University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 3 — Doug Ose (R) UC alumni in this district: 11,799
UC in Your District
The University of California’s reach
goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
about UC programs in your district
by visiting:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
UC DAVIS AND UC DAVIS MEDICAL UC DAVIS WESTERN INSTITUTE UC DAVIS VET MED CENTER
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY
The UC Davis Western Institute for The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at
UC Davis is a premier research UC Davis is the only veterinary
Food Safety and Security is
university, the largest employer in teaching hospital in California and
dedicated to research and education
Yolo County and has an annual provides services to more than
in the state and is a partnership
economic impact of more than $1.4 27,000 animals each year. UC Davis'
between the university, the California
billion. The UC Davis Medical Center Center for Equine Health (CEH) is
Department of Food and Agriculture
ranks among the nation's best hospitals leading the way in research to unravel
and the California Department of
and is the region’s only academic the mysteries of colic, the painful
Health Services. The institute will
medical center and Level 1 Trauma. abdominal malady that is the number
focus on developing better
The UC Davis Burn Center serves two one killer of horses. The School of
capabilities to identify food-borne
million residents across the region. Veterinary Medicine’s new Kenneth L.
hazards and prevent food-borne
The recently opened Robert and Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry
illnesses and outbreaks. The institute
Margrit Mondavi Center for the Lab will provide drug testing for
will also provide food-safety education
Performing Arts hosts a wealth of California racehorses as well as study
programs to consumers and those in
cultural and artistic. and evaluate the effectiveness of
food industries.
medications and other products on
racehorse performance.
University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 3 — Doug Ose (R) UC alumni in this district: 11,799
VA Northern California Health Care ArtsBridge is a UC arts education
System is an affiliate of the UC Davis and outreach program that works
Medical Center and provides a full with California public schools to
range of medical care to over 417,000 provide high quality arts education.
veterans in the region. The system ArtsBridge has active programs in
includes the Sacramento VA Medical 14 schools in the Sacramento
rd
Center in the 3 Congressional area. The program provides
District, which offers inpatient and scholarships to qualified students to
outpatient programs and services to teach the arts and conduct arts-
veterans. http://www.va.gov related workshops in local
communities. http://www.arts.uci.edu/ucartsbridge
The UC Davis Animal Ambassadors program uses web-
based and hands-on interaction with animals to foster children’s The Information Center for the Environment at UC Davis is
interest in science. The program uses interactive materials and a cooperative effort by environmental scientists from private
written curriculums that develop scientific inquiry and critical industry, government and international organizations. The
thinking skills. Between 3,500 - 4,000 children participated in center provides services that apply science to issues of local,
the program between 1999-2002. The program is present in regional and national significance. http://ice.ucdavis.edu
schools throughout Sacramento County.
The FARMS program aims to empower high school students
The UC Davis Mondavi Center about their futures through experiential learning and exposure
Arts Education and to educational and career choices. The Program is centered on
Community Outreach agriculture and the environment. UC is a participating partner
Program provides an and runs programs at Rio Vista and Luther Burbank High
rd
imaginative and accessible way Schools in the 3 Congressional District.
for people of all ages to discover www.farmsleaders.org
and appreciate the performing
arts through performances, UC’s California Subject Matter Projects develop teacher
teacher's guides and pre- knowledge in K-12 subjects by enhancing instructional
matinee classroom talks. In 2001-2002, 25,000 K-12 students strategies and developing ‘teacher-leaders’. With the expertise
were served across the greater Sacramento and Solano of UC faculty, the program is in over 500 California school
regions. http://www.mondaviarts.org districts and annually trains thousands of teachers through
intensive summer courses. Courses are run at Cooper,
UC’s Early Academic Cambridge and Elmira Elementary Schools in Vacaville,
Outreach Program (EAOP) Winters High School and school sites throughout
provides academic support, Sacramento. http://csmp.ucop.edu
college counseling, motivational
and skill-building workshops to UC’s MESA (Math, Engineering
help over 85,000 California & Science Achievement)
students realize their dreams of prepares educationally
a college education. EAOP disadvantaged students for four-
works with 30 schools in the greater Sacramento area. year colleges at 87 K-12 school
http://www.eaop.org sites in Sacramento. The
MESA California Community
UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources College Program increases the
Cooperative Extension offices in Amador, Calaveras, number of math and science
Solano and Sacramento counties provide accessible and majors who successfully transfer at Sacramento City College.
comprehensive agricultural research information for local http://mesa.ucop.edu
growers, ranchers, governments and the larger community.
http://ucanr.org/ The wine industry is heavily
dependent on UC Davis' pioneering
The UC Davis Health System is a leader in the field of technology and innovative cultural
“Telemedicine”. The system has electronically linked practices. Selection of better yielding
hospitals and primary care practices in rural areas to the UC clones of chardonnay fueled a
Davis Medical Center in order to allow physicians to provide dramatic increase in planted acreage,
services for their patients. bringing its current value to $300
million.
A systemwide multi-campus research unit, the Center for
Water and Wildland Resources coordinates research on water
conservation and management. One such project, the UC For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
Salinity/Drainage Program addresses issues of salinity, our on-line database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
drainage and toxic trace elements in the Central Valley.
http://www.waterresources.ucr.edu/