December 17, 2019 | Issue 2
A Message from the Vice Provost
Dear friends and colleagues,

Reflecting on 2019, I want to acknowledge the support and encouragement we have received throughout the year that has allowed Public Scholarship and Engagement (PSE) to grow as an office and foster a culture of engagement at UC Davis.

We look forward to launching our first Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellowship program in January, designed to support faculty in integrating community-based learning experiences into their teaching practice. Also, we expect to announce a faculty grant awards program to support publicly-engaged research.

We are excited about both new and ongoing collaborations, including the Poverty Alleviation Through Action grant writing workshop for undergraduate students with Global Affairs, and a January workshop with Graduate Studies tailored to students interested in communicating their research to public audiences.

We are grateful to the search committee and campus and community partners who have generously devoted their time to helping us recruit and interview candidates for our Director of Engagement, who we hope to have in place by early March.

The start of a new decade brings with it a renewed commitment to our mission as a land grant institution – to serve the public. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey so far, and we welcome new partnerships in the years to come.

In community,

Michael Rios
Vice Provost, Public Scholarship and Engagement
Opportunities
Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Global Affairs   has announced new, team-focused grants of up to $7,500 to fund locally executed but internationally oriented multi-disciplinary programs such as lectures and workshops that highlight and enhance UC Davis’ connections to one or more of the SDGs. These grants facilitate faculty work on the economic, social and environmental issues inherent in the SDGs and critical to humankind at the local, regional, national and international levels. UC Davis is committed to contributing to the achievement of these goals through research, teaching, and service.

Deadline: January 13, 2020
Mellon Public Scholars Program
The UC Davis Humanities Institute invites applications for the 2020 cohort of Mellon Public Scholars. The program introduces graduate students to the intellectual and practical aspects of identifying, addressing, and collaborating with members of a public through their scholarship. Twelve successful graduate student applicants will participate in a quarter-long, two-credit seminar in spring 2020. Each student will work with a faculty partner to develop a community-based research project and receive a $7,500 stipend to support the project over summer 2020.

Deadline: January 15, 2020
Bradford Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award
The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis recognizes an individual from the University of California for their leadership in sustainable agriculture.The awardee has the courage to step outside of conventional thinking, values an interdisciplinary approach to problems, and seeks collaboration. Open to UC faculty, staff, Cooperative Extension advisors, students, or alumni.

Deadline: January 15, 2020
Upcoming Events
Graduate Student Workshop
Are You Engaged? Communicating the Value of Research to Public Audiences

Your research matters to people beyond the university, but it can be difficult to articulate how. This workshop is designed to help you frame your goals and objectives, understand your audience, and put your research in conversation to tell a compelling story.

January 21, 2020 | 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.
Student Community Center, Meeting Room D
10th Annual UC Davis Equity Summit and Social Justice Awards
Collective Possibilities

UC Davis’ Equity Summit brings together educators, community members and experts from a range of disciplines to address key social issues of our time. It coalesces people, ideas and institutions to deepen strategies, shape actions and create solutions.

March 10, 2020 | 4 p.m. — 9 p.m.
UC Davis Conference Center
Need Support for Your Event?

Public Scholarship and Engagement provides co-sponsorship funding for events that contribute to our vision of UC Davis research, teaching and learning that serves society and makes a positive difference in the world.
Events include but are not limited to: conferences, symposia, guest lectures, workshops, trainings, film screenings, performances, exhibits and other activities with a public scholarship and/or public engagement focus.
Public Engagement Champions
UC Davis Professor of Law Lisa Pruitt is partnering with people in rural communities to advocate for those who experience unequal access to legal services because of where they live. It’s work she isn’t paid for that takes a lot of time, but it helps ensure her work in academia can be more broadly relevant and address the experiences of rural communities . Read her story
Know a Public Engagement Champion? 
Public scholarship and engagement is all about people.The relationships they build with each other, the dialogue they participate in, the learning they advance, and the trust they create—together. If this sounds like you or someone you know, we would love to share the story.

In Case You Missed It
Ramón Zermeño, a sophomore at the University of California, Davis majoring in human development, greets patients every week at Clínica Tepati, a free health care clinic serving the Sacramento area.
Six graduate students and members of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center have collaborated to create a product from an invasive species. Specifically, an aquatic invasive species known as Mysis Shrimp.
In the 20th century, California’s black farmworkers settled in waterless colonies. The history endures underground, through old pipes, dry wells and shoddy septic tanks.
Alex Hobbs, a Ph.D. candidate in agricultural and resource economics at UC Davis, learned to code so he could build an app to help women in Kenya make decisions about livestock insurance.
About Public Scholarship and Engagement
Public Scholarship and Engagement is fostering a culture of engagement at UC Davis that increases the university’s impact through mutually-beneficial relationships that have local, regional, statewide, and global reach. We envision UC Davis research, teaching and learning that serves society and makes a positive difference in the world.

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