Learning at the Heart of the Issues
Cohort of UC Davis Students Takes Classes, Serves Community in Sacramento
"At World Relief offices just north of Sacramento, junior Cristina Lopez of the University of California, Davis, is training to lead presentations to help newly arrived refugees settle in — from opening a bank account to accessing health care. A classmate is developing communications to help a community organization build awareness about refugee experiences. A third student is researching resources to help individual refugees who’ve sought support at another nonprofit.
They are all participating in the Quarter at Aggie Square. The academic program is integrating classroom learning and community engagement through Aggie Square, the university’s planned innovation hub on its Sacramento campus, and helping build out the new Aggie Launch initiative for career preparation and experiential learning."