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Employee Basic Needs Initiative

February 07, 2025

Current Projects

This project aims to address the basic needs of employees through assessment, analysis and collaboration.

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Sustainable Living & Learning Community Accessibility Project: Phase 1

December 19, 2024

Current Projects

Kicking off an accessible pathway network to connect the open spaces and programs of the SLLC on West Campus, Phase I of this project will establish two accessible entryways, an outdoor classroom space, and make accessibility improvements to an adjacent, student-built greenhouse in the Orchard Park neighborhood.

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Increasing Equitable Family Support for Native American Students Through Onsite Visits

December 19, 2024

Current Projects

This grant helps champion a culture of health and well-being throughout the UC Davis community by advocating for an institutional practice of increased support through family visits to campus so that Native American students can more easily thrive academically and socially.

Graduate Peer Support (GPS) — Navigating to social fitness!

December 19, 2024

Current Projects

GPS seeks to increase available social support from peers within the graduate student community of UC Davis – benefiting students psychologically, academically, and professionally.

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Health and Well-being Award Spotlight

by Keavagh Ro Clift
November 18, 2024

UC Davis Staff Assembly’s annual Citations of Excellence awards program provides recognition for non-represented UC Davis and UC Davis Health individual staff and staff teams, who have demonstrated outstanding achievement.

In 2024, a health and well-being category was introduced for both Citations of Excellence and staff scholarships. The Health and Well-being Citations of Excellence awards aim to recognize individuals and teams of staff who positively affect their workplace community and environment by:

Increasing Food Literacy for Students

September 19, 2024

Current Projects

This project aims to create an engaging variety of resources for students to make the basics of creating meals within budget and time restraints easy and fun. It will include videos, live events and webinars as well as interactive worksheets and peer-to-peer communication.

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UC Davis Launches Nature Prescription Program for Students

February 29, 2024

Current Projects

Providers with UC Davis Student Health and Counseling Services, or SHCS, will be prescribing nature to their patients as part of their holistic care regimen.

You Are Not Alone: Suicide Prevention and Awareness

August 17, 2023

Current Projects

This project will provide several informational sessions discussing suicide, research and tools on prevention, and how to fight suicide in collaboration with AFSP and UC Davis mental health resources.

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Overdose Prevention

July 24, 2023

Current Projects

This project provides equitable low-barrier destigmatized access to naloxone to prevent overdoses within the UC Davis community.

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Community Healing Through Creative Art Expressions for Undocumented Students

July 19, 2023

Completed Projects

This project will promote emotional well-being through creative art expressions for undocumented students. After initial funding and success in 2021 with its pilot, it is now being relaunched in fall 2023.