Summer Sessions Content / Summer Sessions Content for ٺƵ en Expanded Virtual Options Mean More Access to Summer Courses /news/expanded-virtual-options-mean-more-access-summer-courses <p>ٺƵ 2024 Summer Sessions opened June 24 with more flexibility for students than ever — including a record 44 online courses. Four virtual General Education courses in psychology and communication also debuted.</p> July 16, 2024 - 1:29pm Cody Kitaura /news/expanded-virtual-options-mean-more-access-summer-courses Instructors Continue Adaptation for Online, Remote Instruction /news/instructors-continue-adaptation-online-remote-instruction <p>As students start summer studies this week, instructors are continuing their own learning and other efforts to adapt summer and fall courses for the remote environment.</p> <p>“The faculty and graduate students are learning too,” said Kem Saichaie, associate director for learning and teaching support at the Center for Educational Effectiveness, or CEE. “It’s a model of lifelong learning.”</p> June 23, 2020 - 12:43pm Julia Ann Easley /news/instructors-continue-adaptation-online-remote-instruction 27% Jump in Summer Sessions Enrollment /news/27-percent-increase-summer-sessions-enrollment <p>About 27 percent more students — taking 29 percent more credit hours — are enrolled for Summer Sessions at ٺƵ.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> June 23, 2020 - 11:18am Julia Ann Easley /news/27-percent-increase-summer-sessions-enrollment 8 Ways to Beat the Heat at ٺƵ /news/ways-to-beat-the-heat-at-uc-davis <p>In Northern California, namely here in the Sacramento Valley, the weather can get pretty warm in the summertime.</p> <p>As the temperatures rise, here in Davis, there are a plenty of ways to beat the heat that won't break the bank, either. The best part about summer in Davis is enjoying the warm sun and taking part in recreational activities that will keep you cool at the same time.</p> July 25, 2018 - 11:30am Anonymous /news/ways-to-beat-the-heat-at-uc-davis 4 Paths at Summer Sessions for Exploring Careers /news/paths-summer-sessions-exploring-careers <p>ٺƵ students can use Summer Sessions to explore careers by digging into new subjects, testing for alternative majors and getting a language or minor.</p> May 26, 2017 - 9:48am Susanne Rockwell /news/paths-summer-sessions-exploring-careers Campus Provides More Financial Aid, Offers Larger Grants for Summer Study /news/campus-provides-more-financial-aid-offers-larger-grants-for-summer-study <p>More financial aid will be available for <a href="https://summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu/">Summer Sessions</a>, and other changes will provide larger grants and lower the number of academic units at which students receive a higher level of support.</p> <p>Eligible students who take six to nine units will receive $1,300; those who take 10 or more units will receive $2,400. Last year, the lower award was $1,100, and the higher amount of $2,200 didn’t kick in until students took 12&nbsp;units.</p> March 07, 2017 - 4:45pm Julia Ann Easley /news/campus-provides-more-financial-aid-offers-larger-grants-for-summer-study 9 Reasons to Study at ٺƵ This Summer /news/9-reasons-study-uc-davis-summer <p>Summer study at ٺƵ has a lot of offer to students wanting to make headway on a degree, with flexible study periods and record financial aid.</p> March 31, 2016 - 4:28pm Julia Ann Easley /news/9-reasons-study-uc-davis-summer ٺƵ Aims to Increase Summer Study with Financial Aid Grants, Guaranteed Courses /news/record-investment-financial-aid-grants-guaranteed-courses-aim-increase-summer-study <p>The campus is adding an extra $1.9 million to make available a record $10.5 million in financial aid grants, and guaranteeing almost 300 courses against cancellation to help students take advantage of summer study to reduce their time to degree and overall cost of education.</p> <p>The increased support for <a href="http://summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu/index.html">Summer Sessions</a> is expected to make these funds — which students don’t have to repay — available to nearly 6,500 students, up from the 4,375 who received grants last year.</p> February 26, 2016 - 12:50pm Julia Ann Easley /news/record-investment-financial-aid-grants-guaranteed-courses-aim-increase-summer-study Summer Strategy: More Courses, More Enrollment /news/summer-strategy-more-courses-more-enrollment <p>The campus plans to increase its summer course offerings by as much as 10 percent as one way to increase Summer Sessions enrollment and help students earn their degrees more quickly.</p> <p>Other strategies being explored include offering financial incentives and increasing the financial aid available for summer.</p> January 25, 2016 - 1:49pm Julia Ann Easley /news/summer-strategy-more-courses-more-enrollment Campus prepares for large influx of students in 2016-17 /news/campus-prepares-large-influx-students-2016-17 <p>The campus is marshaling its efforts and resources to accommodate 2016-17 enrollment growth of 1,100 new undergraduates beyond last fall's entering class.</p> <p>The campus is responding to targets that UC President Janet Napolitano set under a plan to increase systemwide enrollment of new California undergraduates by 10,000 over the next three years, including 5,000 freshmen and transfer students in 2016-17.</p> January 12, 2016 - 12:00am Dave Jones /news/campus-prepares-large-influx-students-2016-17