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NEWS BRIEFS: Safety Walk Will Go On, Rain or Moonlight

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  • Deadline extended to apply for advisory committees
  • Margrit, Margrit ... How does your garden grow (slideshow)
  • Workshop: 'Survival Strategies for Active-Shooter Incident'
  • Police host 鈥楲eave No Victim Behind鈥 conference
  • Davis Urgent Care serves medical group patients
  • Summer Olympics: Who鈥檚 going to Rio?

嘿嘿视频 won't let rain stop the safety walk planned for Wednesday night (March 9), the Police Department announced. So, show up at 6:30 p.m. at the flagpole on the , and bring your umbrellas! The organizers will be serving hot chocolate and snacks before the walk.

Students, staff and faculty are invited to join with police officers in checking the lighting in the campus鈥檚 central core, to note where lights may be malfunctioning and to identify areas that may need more lighting. Volunteers will work in teams with police officers, who will record any lighting deficiencies and report them to Facilities Management.

Oh, and besides remembering your umbrellas, be sure to wear comfortable shoes (or waterproof boots).

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Deadline extended to apply for advisory committees

Have you ever thought, 鈥淚 wish the administration would ask me and my colleagues how we feel about this or that at 嘿嘿视频?鈥 Well, guess what? The administration is asking all the time 鈥 via administrative advisory committees. And today鈥檚 your lucky day, because the deadline to apply for committee membership in 2016-17 has been extended to Monday, March 28.

The committees address a wide range of topics around campus life and operations. Staff and faculty are likely to be most interested in the following committees: Arts and Lectures, Child and Family Care, Disability Issues, Staff Diversity, Status of Women at 嘿嘿视频, and Transportation and Parking Services.

The campus aims to balance each committee with members from multiple constituencies 鈥 staff, Academic Senate and Academic Federation, undergraduate and graduate students 鈥  to give a voice to all. The campus also committee membership that represents the campus鈥檚 wide range of diversity in gender, ethnicity, academic discipline and areas of knowledge.

鈥淎s a member of an administrative advisory committee, you can ensure that your constituency's perspectives are well represented in the committee's recommendations to the administration,鈥 said Karl Mohr, assistant executive vice chancellor, in announcing the application deadline extension.

鈥淵ou can also help representatives from other constituencies understand your interests and concerns and, in turn, learn more about their views of campus issues.鈥

The includes a list of the committees and a link to the membership application. Click on the name of a committee to read a brief description of the committee鈥檚 work.

Workshop: 'Survival Strategies for Active-Shooter Incident'

Registration is underway for the workshop 鈥淐ommunity Survival Strategies for Active-Shooter Incident,鈥 to be presented from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, for faculty and staff. Workshop leaders are Mary Macias, safety officer for Student Health and Counseling Services, and volunteer coordinator for the campus Police Department; and police officer Ray Holguin.

Macias said the workshop covers three steps to follow to increase your chance of surviving an active-shooter incident: run, hide, fight (last resort). The program鈥檚 scenarios incorporate demonstrations on how to attack a shooter and take away a handgun. Other topics include: the will to survive, weapon identification and identifying police capabilities.

The workshop will be held in the Hamilton Room at the . Class size is limited to 60 people. Sign up via the (search for the course by its title).

Police host 鈥楲eave No Victim Behind鈥 conference

How can law enforcement build better relations with underserved and minority communities? That鈥檚 the theme of a one-of-a-kind conference, 鈥淟eave No Victim Behind,鈥 organized and hosted by the campus Police Department, April 11-12.  鈥淚t鈥檚 time for us to reconnect with our communities,鈥 Police Chief Matt Carmichael said. 鈥淰ictims of crime are not going to report to police if they don鈥檛 trust police.鈥

The conference is aimed at police departments, sheriffs鈥 offices and district attorneys who want to engage with communities that are often wary or skeptical of law enforcement. Carmichael promises two days of high-energy presentations and discussion. Attendees will hear from various communities about their needs, including the LGBTQIA community, veterans, the disabled, black/African-American, Latino/a, Sikh and other communities of faith.

Other speakers will present programs from across the country, including Seattle鈥檚 Safe Place program, Los Angeles鈥 outreach to the homeless, Yolo County鈥檚 Neighborhood Court and the 嘿嘿视频 police .

The conference is sponsored by the 嘿嘿视频 Police Department and the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board. 

Davis Urgent Care serves medical group patients

The announced a new partnership whereby the medical group's patients have a new clinic option, Davis Urgent Care, for urgent or after-hours care without need for referral.

The privately-run opened in January in east Davis across Second Street from the Target store. Board-certified physicians offer emergency, adult and pediatric care, and the clinic also features some on-site laboratory and X-ray services for tests needed as part of urgent-care visits.

Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, 365 days a year, in Suite 105 at . The phone number is 530-759-9110.

Summer Olympics: Who鈥檚 going to Rio?

嘿嘿视频 News and Media Relations is compiling a list of 嘿嘿视频 afilliates 鈥 students, alumni, staff and faculty 鈥 who may be participating in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as athletes or coaches, or in other ways, say, as officials, trainers, medical or veterinary staff, or volunteers. Please let us know, so we can share with the campus community and the general media. Send emails to dateline.ucdavis.edu.

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