GRADUATE EDUCATION AT UC DAVIS
STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
Dateline UC Davis:
"Grad Studies Highlight Fall Conference" (9.29.2006)
Larry Vanderhoef, Chancellor
Earl Lewis, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Emory University
Monday, September 18
Virginia Hinshaw, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor
Moderator: Marjorie Dickinson, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Government and Community Relations
- Stevan Jovanovich: President and CEO, Microchip Biotechnologies
- Jeffery Gibeling: Dean, Graduate Studies
1.4 MB PowerPoint Presentation - Andrew Waterhouse: Professor, Viticulture and Enology
- Nicole Baumgarth: Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
453 KB PowerPoint Presentation
Moderator: Carolyn de la Pena, Associate Professor, American Studies
Recruitment/Diversity: Graduate Group Complex, College of Biological Sciences
- Carol Erickson, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- JoAnne Engebrecht, Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Caroline Meloty-Kapella, Graduate Student, Cell and Developmental Biology
Student Welfare/Mentoring: Psychology Graduate Program
254 KB PowerPoint Presentation
- Keith Widaman, Professor and Chair, Psychology
- Melody Boyer, Graduate Program Coordinator, Psychology
- Christi Bamford, Graduate Student, Psychology
Moderator: Karen McDonald, Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Professor, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Graduate Groups: Cultural Studies
101 KB PowerPoint Presentation
- Caren Kaplan, Professor, Women & Gender Studies and Chair, Cultural Studies Graduate Group
- Maria Garcia, Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
- Santiago Castellanos, Graduate Student, Cultural Studies
- Liz Montegary, Graduate Student, Cultural Studies
Designated Emphases: Biotechnology
10 MB PowerPoint Presentation
- Abhaya Dandekar, Professor, Plant Sciences
- Judy Kjelstrom, Director, UCD Biotechnology Program and Program Coordinator, Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology
- Alberto Iandolino, Research Scientist, Calgene-Monsanto Company
- Suzanne Barber, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
- Recruiting and Enrolling the Students We Want
Facilitators: Emilio Bejel & Pamela Ronald
Group Report (67 KB PowerPoint Presentation)
- Shaping Our Future Graduate Programs
Facilitators: Philip Kass & Tonya Kuhl
Group Report (459 KB PowerPoint Presentation)
Group Report (48 KB PDF Document)
- Achieving Academic Excellence in Graduate Education
Facilitators: Maureen Stanton & Anthony Wexler
Group Report (122 KB PowerPoint Presentation)
Group Report (48 KB PDF Document)
- Building on the Strengths of Multidisciplinary Graduate Programs
Facilitators: Mark Schwartz & Beth Ober
Group Report (26 KB PowerPoint Presentation)
- Making the Case for Graduate Education
Facilitators: Sharon Strauss & Jay Mechling
Group Report (36 KB PDF Document)
- Enhancing the Graduate Student Experience
Facilitators: Frank Samaniego & Christopher Reynolds
Group Report (48 KB PDF Document)
Tuesday, September 19
Moderator: Jeffery Gibeling
Moderator: Kenneth Burtis, Dean, College of Biological Sciences
- Esther (Estee) Neuwirth, Research and Development Consultant, Care Management Institute of Kaiser Permanente
- Carlos Gutierrez, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director, MORE Programs, California State University, Los Angeles
- Tracy Richmond McKnight, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Center for Molecular & Functional Imaging, University of California, San Francisco
- Tracy Shafizadeh, Graduate Student, Nutrition
