The Elizabeth Mary Wolf Environmental Learning Center is taking shape inside the Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Watch a video above of the pre-fab building being delivered and assembled, and read more about it on the Arboretum’s website.
Student makes emoji waves in Twitter fracas
A UC Davis graduate student proposed an alternative to Twitter’s new $8-a-month verification, and the tweet was liked more than 140,000 times.
why would i pay $8 to get a blue check if i could put a rat next to my name for free???
— alex 🐀 (@tinysnekcomics) November 1, 2022
i’m calling on everyone to join me in becoming #RatVerified
baby’s first @nytimes interviewhttps://t.co/n5ifafvc4s
— alex 🐀 (@tinysnekcomics) November 4, 2022
Handyman finds former coach’s lost ring
ICYMI — ‘All my love’: Former UCD coach reunited with long-lost wedding ring https://t.co/xzm65l0I88 via @AllDENews pic.twitter.com/BqVboXkxCg
— Lauren Keene (@laurenkeene) November 7, 2022
Alumna wins ‘Miss Rodeo’ title
McKensey Middleton ’22, a former “Maggie the Aggie,” won the title of Miss Rodeo California 2023 at a competition in San Luis Obispo last month, the Calaveras Enterprise reported.

Facebook: ‘It still feels like a dream’
McKensey Middleton: A dream come true!!!! Yesterday afternoon at the coronation for Miss Rodeo California 2023 I was honored to receive the Ellen Klienbeck Spirit Award, Appearance, Personality, Horsemanship, and the title of Miss Rodeo California 2023 !!!!!! I am beyond grateful and it still feels like a dream.
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