From September 23-25, 2012, the Center hosted a graduate student
retreat attended by eight faculty and 25 students engaged in
poverty research from a variety of disciplines. With Lake Tahoe
as a backdrop, faculty provided advice and workshops on grad
school success and the career market, while eight students gave
presentations on their dissertation work to a crowd of
enthusiastic and supportive colleagues. The retreat was a
wonderful beginning to a new year!
The University of California Center at Sacramento (UCCS) advances
the University’s mission of teaching, research and public service
with an integrated program to train future state leaders, to
address challenging public-policy issues confronted by the nation
and state, and to carry out the University’s mandate to assist
state government. Located one block from the State Capitol
Building, UCCS offers events and seminars, as well as distinctive
academic programs in public policy and public-affairs journalism
to students from throughout the university’s 10-campus system.
These programs provide students with an opportunity to study
through seminars and internships in and around the state Capitol.
The Institute of Governmental Affairs (IGA) supports social
science research, graduate student training, public affairs
programming, and outreach activities at UC Davis. IGA houses a
number of formal research programs and enjoys the participation
of faculty from a number of departments across the campus. IGA
also serves as a campus home for scholars visiting from around
the world.