UC managers training

UC Davis managers are invited to apply for the Northern California UC Management Skills Assessment program to be held April 27-May 1 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. The program aims to assess current skills in the context of complexities facing UC managers.

Karen Hull, associate vice chancellor for Human Relations at UC Davis, said, “Many staff who have attended and now moved on and upward in their careers talk about MSAP as one of those defining moments.”

Applications are due by noon Feb. 12, and can be downloaded at msap.ucdavis.edu. For more information, contact Chuck Yannacone at cgyannacone@ucdavis.edu or at (530) 754-8791.

Centennial induction

The Sacramento Metro Chamber is honoring UC Davis as a centennial inductee into the chamber’s Business Hall of Fame. The recognition comes during the university’s centennial year. Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef is due to accept the honor during the chamber’s 114th annual Dinner and Business Awards, Jan. 30. The sold-out event is set to take place at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Sacramento.

The next night, Jan. 31, outgoing Vanderhoef and his wife, Rosalie, are due to receive a special recognition award from the Davis Chamber of Commerce. The presentation is planned during the chamber’s installation dinner at the Veterans Memorial Center.

Chancellor Vanderhoef announced last June that he would step down in June of this year, after 15 years as chancellor and 10 years as provost and executive vice chancellor before that.

Amtrak offers discount

Amtrak is offering a 15 percent discount to UC faculty and staff for single-ride tickets on the Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin and Pacific Surfliner trains and associated bus services through Dec. 16.
UC photo identification must be shown at time of ticket purchase and aboard the train. People buying tickets should mention discount code V526.

The discount is not good for multiride tickets. UC Davis faculty and staff who buy monthly passes are eligible for discounts through the transportation offices on the Davis and Sacramento campuses.

House fire, on purpose

The UC Davis Fire Department and neighboring fire agencies are planning a joint training exercise Feb. 13 on university land west of Highway 113. A house—one that the university planned to demolish anyway—will be set on fire, officials said.
The exercise had been originally scheduled for Jan. 27. Wet conditions at the site prompted the postponement.

Firefighters plan to set the house ablaze and extinguish it, then do it again several times, starting at 9 a.m. and continuing for three to four hours.

The house sits near the western edge of UC property, on the east side of County Road 98, just south of Hutchison Drive and opposite the campus landfill.

The UC Davis Fire Department includes 21 career firefighters and 15 students, taking part in the only residential student firefighting program in California.

California Aggie change: Friday paper online only

The California Aggie this week announced the elimination of its printed edition on Fridays, “due to mounting budget losses.”

“Articles that would have run in the Friday issue will instead be posted online at theaggie.org,” Editor-in-Chief Richard Procter said in a front-page notice on Jan. 26.

One Friday feature, “The Lineup,” comprising sports previews, will be moved to Thursday’s printed edition, Procter said.