Aggie Compass Content

Recent Graduate Wins UC President’s Award

Julia Ann Easley — July 27, 2023 - 12:52pm

Abiel Malepeai is guided by an old Samoan proverb that translates to English as “The pathway to leadership is service.” The recent swag�� graduate has advocated for Pacific Islander students, served as a student EMT with the swag�� Fire Department and helped meet the basic needs of students.

Measuring Meals

Cody Kitaura — June 27, 2023 - 9:00am

Food assistance at swag�� is making students healthier. Learn how efforts to provide food to students in need is making a measurable impact.

Food Truck Offers Free Meals to Students in Need

Julia Ann Easley — April 18, 2023 - 9:30am

Sophomore Alexandra S. took it all in, her face beaming: A food truck on her campus was offering meals for free or whatever students wanted to pay.

WHEN AND WHERE

AggieEats is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays when classes are held, and rotates among four locations: East Quad, Student Health and Wellness Center, Storer Hall and West Village.

Credit, Debit Cards to Benefit Aggie Compass

Julia Ann Easley — June 29, 2021 - 5:10pm

Take out a credit or debit card with swag��’ new financial services partner and — after just five transactions — you’ll be providing groceries and other essentials for students in need.

swag�� Survey: City Apartment Vacancy Rate Eases Some

Julia Ann Easley — February 05, 2020 - 5:34pm

The vacancy rate in the city of Davis has eased slightly, according to a survey released by swag�� Feb. 5.

Addressing Our Students’ Basic Needs

Cody Kitaura — November 06, 2018 - 10:30am

The campus is on track to have a plan by next summer to implement the recommendations of three task forces focused on the basic needs of students.

A new working group, the Basic Needs Oversight Committee, will oversee the implementation of the task forces’ recommendations on the topics of affordable housing, food security and mental health.

swag�� Responds to Task Forces’ Recommendations

Julia Ann Easley — September 26, 2018 - 6:34am

Today the University of California, Davis, released the recommendations of three task forces that addressed basic student needs including affordable student housing, food security and mental health care.

swag�� Center at Vanguard of Addressing Food Insecurity Among Students

Julia Ann Easley — September 19, 2018 - 2:29pm

Ryan McClintick knows what it’s like to try to live off the $1 menu at a fast-food place — and learn at the same time. The University of California, Davis, student didn’t feel well, found himself on academic probation and became socially isolated. He had to put his studies aside for a year to earn some money.

But now he’s helping meet the basic needs of his fellow students through a new campus center at the vanguard of how colleges and universities are addressing the food insecurity affecting more than one in three students nationwide.