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Workshops for faculty and staff this Friday (Dec. 2) will address how to support and provide reasonable and equitable instructional accommodations for students affected by ongoing national events. (Karin Higgins/嘿嘿视频)

Quick Summary

  • 鈥業magine Our Library鈥 draft vision to be unveiled at town halls, Dec. 1
  • Holiday Helping update, including big numbers from Running of the Turkeys
  • 鈥楥ommunity Survival Strategies鈥 workshop open for sign-ups

Faculty and staff are invited to workshops this Friday (Dec. 2) on the topic of how to support and provide reasonable and equitable instructional accommodations for students affected by ongoing national events.

The drop-in workshops are sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and Provost, and the Davis Division of the Academic Senate.

Two sessions will be held: noon-1 p.m. and 1-2 p.m., both in MUII at the .

Representatives from the Academic Senate, Student Affairs, Undergraduate Education and Campus Community Relations will be in attendance to answer questions regarding mental health and counseling resources offered on campus, as well as instructional accommodation policies and processes currently in place. Representatives will present at the beginning of the hour, and the remaining time will be dedicated to open discussion.

In preparation for the workshop, the Academic Senate has compiled a list of current .

鈥業magine Our Library鈥 draft vision to be unveiled

Research and your input since last spring have led to this: a draft vision of how the 嘿嘿视频 Library鈥檚 physical spaces can support services and resources that best meet the needs of faculty, researchers and students in the 21st century.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to see the draft vision at a pair of town halls this Thursday (Dec. 1):

  • Faculty and Staff Town Hall 鈥 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. (presentation at noon), multipurpose room, . Refreshments provided. (A webcast will be available for faculty and staff who are unable to attend in person; .)
  • Student Town Hall 鈥 3:30-5 p.m., a community-fair-style event in the main stairwell mezzanine between the lobby and lower level of .

Each town hall will include a presentation of the draft vision, a display of posters and storyboards that begin to illustrate what the library could become, and an opportunity to ask questions.

Feedback is welcome and will be incorporated into the final vision, due for completion early next year. That vision will guide the development of detailed space requirements and, ultimately, architectural designs for renovation and reconfiguration of the library buildings.

Holiday Helping update

We鈥檝e got reminders about Toys for Tots and Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets, and a report from physics professor Lloyd Knox, checking in with two big numbers ($5,653 and 55) from last week鈥檚 Running of the Turkeys:

Toys for Tots 鈥 Mail Services is collecting toys on the Davis campus through Friday, Dec. 9, to turn over to the Marine Corps League for its Toys for Tots drive for Yolo County children. The drive asks for toys for recipients from infant to 12 years old. You can leave donations (new, unwrapped) with your outgoing mail, or drop them in blue bins around the campus. See list of locations here.

鈥 鈥 Volunteer staff and retirees from the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital are seeking monetary contributions to provide food and other supplies as well as winter coats and sweaters for homeless people鈥檚 pets. The distribution is scheduled for Dec. 10 at the , run by 嘿嘿视频 veterinary students with supervision by faculty and others who volunteer their time. The nonprofit clinic is open one day a month near Sacramento Loaves & Fishes.

, or by mail to Mercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets; University of California, Davis; 1460 Drew Ave., Suite 100; Davis 95618 (make checks payable to 鈥淢ercer Clinic Holiday Pet Baskets鈥). All donations are tax-deductible.

鈥淲e did it! We met all three of our goals,鈥 Professor Knox said in his report on The Running Coupling Constants' participation in Thanksgiving Day鈥檚 Running of the Turkeys, a fundraiser for the Yolo Food Bank. The team raised $5,653 (they had set a goal of $4,400), won the largest team competition (with 55 members) and 鈥渨e had a great time doing it,鈥 Knox said. The 鈥渓argest team鈥 win was the first ever for the physics department-led team, after several years of coming close. Also, physics graduate student Ben Godfrey won the 5K run, Professor Richard Scalettar donned his turkey suit and won best dressed (again!) and research physicist Michael Gregg鈥檚 dog won 鈥渇irst dog across the finish line.鈥

 鈥楥ommunity Survival Strategies鈥 workshop

The campus鈥檚 workshop on 鈥淐ommunity Survival Strategies for Active Shooter Incident鈥 is open for sign-ups. Under a revised schedule, the workshop will be presented three times through May:

  • Tuesday, Dec. 13 鈥 10:30 a.m.-noon
  • Monday, Feb. 13 鈥 10:30 a.m.-noon
  • Thursday, May 4 鈥 10:30 a.m.-noon

The workshop presents three steps to follow to increase the likelihood of surviving an active-shooter incident. First you run, and if that鈥檚 not possible, you hide. Fighting is your last resort (the workshop includes a demonstration on how to take away a handgun). Other topics include the will to survive, weapon identification and identifying police capabilities.

Workshop leaders: Mary Macias, safety officer for Student Health and Counseling Services, and volunteer coordinator for the campus Police Department; and police officer Ray Holguin.

Registration is being taken through the (Kerberos required). Search for 鈥淐ommunity Survival Strategies,鈥 then click 鈥淩egister鈥 to see all of the available dates and times.

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