Government and Community Relations, in collaboration with Aggie Square, co-hosted an event to expose students to a variety of careers available at UC Davis Health.
More than 60 fifth grade students from the nearby Language Academy of Sacramento school visited UC Davis Health to spend the morning learning from and interacting with staff.
On May 30, 2024, the Aggie Square Community Engagement meeting was held at UC Davis Betty Irene Moore Hall (School of Nursing), and was hosted by UC Davis, the City of Sacramento, and Wexford Science + Technology. The agenda included a general update on Aggie Square, information on job, workforce development and career pathways, and an open house session with organizations.
On Friday, April 19th, UC Davis, the City of Sacramento, Pivot Sac and SETA/Sacramento Works co-hosted a community career resource fair at Fruitridge Community Collaborative to connect community members with resources and supports for employment and workforce training.
The City of Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, in collaboration with developer Wexford Science + Technology, is seeking qualified professional visual artists to create two murals as part of the UC Davis Aggie Square innovation district.
On March 20, the Sacramento Youth Commission’s Aggie Square subcommittee led a youth listening session with area students at West Campus High School. Twenty five students attended. After a welcome from Michael Benjamin II, Vice Mayor Caity Maple’s district director and Travis Sheridan, Wexford Science + Technology’s Chief Community Officer, the commissioners led an ice breaker and small group discussions to gather feedback about the types of programs and amenities students would like to see at Aggie Square.
The February 29, 2024 Aggie Square Community Engagement meeting was held at the Oak Park Community Center and was hosted by UC Davis, the City of Sacramento, and Wexford Science + Technology. The agenda included a general update on Aggie Square, a look at Wexford’s philosophy related to public art and an overview of the upcoming opportunity for local artists to provide original murals for Aggie Square interior spaces.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On May 11, 2023 we hosted a community engagement meeting to answer questions, share information about the project's progress and highlight information related to subcontractor bidding and UC Davis employment opportunities.
