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2025 Citations of Excellence and Scholarship Recipients

by Dan Ransom
August 26, 2025

Scholarships & Awards

Citations of Excellence

Staff Assembly’s annual Citations for Excellence awards program provides recognition for individual staff and staff teams. Thanks to generous support from the Office of the Chancellor and Human Resources, Staff Assembly will award a total of $17,000 to staff members this year. See the full list of winners below, or download the list and nominations for each winner.

Read more about our 2025 award winners

Halloween Spook-tacular 2024 Contest Winners

by Becky Oskin
November 13, 2024

Staff Assembly Contests & Giveaways

Winners of the 2024 Staff Assembly's Halloween Spook-tacular contest!

Photo of three people standing outside on a sunny day.

Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Quarterly Meeting Recap - September 2024

by Zoé Bolesta-Reynolds
September 16, 2024

CUCSA

The Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) held its first quarterly meeting September 4–6, 2024, at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). On the first day, the delegation welcomed the new delegates and the group participated in an icebreaker, location updates, and a community agreements exercise.

In Memoriam

by Scott Steven Loewen -Towner
August 01, 2024

Dear UC Davis Staff,It is with great sorrow that Staff Assembly shares some truly heartbreaking news. Dan Ransom, the IT Director for Application Development at the School of Veterinary Medicine and 2023-24 Staff Assembly Chair, has unexpectedly passed away after dealing with a brief illness. In his roles as IT Director and Chair of Staff Assembly, Dan's contributions to the university's mission will forever be a part of his legacy. He was incredibly passionate about making UC Davis a community where every staff member felt welcome and could succeed.

2023-2024 Salary and Compensation Report

by Dan Ransom
June 27, 2024

This year, the Staff Assembly Executive Committee set a goal to collect and analyze salary and compensation data to better advocate for data-driven decisions and to try to answer key questions relevant to staff. What did we find?

Photo is (L-R) Zoe Bolesta-Reynolds, UC Davis Campus CUCSA Delegate, Stefan Toma, UC Davis Health CUCSA Delegate, Dr. Michael V. Drake, President of the University of California

Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Quarterly Meeting Recap - June 2024

by Zoé Bolesta-Reynolds
June 26, 2024

CUCSA

The Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) held its final quarterly meeting June 5 - June 7, 2024, at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. On the first day, the Delegation received Business Updates, Delegates participated in an open forum discussion involving staff mentoring and succession planning, Staff Assembly support during layoffs, accessibility for Staff Assembly functions, and political speech as UC staff.