UC Davis Military Network

11/11/2024

Military service is not always a fond recollection, but it is undoubtedly a legacy that will impact you and your descendants. I am so privileged to have gone through the and proud to support it under the leadership of Beneath The Service.

If you are a woman who has served in the United States Armed Forces, apply today for this transformative experience.

Listen to our stories below. Support on this and every day.

Beneath the Service is committed to building upon the exceptional qualities of military veterans and their families, enabling them to reintegrate socially an...

06/23/2023

"Henry Chong-Heng Yang, a junior majoring in environmental science and management who served in the Army from 2005 to 2014, said he felt “a void of information” looking at the list of names he would be reading, until he saw a flower petal fall from the wreath on display during the event.

“It feels just like that,” he said. “They never got to bloom at all.”"

As a popular study spot, the Memorial Union is a common place for deep thought. Last week it became a place for the kind of deep thought reflected in its name as dozens gathered for the annual UC Davis Memorial Day Ceremony, honoring Gold Star Aggies who died in military service to the United States...

04/14/2023

For all my and supporters out there, don't forget to participate in ! There are so many student-focused opportunities to give. If a monetary donation is not on your able-to-do list, is always looking for volunteer network leaders. You can team with me to run the for Aggie alumni veterans, service members, dependents, and supporters!

As we approach our 7th annual Give Day, we are thinking about you, with gratitude. As our community, you are key to every achievement, every milestone and the success of every student. Each research project, new building, program expansion and higher ranking comes from your support for the work we do.

We are extremely grateful that our community of alumni, students, parents, and patients has provided us the support we need to do what we do best: improve lives by finding solutions to our biggest challenges.

UC Davis is a great university! We know that we are greater with you and because of you.

Join us for Give Day on April 14 and 15, 2023. Learn more at https://giveday.ucdavis.edu.

02/13/2023

The UC Davis Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association is hosting a pre-concert celebration before the Los Lobos concert to network and taste wines from the Mexican American Vintners Association. Stop by to support our Aggie community by gathering before the concert on March 18, 2023. Find out more information below and register by March 12 (Tickets for Los Lobos are sold separately).

Celebrate an enjoyable evening with wine, food and networking at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts with the Chicanx Latinx Alumni Association (CLAA) on March 18, 2023 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. prior to the Los Lobos concert. In addition to meeting alumni, students and your CLAA leadership, you ca...

07/14/2022

The Department of Defense expanded commissary shopping privileges in the U.S. effective 1 January 2020 as part of the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018, included in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. This expansion adds to the existing authorized shopper list found on our web page: https://bit.ly/3wU1NMy

Access was expanded to include:
• Veterans with any service-connected disability
• Purple Heart recipients
• Former Prisoners of War, and
• Individuals approved and designated as the primary family caregivers of eligible Veterans under the Department of Veterans Affairs Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

Overseas Veterans should check with their local installation to verify privileges.

03/04/2022

Tune into Ep. 3 of Generation Aggie, a podcast that unpacks students' convos w/ the Cal Aggie Alumni Association about the Aggie experience! Join Fiona Rose & Paul David Terry as they reflect on choosing majors & finding their passions.

“So I think one of the hardest things that I overcame was just telling myself or telling my parents ‘So I think I want to go into music, or I think I want to...

12/20/2021

Calling all graduates between 2011 and 2016!

UC Davis has partnered with the Career Leadership Collective, a higher education solutions group to conduct the National Alumni Career Mobility Survey to understand more about career paths and outcomes from our alumni who completed a bachelor’s degree in 2011 and 2016.

If you are a UC Davis graduate from one of these classes, we’d love to hear about your professional journey since leaving campus. Your responses will help us improve the quality of our programs for future Aggie alumni!
Read more & take the survey:

The experience at UC Davis is one of a kind. Your insight on how UC Davis prepared you for the world of work matters to us. We want to hear about your journey following graduation in hopes to improve career preparation for future generations of UC Davis students.

11/23/2021

The leader of San Francisco and the leader of UC Davis will share a virtual stage today for a pre-recorded conversation as part of the UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium.
Join Mayor London Breed ’97 and Chancellor Gary S. May at 4 p.m (Pacific) today by signing up through Zoom: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hZ1ugwleT-OBoBTw_Ry4fA

11/02/2021

What do the Girl Scouts and successful career development have in common?

Find the answer and how you can take part in an Aggie challenge for the month of November!

Join the National Career Development Month Challenge! November is National Career Development Month! Join fellow Aggie alumni in celebrating through a month-long series of career-focused events and activities. Complete as many career challenges as you can for a chance to win a $25 Aggie prize pack.....

10/05/2021

"Emma Malonelord readily admits that she doesn’t look like the stereotypical Army soldier. At 5-foot-3, she danced ballet in school and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority at UC Davis.

“I am by no means somebody you would look at and say she’s killing the game in the military,” she said. “But I knew going in that I had more than enough brains to [pull it off].”"

Featured in a new animated series, Emma Malonelord attended UC Davis before enlisting in the U.S. Army.

09/10/2021

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Our annual review of the undergraduate institutions that deliver the top academics, lowest debt, highest salaries and greatest opportunity for their students. Whether a school is in the Top 10 or near the bottom, these 600 schools showcase the finest in American education. This year we included just...