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Connections in this category are centered around social, global, and cultural change. Learn more about each below and follow the instructions under each Connection to register.

 

Future Black Professionals

Practicing your entrepreneurial skills improves your chances of career success, whether you choose to be an employee or entrepreneur. Over 60% of the Fortune 500 (the US's largest companies) indicated that the ability to think creatively is more important than intelligence. Over 70% of existing organizations cite innovation and "intrapreneurship" as a key factor in their future growth and success. Get these skills on lock, meet administrators and professors invested in your success, and prepare to enter an idea in the Ideas Competition and win $1,000! Entrepreneurship is for everyone. We are all capable. Join us on this journey! We'll walk you through step-by-step.

*This identity-based Connection is a focused experience for first-year undergraduate students of the African diaspora at UC Davis. This group will be hosted in partnership with the "Future Latinx Professionals" group. Throughout the quarter, each group will meet separately on alternating weeks. 

Week 1 (1/8): First session - we'll host a joint kick-off meeting between the "Future Black Professionals" and "Future Latinx Professionals" groups
Week 2 (1/15): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 3 (1/22): Future Black Professionals
Week 4 (1/29): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 5 (2/5): Future Black Professionals
Week 6 (2/12): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 7 (2/19): Future Black Professionals
Week 8 (2/26): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 9 (3/5): Future Black Professionals
Week 10 (3/12): last session - we'll host a final combined meeting between the "Future Black Professionals" and "Future Latinx Professionals" groups

  • Day/Time/Location: Wednesdays (2:10-3:00PM); 1503 Bainer Hall (Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center)
  • Format: in-person, on-campus, alternating weeks
  • Registration: This Connection is non-credit and open to all new students (first-year freshman, transfer, and international students). Register for "Future Black Professionals" in AggieLife. 


Future Latinx Professionals

Practicing your entrepreneurial skills improves your chances of career success, whether you choose to be an employee or entrepreneur. Over 60% of the Fortune 500 (the US's largest companies) indicated that the ability to think creatively is more important than intelligence. Over 70% of existing organizations cite innovation and "intrapreneurship" as a key factor in their future growth and success. Get these skills on lock, meet administrators and professors invested in your success, and prepare to enter an idea in the Ideas Competition and win $1,000! Entrepreneurship is for everyone. We are all capable. Join us on this journey! We'll walk you through step-by-step.

*This identity-based Connection is a focused experience for first-year undergraduate Latinx students at UC Davis. This group will be hosted in partnership with the "Future Black Professionals" group. Throughout the quarter, each group will meet separately on alternating weeks. 

Week 1 (1/8): First session - we'll host a joint kick-off meeting between the "Future Black Professionals" and "Future Latinx Professionals" groups
Week 2 (1/15): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 3 (1/22): Future Black Professionals
Week 4 (1/29): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 5 (2/5): Future Black Professionals
Week 6 (2/12): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 7 (2/19): Future Black Professionals
Week 8 (2/26): Future Latinx Professionals
Week 9 (3/5): Future Black Professionals
Week 10 (3/12): last session - we'll host a final combined meeting between the "Future Black Professionals" and "Future Latinx Professionals" groups 

  • Day/Time/Location: Wednesdays (2:10-3:00PM); 1503 Bainer Hall (Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center)
  • Format: in-person, on-campus, alternating weeks
  • Registration: This Connection is non-credit and open to all new students (first-year freshman, transfer, and international students). Register for "Future Latinx Professionals" in AggieLife. 


We Search Research

Are you interested in beginning the process of finding a research position at UC Davis? Don’t know where or how to start? Did you know that you DO NOT need research experience to engage in research at UC Davis? This First-Year Aggie Connection will focus on preparing and walking you through each step of the research search process. Looking for research opportunities can take significant time and effort and we are committed to helping you through this journey. Join us for guidance through each step of the research search process with the goal of securing a research position for you to engage in. ALL MAJORS ARE WELCOME.

Topics to be covered included (1) identifying research areas of interest, (2) identifying faculty members, labs and/or other opportunities that match your areas of interest, (3) developing a resume and cover letter for the specific positions you are interested in, (4) emailing faculty members to set up interviews, (5) mock interviews and so much more!

This interactive First-Year Aggie Connection is hosted in partnership with the Undergraduate Research Center, we hope you will join us!

  • Day/Time/Location: Wednesdays (10:00-10:50AM); Student Community Center (conference room E)
  • Format: in-person, on-campus
  • Registration: This Connection is non-credit and open to all new students (first-year freshman, transfer, and international students). Register for "We Search Research" in AggieLife.