Explore More Learning Opportunities at UC Davis
I believe UC Davis changes the world for the better. Its researchers have helped farmers protect their harvests from flooding, develop nutrition interventions that save children’s lives and shape protections against lead pollution. These are practical contributions that matter in people’s daily lives.
The more people who have the opportunity to learn with this university—and bring that knowledge into their own work and communities—the more we can accomplish together.
Pursuing a UC Davis degree is one way to become part of that learning community, but it isn’t the only way. A visiting student, an educator developing new approaches to teaching and a professional preparing for new responsibilities may be looking for very different experiences. Our work in Continuing and Professional Education is to help make those experiences possible.
That is what we mean by expanding access to UC Davis.
For a student enrolled at a university in another country, access might mean spending a quarter studying alongside UC Davis students, exploring a new academic interest and gaining a different perspective before returning home. For an educator, it might mean learning approaches they can adapt to their own classroom. For a working professional, it might mean a focused learning experience that builds expertise around a specific challenge or career goal.
These experiences do not need to lead to a UC Davis degree to make a lasting difference. Their value is in what people learn, the relationships they build and what they can do afterward.
Expanding access also means thinking beyond the campus itself. Coming to Davis can be an extraordinary experience, but travel is not possible or practical for everyone. Working with universities, employers and other organizations gives us opportunities to bring UC Davis expertise to people where they live and work, and to shape learning around the needs of their communities.
This is a shared effort. Our faculty, campus colleagues and partners bring the expertise and relationships that make these opportunities possible. Our learners bring their own knowledge, experiences and questions—contributing to the conversations and connections that make a university community valuable.
As we look ahead, I want us to keep asking: Who else could benefit from learning with UC Davis? What do they hope to accomplish? And what could we do differently to make that connection possible?
Whether you are considering an experience for yourself, supporting students at your university or exploring professional development for your organization, I invite you to start a conversation with us. Tell us what you want to learn and what you hope that learning will make possible.
That is where our work begins.
Jake Hosier
Executive Director
Access Programs
UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education