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Two teens arrested for school threats Holmes, DHS reopen after ‘hoax’ investigated
A new school year began Wednesday at UC Davis. It is the second academic year with students back on campus since the pandemic began.
By Lauren Keene Enterprise staff writer Davis police say two 14-year-old students were behind the emailed threats that briefly shuttered two schools Thursday morning. “Both individuals live in Davis and attend one of the junior high schools,” the Davis Police Department announced via social media. “They were detained this morning, and we have determined that the threat to these campuses is no longer present.” “The threat was a hoax and no weapons were found in the home,” Davis Joint Unified School District officials noted in a separate announcement. Students at the two schools, Holmes Junior High and Davis High School, were expected to report to their classes at 10:15 a.m. Davis police Lt. Dan Beckwith said both teens were released to family
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Aggies back on campus for new term By Caleb Hampton Enterprise staff writer Scattered showers ushered in a new school year at UC Davis on Wednesday as fall quarter classes began. The academic year is the second with students back on campus since the pandemic began. “For many of us, this time of year is especially exciting,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May
said this week in a welcome message. “We are fresh from moving in new students to the residence halls, and returning students are settling into the city of Davis once again.”
than in previous years, with UC Davis admitting fewer new students for fall 2022 to compensate for an unusually large class who decided to enroll last year.
Since Sept. 1, roughly 8,800 students moved into campus residence halls, and many others moved in or returned to offcampus homes in Davis.
In 2021, UC Davis offered admission to 52,254 students from a pool of 105,901 applicants, an acceptance rate of 49%. Of those admitted, 10,299 students enrolled, “significantly
The freshman class is smaller
For fall 2022, UC Davis offered admission to 44,661 students from a pool of a record 110,189 applicants, an acceptance rate of 40%. The campus estimated 9,550 of those students would enroll this fall.
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Vaitla focuses on equity, environment
UCD sets fundraising record
n Editor’s Note: This is the third in a five-part series profiling the candidates for Davis City Council in the Nov. 8 election. Voters in District 1 (West Davis) will be choosing among Councilman Dan Carson, Bapu Vaitla and Kelsey Fortune.
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By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Enterprise staff writer That Bapu Vaitla’s campaign for Davis City Council is focused on the intersection of equity and the environment would seem inevitable given his life’s work. Born in rural India, Vaitla moved to the United States at the age of four and spent his childhood in a working-class neighborhood of Chicago and
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exceeding the campus’s enrollment target,” UC Davis said last month in a press release.
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Bapu Vaitla announced in August he is running for City Council, seeking to represent District 1. in Los Angeles. “We were low-income,” he said. “We were not destitute, we were not the poorest of the poor, but there were times we were dependent on public benefits.”
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He came to UC Davis as an undergraduate and his subsequent career has focused on protecting health and ecosystems,
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UC Davis set a record for annual fundraising, surpassing the $300 million mark for the first time, the campus announced this week in a news release. During the 2021-22 fiscal year, UC Davis raised a total of $323 million from more than 58,000 gifts and pledges given by over 32,000 donors, the campus reported. “Every year, I’m awestruck by the magnitude of our supporters’ generosity,” Chancellor Gary S. May said. “With these gifts, faculty, staff and students in every discipline will solve for today
and prepare for tomorrow. Together, we continue to show the world that it should expect even greater from UC Davis.” The donations from the past year contribute to a fundraising goal to raise $2 billion by 2024. So far, with the data from 202122 included, the campus has raised more than $1.7 billion during its “Expect Greater” fundraising initiative. In addition to the overall fundraising record set this past year, donations from 2021-22 reached record highs in several areas on campus, including the College of Agricultural and Environmental
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