Events for the Centennial year
One-hundred-year birthdays are very rare, not-to-be-missed occasions. Please join us in celebrating UC Davis’ first century of truly astonishing achievement and service. With your help, our second century is sure to be even more remarkable than our first! — Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef |
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More events will be added to this list as they are developed. Notify us about your centennial year event.
Mark your calendars for state fair, convocation and Fall Celebration 2008. Here’s a chronological list of how you can get involved in the fun.
August 15 – Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2008
California State Fair
The State Fair gives UC Davis a unique chance to celebrate our Centennial and build awareness among the Fair’s nearly one million visitors during its 16-day run.
The 6,000-square-foot educational pavilion will feature UC Davis on the leading edge of innovation in agriculture, health, energy, environment, healthy food, information technology, quality of life improvements and education.
Sept. 24, 2008
Fall Convocation
The Chancellor’s address is the traditional launch of the new academic year and an ideal opportunity to welcome the Centennial class and have some birthday cake!
Oct. 10–15, 2008
Fall Festival 2008
Oct. 10
Robert Mondavi Institute opens
The Fall Festival also will bring the public debut of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the campus’ south entry.
Pajamarino
Don your favorite jammies and participate in the 96th annual Pajamarino, when students welcome returning alumni.
Oct. 11
Centennial Walk unveiled
Aggies have walked the path down the center of the quad for all the decades we’ve been a campus. With the Fall Festival in mind, we are "sprucing up" the path and will unveil Centennial Walk on that Saturday.
Golden Society Brunch
Saturday’s events will include the Golden Society Brunch, a gathering for alumni who graduated in 1958 or earlier.
Homecoming football game
The Aggies will be playing Southern Utah in our new Aggie Stadium.
Oct. 12
Community Celebrations
Finally, in recognition of the university’s ties to the city of Davis and the larger region, a Community Celebration is scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. that Sunday, at the east edge of campus where the university merges with downtown Davis.
Oct. 15
Davis Chamber of Commerce Day on the Quad
City businesses introduce themselves to the student body. This annual event becomes more significant in UC Davis’ centennial year because of the nascent chamber’s role in persuading the state to pick Davisville as the site of the University Farm in 1906.
Student Activities Faire
Staff Assembly Fall meeting
East Quad Farmers Market
April 2009
Picnic Day 2009
Our annual open house has been going on since 1909, with parades, bands and camaraderie.