The Global Impact Fellows Program draws upon UC Davis’ commitment to Global Education for All, which aims to provide all UC Davis students with global learning opportunities and experiences. Additionally, each of this year’s projects is tied to one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to create a sustainable future for all.
The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth is a goal that encapsulates inclusivity and sustainability in relation to economic growth. The Redwood SEED Scholars Program at the University of California, Davis, aligns with SDG 8.
The UC Davis Widening Circles program enables students to explore new pathways for learning, sharing, connecting, and acting with purpose and humility in the face of global inequality and injustice.
This fully-funded program combines an online curriculum focused on ethical global engagement and social change with a social impact internship, volunteer experience, or research project.
After representing more than 230,000 of her peers as UC Student Association president, Celene Aridin is ready to take her advocacy to the global stage. The 2024 UC Davis graduate joins an elite cadre of 150 scholars from around the world who will study China’s emerging role in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing as a 2025 Schwarzman Scholar.
International graduate students created a disproportionate number of new business startups in the United States in the past decade. They also increased entrepreneurialism among their U.S.-born peers, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.
UC Davis MBA student Myrna Robles Couch and Allison Judy participated in a week-long MBA International Study Trip (IST) to Santiago, Chile, including a visit to UC Davis Chile.
The UC Davis Global Learning Hub (GLH), part of Global Affairs, is excited to welcome Alfred (“Fred”) Boll as its new executive director. Boll joined the Hub's experienced and committed professional team on December 30, 2024.
Over the summer, I spent seven weeks doing an internship, paired with an online writing course, in New Zealand with a group of other University of California undergraduates. My major is environmental science and management, following the soils and biogeochemistry tract, and I hoped to gain experience incorporating soil science and sustainable management. As a student journalist at UC Davis Magazine, I wanted to share my experience spending a summer interning abroad.
UC Davis students used Critical Language Scholarships to study languages like Indonesian and Arabic abroad, enriching their fluency and cultural understanding through immersive summer programs. Since 2007, these scholarships have enabled 45 students to gain academic insights and global perspectives by experiencing new cultures firsthand.
