February 5, 2014 Jeffery C. Gibeling Vice Provost – Graduate Education and Dean – Graduate Studies Office of Graduate Studies – 250 Mrak Hall 1 Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 Dear Vice Provost Gibeling: It is with increasing concern that…
On September 16th, the chairs of 33 departments at UC Berkeley signed a letter to their Dean of the Graduate Division, Andrew Szeri, to express their concern about the uncompetitively low graduate student stipends UC offers. On October 3rd, departmental…
The DFA uses a variety of advocacy strategies: we meet with and write letters to campus and system-wide administrators and to Academic Senate leaders; we organize with other faculty, staff union and student groups on this campus and in other…
The UC Davis Blue Ribbon Freedom of Expression Committee has drafted a campuswide freedom of expression policy and is soliciting input. The draft policy is available online at: (The above page also lists methods for members of the community…
The Provost responded to the DFA’s letter regarding the accommodation of students with special needs for examinations (available online at ): *From: *Ralph J Hexter *Date: *July 13, 2013 10:41:02 AM PDT *Subject: **responding to your email* Dear Professor Shershow,…
The DFA Board sent the following letter to Provost Hexter to express concerns raised by some of our members: July 11, 2013 Provost Ralph J. Hexter Mrak Hall, Fifth Floor University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA…
If you have the opportunity, in the next few days, it might be kind to remind students, some of whom have only just come of voting age, that the deadline to register to vote is Monday. This does not have…
Dear DFA members, The Davis Faculty Association, acting in association with CUCFA (the Council of University of California Faculty Associations), has formally endorsed SB 259, a bill currently awaiting Governor Brown’s signature. This bill guarantees Graduate Student Researchers the right…
The Davis Faculty Association supports the ongoing efforts of students at UC Davis and across the UC system to defend the public mission of our university by protesting ongoing tuition increases. We commend the persistence and the courage of UC…
