Strategic Sourcing, part of Contracting Services, wants to help your campus unit save money on purchasing! Find out how at the annual Strategic Sourcing Vendor Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the ARC Ballroom.

The organizers said 20 or so vendors will participate. They include Dell, Fisher Scientific, Mission Linen, Office Max, Grainger and Steelcase.

“Meet the partners with whom Strategic Sourcing has local and systemwide agreements, which could significantly lower your departmental purchasing costs,” the organizers said.

Admission is free to all campus organizations. The event will include door prizes and refreshments.

Think internationally!

• Humphrey Fellows Forum — Meet this year’s fellows — 11 mid-career professionals from China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan and South Sudan — and hear them talk about their home countries and fields of interest. 1:30-3 p.m. Friday (Oct. 3), International House, 10 College Park. Free and open to the public. Read more.

• International Festival — Music, dance, food, arts and craft sales, culture tables, business tables and nonprofit tables. Hosted by the International House. Noon-5 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 5), Central Park, Third and C streets, Davis. Free admission.

Neighbors Night Out: Oct. 12

Faculty, staff and students who live in the Davis community are invited to join their neighbors for the ninth annual Davis Neighbors Night Out, Sunday, Oct. 12 — and hopefully join the city in setting a Guinness World Record in a new category: for “Most Neighborhood Potlucks on the Same Day.”

Davis Neighbors Night Out has registered more than 100 parties in each of the last five years, with a high of 146 in 2009.

“Davis Neighbors Night Out is a celebration of our community,” the organizers said. “The event was initiated to encourage neighbors to get to know one another. We believe, connected neighborhoods make safer neighborhoods; residents look out for one another, if there is a connection. “

The event is purposely held later in the year than National Night Out (in August), delayed until after the start of fall quarter when the majority of students are back from summer break and thus able to participate

“We believe that starting the academic year on a positive note will reduce the potential for misunderstandings or conflicts by opening lines of communication among all residents,” the organizers said.

You can register your party on the Davis Neighbors Night Out website.

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