Student Housing and Dining Services Content / Student Housing and Dining Services Content for ٺƵ en Campus Serves Up Award-Winning Response to Cook Shortage /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage <p><span>Roger Thompson clapped his hands together. “You’ve got two hours to open. Let’s get to it.”</span></p><p><span>“Yes, Chef!” Andrea Rivera replied. She turned to a class visitor and whispered: “That’s so they know we heard them, and it’s fun too.”</span></p><p><span>And with that, Rivera and five other food service workers left their classroom space at dining tables in Latitude and headed toward the dining facility’s kitchen on their way to becoming cooks at ٺƵ.</span></p> August 27, 2024 - 8:00am Julia Ann Easley /news/campus-serves-award-winning-response-cook-shortage Survey: Davis Apartment Vacancy Rate Improves Substantially /news/survey-davis-apartment-vacancy-rate-improves-substantially <p><span><span>Spurred by the construction of hundreds of new apartment units on the ٺƵ campus, the apartment vacancy rate in the city of Davis has increased substantially, while monthly rents have increased more modestly.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>A survey report released today (Feb. 1) shows a 3.0% blended vacancy rate — including apartments leased by the unit and by the bed — which is significantly higher than the 0.5% rate for fall 2022. Rents increased by a combined average of 1.8%.</span></span></p> February 01, 2024 - 10:30am Julia Ann Easley /news/survey-davis-apartment-vacancy-rate-improves-substantially Alum Martin Yan Shares Cooking Tips, Diverse Flavors /news/alum-martin-yan-shares-cooking-tips-diverse-flavors <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>When Martin Yan arrived in Davis as an international student in 1969, the minimum wage in California was just $1.65, but he discovered teaching a ٺƵ extension course on Chinese cooking could yield $18 an hour. He said he implored the director: “Give me a chance to teach a course.” </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> January 30, 2024 - 12:50pm Cody Kitaura /news/alum-martin-yan-shares-cooking-tips-diverse-flavors Martin Yan To Be Guest Chef on Campus /news/martin-yan-be-guest-chef-campus <p><span><span>Celebrity chef and ٺƵ alum Martin Yan will present cooking demonstrations, mingle with diners at Latitude Restaurant and more during a campus visit this week.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>He is the second guest chef to share inspiration and recipes with campus chefs as they diversify the menus in residential dining facilities.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>His activities at <a href="https://housing.ucdavis.edu/dining/latitude/">Latitude</a> on Friday include:</span></span></p> January 23, 2024 - 9:00am Julia Ann Easley /news/martin-yan-be-guest-chef-campus Fall Brings New Dining Options /news/fall-brings-new-dining-options ٺƵ offers new dining options this fall with a new restaurant, menu items and ways to keep up to date. October 17, 2023 - 10:56am Shreya Kumar /news/fall-brings-new-dining-options ٺƵ Marks Opening of Housing With 1,500 Beds /news/uc-davis-opens-new-housing-1500-beds ٺƵ celebrated the opening of its new Orchard Park neighborhood with 1,500 beds in apartments. August 16, 2023 - 1:00pm Julia Ann Easley /news/uc-davis-opens-new-housing-1500-beds Food Truck Offers Free Meals to Students in Need /news/food-truck-offers-free-meals-students-need <p><span><span>Sophomore Alexandra S. took it all in, her face beaming: A food truck on her campus was offering meals for free or whatever students wanted to pay. </span></span></p> <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block u-width--half u-align--right"> <h3 class="wysiwyg-feature-block__title">WHEN AND WHERE</h3> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__body"> <p><strong>AggieEats is open </strong>from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays when classes are held, and rotates among four locations: <span><span>East Quad, Student Health and Wellness Center, Storer Hall and West Village.</span></span></p></div></section> April 18, 2023 - 9:30am Julia Ann Easley /news/food-truck-offers-free-meals-students-need Survey: Davis Apartment Vacancy Rate Down, Rents Up /news/survey-davis-apartment-vacancy-rate-down-rents A ٺƵ survey finds the fall 2022 apartment vacancy rate in the city of Davis has decreased and rents have increased since the previous year. January 31, 2023 - 10:30am Julia Ann Easley /news/survey-davis-apartment-vacancy-rate-down-rents Graduation Speaker Empowered by Freshman Spirit /news/graduation-speaker-empowered-freshman-spirit <p><span><span>Kaitlin “Kat” Raymond ’22 will walk about 1,000 graduating students back to freshman year when she speaks at fall commencement and a spring makeup commencement this Saturday (Dec. 10). </span></span></p> December 06, 2022 - 9:32am Julia Ann Easley /news/graduation-speaker-empowered-freshman-spirit Where to Eat: Fall Quarter Edition /news/where-eat-fall-quarter-edition <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Staff and faculty are welcome, as always, at campus dining commons, which are all open as of today (Sept. 20). But come tomorrow, our food and beverage options will multiply, in campus-run facilities and the ASUCD Coffee House, and from a half-dozen food trucks. Plus, </span>what’s the news about napkins? See the answer in the box below.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>Here are the openings set for Wednesday (Sept. 21) in campus-run facilities:</span></p> September 20, 2022 - 10:43am Dave Jones /news/where-eat-fall-quarter-edition