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New Presidential Policy on Abusive Conduct in the Workplace
After several years of dedicated effort, including extensive systemwide discussion review, this policy became effective Jan 1st. It covers abusive conduct and retaliation by and against members of the University community in the workplace and applies equally to faculty, staff, and student employees.
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UC Davis ‘Keeps Moving’ to Serve Hispanic Students
Hispanic Outlook Magazine last month named UC Davis as one of the “Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics,” and the people leading UC Davis’ effort to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, say that’s just a peek at things to come.
“It’s been our past, our present and our future,” said Lina Mendez, director of HSI Initiatives. “I see this as something that can benefit the entire campus, and not just Hispanic students.”
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CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH Induct 2022 Faculty Scholars
On November 4, members and supporters of CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH gathered in person at the Manetti Shrem Museum to welcome the two new cohorts of faculty scholars. Organized by the Office of Academic Diversity, the Induction Ceremony is an important time to foster a community among faculty and with the campus. The Office of Academic Diversity works to strengthen and diversify the academic pipeline at UC Davis. It develops programming to advance the recruitment, retention, and promotion of faculty members whose research, teaching, and service advances multicultural perspectives in all fields of studies.
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2023 CAMPSSAH Writing Community
The Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) announces the opportunity to participate in a two-quarter writing community with the guidance of a professional writing coach and developmental editor, Dr. Elena Abbott.
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A Renewed Emphasis on Diversity in Faculty Hiring
UC Davis is embracing the philosophy that the world’s most serious problems can be solved only by people with a wide variety of perspectives, and is encouraging colleges and schools all over campus to infuse their recruitments for new faculty members with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. The ensuing new faculty members, 100 to start with, will bring their diverse and transdisciplinary approaches to bear on UC Davis’ Grand Challenges — serious problems that include sustainable food systems, reimagining the land grant university, climate crisis and emerging health threats.
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Asian American Cowboys and Native Erasure
By Dr. Beenash JafriIn
Reprinted from Reappropriate: Asian American feminism, politics, and pop culture (September 22, 2022)
Asian exclusion from US history, politics and culture is inextricably bound up with the seizure and transformation of Native lands. The absence of Asian solidarity with Native peoples is not just an ethical failure, but it stands in the way of dismantling ongoing racism, colonialism and xenophobia in this country.
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