Community Engagement

Quality Food for Patient Health

Premiered on September 7 at the Crest Theater, Breaking Bread is a three-part documentary series produced by Moonracer Films and Sacramento TV affiliate KCRA, that focuses on a cast of renowned chefs in Sacramento and highlights the region’s leadership in the farm-to-fork movement.

August Community Meeting Recap

On August 17, UC Davis, the City of Sacramento and Wexford Science + Technology hosted the latest quarterly Aggie Square Community Engagement Meeting. The meeting included an Aggie Square overview, a walking tour of the exterior of the buildings and a question and answer session. The slides are available here. 66 attendees joined us for this information evening.

From Clay to Campus

For 145 years, H.C. Muddox has been making clay products in Sacramento. Today, their bricks compose the University’s signature on the side of the Life-long Learning building, at the east entrance to Aggie Square.  

Cranes and Construction School Visit

The Language Academy of Sacramento, a K-8 Spanish-English bilingual charter school is next door to the Aggie Square site. All year, students have had a front row seat to the daily sights and sounds of the construction activity.

Whiting-Turner, or WT, the general contractor for the first three buildings and Wexford Science + Technology, the Aggie Square developer were excited to receive an invitation to deliver an educational program about the work taking place on the other side of the fence.

Local students explore careers at UC Davis Health

In May, more than 65 fifth-grade students from The Language Academy of Sacramento visited UC Davis Health to learn about careers in healthcare and at UC Davis Health. Hosted by the UC Davis Office of Government and Community Relations and Aggie Square, the goal of the Discovery Day event was to educate elementary students about careers available in healthcare, with a focus on engaging students who lived in neighborhoods nearby the healthcare center.