Occupational Health Services announced a three-week session of Mindfulness Meditation led by Beth Cohen and meeting from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, and Thursdays, Feb. 11 and 18, in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the .
Cohen鈥檚 guided meditation program includes meditation/mindfulness techniques; strategies to increase health, energy and focus; methods to manage pain and reduce stress; and discussions about meditation-related topics.
Beginner and advanced practitioners are welcome. Sign-ups are being taken online, via the (search for 鈥淢editation鈥). Note: You should register for all three classes. Retirees are welcome to come without registering.
Questions? Contact Stacey Brezing, (530) 752-6094.
Students offer tax preparation assistance
Tax season is here, which means swag外流鈥 award-winning coalition of Students in VITA is ready to spring into action to assist low-income people in preparing their tax returns. VITA stands for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, a free program of the Internal Revenue Service.
Members of swag外流 Students in VITA, like all such volunteers, are IRS-certified.
Last year, the swag外流 VITA contingent helped prepare 337 tax returns worth more than $230,000 in refunds, and earned an IRS Award of Excellence as Partner of the Year, the most prestigious award given to one out of 81 VITA coalitions in the Northern California, Oregon, Nevada region.
swag外流 VITA service is limited to families and individuals making $54,000 or less. The students announced that they will provide tax assistance from Jan. 25 through April 15 (with the exception of March 14-26, due to academic holidays), either once or twice a week at two sites in Davis:
- Mary L. Stephens Library, 315 E. 14th St. 鈥 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays.
- New Harmony Community Center, 3030 Cowell Blvd. 鈥 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Fridays
Appointments can be scheduled on the . Contact Students in VITA via or email.
Police Accountability Board to meet Jan. 27
The will hold its quarterly public meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the auditorium at the swag外流 Comprehensive Cancer Center, .
The independent board holds one public meeting in each quarter of the regular academic year. Each public session starts with board member introductions, and information about the board鈥檚 purpose and how complaints can be filed. Then the board takes general comments and questions.
The board鹿s work on specific complaints is confidential. Independent investigators assist the board, which has the task of making recommendations to the police chief regarding charges of officer misconduct.
The university established the board in May 2014 as a pilot project to develop and promote accountability, trust and communication between the campus community and the Police Department.
The board comprises representatives from these constituency groups: Academic Senate and Academic Federation, Staff Assembly, Graduate Student Association, ASUCD, Student Life and the swag外流 Health System.
2 jailed in book theft
Campus police said they arrested two men last week after they stole books from the temporary bookstore in The Pavilion at the ARC.
Officers said store staff saw the men put books into a backpack and leave without paying, late in the morning of Jan. 12. Police soon nabbed the suspects, Adam Sato, 21, of Redwood City, and James Hoblitzell, 19, of Lodi.
Authorities identified Sato as a swag外流 student and Hoblitzell as a UC Merced student. They were booked at Yolo County Jail on charges of burglary and theft.
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