office
530-752-2033; housing@ucdavis.edu; www.housing.ucdavis.edu
Living on campus adds a measure of convenience to your life and helps familiarize you with the campus. Some 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students live on campus each year, including about 90 percent of freshman students and 25 percent of transfer students. In each of the residence hall complexes, students and staff help create and maintain an environment conducive to personal growth and educational achievement.
Rooms are furnished with a bed, desk and chair, bookcase, chest of drawers, study lamp and bulletin board for each resident. Cost depends on which of the eight meal plans you choose. The total room-and-board rate for the 1998-99 academic year is $5,800–$6,585 for a double-occupancy room and $6,415–$7,200 for a single room (of which there are very few available to new residents). Rates shown have not yet been formally approved.
All new freshmen whose Statements of Intent to Register (SIR) are received on time are guaranteed residence hall housing as long as they complete all of the instructions that accompany their contracts. Graduate students are offered contracts on a space-available basis in Lysle Leach Hall.
If the Davis campus is your choice, the Student Housing Office mails housing information with your admissions letter. If you have a physical disability that requires special housing accommodation, please send a detailed letter of explanation to the Housing Residential Services Office, Room 160, Student Housing Office, at the time you return your Statement of Intent to Register. Your housing contract will be mailed to you between May 15 and July 15. At that time you will be able to choose your meal plan.
Information:
Orchard Park/Solano Park Apartments
530-752-2033
Orchard Park and Solano Park Apartments offer 476 university-operated, furnished and unfurnished on-campus apartments for UC Davis student families. The monthly rates for the 1998-99 academic year will be as follows:
Rates shown have not yet been formally approved. Once approved, they will be effective Aug. 1, 1998. Vacancies in Orchard Park/Solano Park Apartments are filled from a waiting list based on the date the application is received. For a fall assignment, you should apply at least six to nine months in advance. For an assignment during the remainder of the year, the waiting period is usually shorter. (You may submit an application before you are admitted to the university and before you are married, but you must show documentation of your student or parental status before occupancy can be granted.) If a member of your family has a physical disability that requires special housing accommodation, please attach a detailed letter of explanation to your application.
Cooperative playgroups are sponsored by the student family housing parents' associations of Orchard and Solano Parks (530-759-0146). Each program may serve up to 15 children aged 2 to 5 years.
Information:
530-753-7322
Privately owned and managed on-campus living accommodations are available for student families. Russell Park features one-, two-, and three-bedroom unfurnished units.
Information:
The Atriums
530-753-0659
The Atriums offers on-campus living accommodations for single graduate students. The privately owned and managed apartments feature studio and two-bedroom unfurnished units.
The majority of UC Davis students live off campus. The City of Davis has ample apartments for rent, from one-person studio apartments to 5- or 6-person suites. Townhouses, duplexes and houses throughout the city are also available for student rental.
Information:
Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS)
Extension Center Drive
530-752-8277
Motorist Assistance Program: 530-752-3729
Bicycle Program: 530-752-BIKE
The central campus is closed to motor vehicles. Walking and bicycling are the usual ways to traverse the campus, though some students prefer roller blades.
Bicycles. All bicycles ridden or parked on campus must have a current California State Bicycle License. You may get a license or renewal tag at TAPS. Bicycle riding and parking regulations are strictly enforced. Be sure to lock your bicycle to the provided racks and pods—bike theft is common in Davis. The Bike Barn offers repairs and rentals, and sells bicycle parts and accessories. Students can also check out tools to do their own repairs or maintenance.
Buses. Unitrans, 13 bus lines operated by the Associated Students, serves the campus and city year round. Unitrans is free to undergraduate students with a valid registration card; others may ride by paying the single ride fare or by purchasing passes from TAPS or at the Campus Box Office. Full service is provided each UC Davis school day (Monday through Friday) and Monday through Thursday night during the regular school year—fall, winter and spring quarters. Reduced schedule bus service operates during the summer, finals week, all academic break periods and on Saturdays. Schedules are available at the MU Campus Information Center, bus terminals, Davis City Hall and the Unitrans office.
Parking. If you park a vehicle (including a motorcycle or moped) on campus, you must have a valid parking permit or pay at a meter. You may buy a daily permit at dispensers in any Visitor/Public parking lot. All other lots require long-term permits, which you may purchase at Parking Services. UC Davis encourages ridesharing. Registered carpools and vanpools receive reduced parking rates and preferential parking. Parking lots on campus are financed solely by fees collected from parking permits and meters. For information on transportation alternatives, public transit, or commuter match assistance, call 752-MILE or visit TAPS.
Shuttles. The UCD/UCDMC Shuttle provides hourly service Monday through Friday between the Davis campus and the medical center in Sacramento. The shuttle is available to all members of the UC Davis community.
The Intracampus Bus provides transportation between the Davis campus and the Berkeley campus for university employees, registered students and other university affiliates. Call Fleet Services at 752-8287 for schedule information and reservations.
Information:
Student Employment Center
16 Basement, South Hall
530-752-0520; jobs.ucdavis.edu
The Student Employment Center advertises student employment opportunities both on and off campus. Full-time or part-time students, students on PELP, students' spouses, and students with a letter of acceptance for the following quarter who have not yet registered are eligible.
Full-time, part-time and temporary jobs are available year-round. New listings are posted daily. Listings of employment opportunities for the summer with government agencies, camps and resorts throughout California are located at the center, as are job listings of parents wishing to hire child care providers. Registered students may access employment opportunities on-line at the World Wide Web address given above and use their student identification number as their password.
Information:
I.T. Express
First Floor, Shields Library
530-754-4357; ithelp@ucdavis.edu; it.ucdavis.edu
Each year, more services and information are available to registered students through e-mail, news groups and the Internet. Many departments and offices have information on the World Wide Web that students will find useful. New undergraduate students will find a personal computer very useful in their studies. Campus computing accounts are available to all registered students through the Division of Information Technology. You can activate your account at I.T. Express at the copy services desk on the first floor of Shields Library, and then use the microcomputers in computing laboratories on campus. For your personal computer, you can purchase the Bovine Online installation program at the UCD Bookstore or I.T. Express and use it to open your computer account, send e-mail and surf the Internet.
Information:
260 Student Housing Office
530-752-5415; baashby@ucdavis.edu; www.housing.ucdavis.edu/general/child.htm
Student Housing/Child Care Services provides child care information, referrals, and publications and serves as the university's liaison with the on-campus day care centers and the off-campus child care services available through the City of Davis Parks and Community Services/Child Care.
On-Campus Child Care Programs and Resources
City of Davis Parks and Community Services/Child Care maintains information on licensed family child care homes, day care centers, nursery schools, playgroups and other family-related services for Yolo County. Additional services include parenting workshops and handouts; a bimonthly newsletter; a parenting resource library; and a book, video and toy lending library. The program provides referrals to licensed family child care homes and administers the UC Davis Child Care Subsidy Program and the Child Care Grant, both of which can help low-income families pay for child care.
UC Davis 1998-99 Online General Catalog. Posted July 31, 1998.
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