The need to stay 6 feet apart from one another has curtailed most of the usual activities that would be expected at UC Davis: in-person lectures, social gatherings, athletic events and more. But Aggies are coping, both by using technology to stay in touch and by distracting themselves from their current situation.
Intercollegiate Athletics, for example, is looking ahead to a time when these cancellations are just a distant memory, and shared a message of encouragement in the above video. Meanwhile, head football coach Dan Hawkins is using this time as an opportunity to do a little yardwork — while still sporting his blue and gold gear.
Finding new entertainment, connections
Twitter: Anthopology students stay in touch
Neetha Iyer: I love my grad student colleagues in the #anthro department @ucdavis. In the span of less than a week we have already planned multiple remote socializing events including: shelter-in-place happy hours and quarantine cooking class. Makeup tutorials might be in the making, too ...
Twitter video: Ph.D. student finds a dance partner
Don Gibson: Friday Night Clubbing #StayAtHome Style
New ways to share UC Davis expertise
With children of all ages unable to physically attend schools around the world, UC Davis research and expertise are getting extra opportunities to shine in home curricula.
Instagram link: C-STEM curriculum
C-STEM GIRL Camp: UC Davis C-STEM Center launches Free Resources for Distance Learning Math with Coding and Robotics, including an on-line Classroom Management System and series of webinars, for K-12 educators across the country.
Twitter: Seeing nature from home
UC Davis School of Education: “So much of the research shows that just physically being outside helps people’s stress levels, helps people’s emotional needs.”
Here's one way the @UCDavisCCS team is still helping families explore science and nature: [click for link]
#AggiesHelpingAggies
Two of our outlying research programs also have resources to share:
- The SeaDoc Society, a program from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine based in Washington state, recently launched its Homeschool website. On it, junior “SeaDoctors” can explore diving birds, orcas, geology and more through a variety of marine science videos and activities.
- The Tahoe Environmental Research Center has compiled a list of more than three dozen high-quality Science Activity Resources to Share.