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Fostering a vibrant community, the African Graduate and Professional Students Association is dedicated to cultivating a forum for networking, collaboration, mentoring, and effective communication between African graduate students and professional students. Our mission is to provide a supportive platform that empowers scholars, encouraging both personal and professional growth while fostering a spirit of unity and shared opportunities.

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AWG UC Davis chapter is the student chapter of the national AWG organization. We are dedicated to the promotion and encouragement of women (and allies) in geosciences, and STEM fields more broadly. We foster community through our shared interests, values, and educational activities. We also serve as the only current registered grad student organization in our department (Earth and Planetary Sciences), so we aim to serve as a source of community and support for all graduate students in our department.

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Bangladeshi Graduate Student Association (BDGSA) will unite and represent the graduate student community of Bangladeshi origin at UC Davis. BDGSA will advance the general welfare of all Bangladeshi graduate students and promote harmonious cooperation and interaction with the Bangladeshi community in the greater Sacramento area. BDGSA will also organize cultural, educational, social, and charitable events designed to represent Bangladeshi history and heritage. These events will facilitate ethnic diversity and multicultural understanding with the general student body at UC Davis.

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The organization will serve as a means to represent the voice of Biological Systems Engineering graduate students. Furthermore, the organization will foster an atmosphere of community and fellowship within the graduate program.

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As a student chapter of the Biophysical Society, we strive to promote among members continued professional growth in the areas of biophysics and to encourage professional responsibility that includes ethical, social, economic, and safety considerations. We provide an inclusive space in which biophysicists and biophysics enthusiasts can learn more about the field, share ideas, sharpen career skills, and help promote the field of biophysics in the Davis, CA region.

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The Chinese Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars Association (CGPSA) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organization whose purpose is to promote the cultural, intellectual and social communications among graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and visiting scholars (most of them are faculties or doctoral students) from China at UC Davis. The CGPSA aims to provide a platform for high-level educated Chinese researchers to socialize, to collaborate in research and to mutually help/advise in the future career through various social, entertainment and academic activities held by CGPSA.

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Encompassing interests such as language variation, study abroad, technology and education, bilingualism, and second language lexical and phonological development, this interdisciplinary cluster supports research, exploration, and collaboration in the field of Linguistics. Comprised of graduate students and faculty from Languages and Literatures, the Department of Linguistics and the School of Education, this research group facilitates a space in which members read and discuss relevant literature, present and develop their research, organize colloquia, and invite guest speakers. Writing productivity is also encouraged through the organization of writing retreats, workshops, and peer review sessions.

Are you interested in learning about current language research? Come check out the UC Davis Cluster on Language Research! In the fall, we will be hosting bi-weekly talks from faculty members (UC Davis & abroad), post-docs, and graduate students. The time and location of the talks will be announced later this summer, so stay tuned for more information via our listserv and social media (see flyer). To join the listserv, please email: sympa@ucdavis.edu with an empty subject, and “subscribe clr your name” as the subject (for example: subscribe clr Beverly”).

If you have any questions or you’re interested in giving a talk or know of someone who may be interested, please email clr@ucdavis.edu .

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The Colombian Graduate Student Association (COGSA) is committed to uniting and empowering the UC Davis community by fostering inclusivity, diversity, and equity. Our mission is to create a supportive environment where all members, regardless of background, can connect, share experiences, expand their networks, and thrive academically and personally.

COGSA celebrates Colombian heritage and culture while promoting cultural exchange and offering opportunities for personal and professional growth. Membership is open to all UC Davis students, staff, faculty, and community members who share an interest in supporting our mission, without discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, age, medical condition, ancestry, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or military service.

Together, we aim to build a vibrant and united community that strengthens bonds and supports each other’s success at UC Davis and beyond

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The CSTGSA works to support and build solidarity between graduate students affiliated within Cultural Studies, as well as affiliated and aligned programs, organizations, students and communities. The organization’s role is to protect, advocate for, and advance the interests of CST students to ensure greater social justice, and to do so by any means necessary.

We sponsor lectures, workshops, and presentations. We co-sign on letters of solidarity addressing issues facing our members and the community at large. Additionally, we collaborate with other organizations on campus for events, cultural activities, workshops, and other programs that promote the voices and experiences of underrepresented and marginalized communities and peoples.

CSTGSA believes in the power of collaboration and representation. For these reasons, CSTGSA members and leaders commit to supporting and building community with anyone that interfaces with our graduate group. We do so by joining committees, alliances, coalitions, attending meetings, providing feedback, creating spaces, and showing up for each other.

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The Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association (ECE-GSA) is a student run organization that aims to assist the student members in achieving a productive, enjoyable, and enriching experience during their stay at UC Davis. The ECE-GSA organizes weekly coffee hours, mock exams for the PhD prelims, barbecues, peer-mentoring sessions, and more.

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The Student Chapter at UC Davis aims to cultivate a community of undergraduate and graduate students across campus interested in electrochemistry and its applications.

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Our mission is to create spaces and events that bring together the English Department as a community. Primarily focused and run by graduate students in the department, we aim to serve the department's community of students, faculty, staff, and friends in the wider university community.

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The Entomology Graduate Student Association is run by and is for graduate students who study insect or nematode systems. Our objectives are to connect students from across disciplines, inform students of and provide opportunities for academic success, and to serve as a bridge between the students and administration. We also plan social and academic events for students, faculty, and staff to enhance social and intellectual cohesion and to connect our department with the community at large.

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Representative group at the Graduate Group Epidemiology (GGE) Executive Committee meetings, to provide a source of academic and social support to GGE students, and to help in the recruitment of new students to the GGE

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Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Entrepreneurship (ESTEME) is a graduate student organization dedicated to improving equity and inclusion in STEM fields and entrepreneurship. Initiated under the UC Davis Biotechnology Program in 2014, ESTEME has since evolved into an interdisciplinary group that seeks to promote meaningful community involvement from graduate students across a wide range of majors. Our mission is to: (i) inspire individuals from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in STEM and entrepreneurship through outreach and community service; (ii) empower students to overcome and eliminate inequity based on gender, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, and/or socioeconomic background; (iii) promote allyship and community responsibility for diversity/equity initiatives; (iv) raise awareness and generate critical conversation to reduce disparities in leadership roles; and (v) create opportunities to develop emotional intelligence and improve leadership skills such as communication, collaboration, and compassion. Programming in ESTEME typically focuses on providing members with opportunities for outreach, professional development, and engagement with local leaders. We also organize an annual diversity colloquium, during which a panel of professionals (typically from underrepresented minority groups) from industry and academia are invited to share their experiences and speak to students about equity and diversity-related topics.

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The FSGSA is a community of graduate students in food science and related fields. We are dedicated to promoting the academic, professional and social well-being of graduate students. Through various programs, speakers, tours, and events we promote the growth of graduate students in these areas. We provide food science graduate students with a fun and social environment to help them succeed during and after graduate school.

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FSSO was initiated in 2016 to support graduate students in the forensic science program at UC Davis. Since then it has grown to foster undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in forensic science and to spread awareness to the field of forensic science to the surrounding community.

FSSO supports students in their academic, professional, and social interests through general body meetings, fun social events, community outreach, and more!

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Our mission is to empower students of color in the Geography and Community Development Graduate Groups by providing a safe space and guidance for academic and personal success. Through community-building initiatives and practical support, we aim to bridge the gap between traditional academia and the unique experiences of our diverse group by demystifying the higher education process and structure.

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Graduate student association of the Geography and Community Development Graduate Groups

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GAPSS is a resource for graduate students in the Political Science department. GAPSS organizes academic, professional, and social events to connect graduate students with each other and faculty.

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The Graduate Peer Support (GPS) program seeks to increase access to social support by hosting weekly and quarterly events and facilitating a peer-to-peer mentorship program, encouraging cross-disciplinary interactions within UC Davis’s diverse graduate student community.

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In addition to addressing physical health, cultivating one’s mental and social wellness is critical to living a balanced and fulfilling life. Social fitness refers to the combined resources available in one’s social world (e.g., social support) that can be used to effectively manage and overcome stressors. Graduate students are at risk for experiencing mental health problems due to the rigorous demands and often socially isolating experience of graduate study. The 2021 UC Davis Graduate Student Experience Survey revealed that 36% of graduate and professional students met the threshold for clinically significant depressive symptoms, and 32% disagreed that there is a strong sense of community among graduate students at our university. Thus, the Graduate Peer Support (GPS) program seeks to increase access to social support by hosting weekly and quarterly events and facilitating a peer-to-peer mentorship program, encouraging cross-disciplinary interactions within UC Davis’s diverse graduate student community. Official student members of GPS participate as either mentors or mentees and are invited to program-specific events. GPS also hosts events open to all graduate students regardless of GPS membership, independently and in collaboration with other campus programs.

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Graduate Scholars of Color+ as a student organization provides an environment for multicultural graduate scholars across the UC Davis graduate/research community to come together to network, promote diverse scholarship, and advocate for other scholars from historically excluded communities in higher education. We position graduate and postdoctoral scholars as both the experts and beneficiaries of equitable practices that will empower them.

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The Graduate Student Ensemble gives music graduate students a new creative and social setting in which they can experiment with varied instrumentation and diverse repertoire.
Currently, as music graduate students, we are able to perform with a limited number of large musical ensembles that focus on a limited selection of musics, mostly centered around the western classical tradition. As such, not all graduate students have a musical outlet with which they identify or in which they can fully express themselves.

The Graduate Student Ensemble will give music graduate students a new creative and social setting in which they can experiment with varied instrumentation and diverse repertoire. The ensemble will create a space in which music graduate students can engage in and with music at various steps in its realization. This ensemble will allow our graduate composers and graduate performers to engage with their respective areas, but more importantly, the ensemble will allow the boundaries of composition and performance to overlap. This dynamic creates valuable learning opportunities, such as: composers gain experience working with performers at varying skill levels, performers gain insight into the compositional process, composers may develop and test out new formats in a safe environment, performers explore their own idiosyncratic musicality, and both may develop new kinds of creativity working within these contexts. Most importantly, each individual music graduate student will have the opportunity to participate creatively and professionally as musicians with their community.

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We represent graduate students in Horticulture & Agronomy Graduate Group. This graduate group includes students involved in plant-related research areas in multiple departments across campus.
We represent graduate students in Horticulture & Agronomy Graduate Group. This graduate group includes students involved in plant-related research areas, from Departments of Plant Sciences, Entomology, Environmental Design, (Land, Air and Water Resources), Plant Pathology, and (Viticulture and Enology).

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The International Agricultural Development Club at UC Davis furthers the mission of the International Agricultural Development Graduate Group by providing opportunities for students to organize, promote, fund, and experience educational, professional, and service activities related to international agricultural development. The IAD Club provides a platform for UC Davis students to engage with local and international partners in development scholarship and to expand our community outreach

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Kasamas at UC Davis is a supportive space for Filipino American graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The group welcomes graduate students and postdocs across disciplines. By providing an empowering space where Fil Am scholars can connect and form a community, Kasamas at UC Davis will aid in the retention of Fil Am scholars.

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