Road work during winter break will bring the closure of Bioletti Way at the Giedt Hall-Kemper Hall bike path from Monday, Dec. 16, through Friday, Jan. 3, according to an announcement from Design and Construction Management.

Drivers will still be able to go to and from Bainer Hall Drive, by using Bioletti Way off La Rue Road; and to and from Lot 42, by using Bioletti Way off Hutchison Drive.

Caps and gowns for 1,000-plus undergraduates

UC Davis will celebrate the graduation of hundreds of undergraduates in a ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 14) in The Pavilion at the ARC.

A total of 1,049 students had applied to graduate at the conclusion of the fall quarter. Here is the breakdown by college and degree type:

• Agricultural and Environmental Sciences — 220 Bachelor of Science degrees
• Biological Sciences — 168 Bachelors of Science and seven Bachelor of Arts degrees
• Engineering — 93 Bachelors of Science
• Letters and Science — 597 Bachelors of Science, 440 Bachelors of Arts, and five Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degrees

Tickets are required for each guest except children under the age of 2 years. The ceremony will be streamed live on the Web, and a recording will be available for viewing on demand after the event.

More commencement information is available online.

Retiree wins tickets to men's Final Four in Dallas

UC Davis retiree and longtime Aggie athletics booster Jan Stallman has won the NCAA’s weekly drawing for tickets to the Final Four men’s basketball tournament.

“I was amazed, I do not ever win things,” said Stallman, who worked at UC Davis for 38 years, lastly as management services officer in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

As the third winner in the 15-week contest, Stallman’s name is posted — with the UC Davis athletics logo — on the ticket contest website.

Each winner has the choice of tickets to the Final Four or any of the preliminary rounds in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. Stallman chose the Final Four, comprising three games (two semifinals and the championship game), April 5 and 7, at AT&T Stadium in Dallas.

“I have a brother that lives about 65 miles away,” Stallman said. “I have already called him and reserved the spare bedroom.”

UC Davis Extension offers GIS as professional concentratrion

UC Davis Extension announced that it now offers a professional concentration in geographic information systems to meet a growing demand among land use and environmental planners, policy makers and natural resource managers.

The professional concentration has been designed for the GIS beginner as well as for more experienced users who want to sharpen existing skills or expand their skill base, said Julia Lave Johnston, director of UC Davis Extension’s Land Use and Natural Resources. “While our program uses land use planning and natural resources case studies, the courses will benefit a student from any background.”

Courses can be taken individually or as part of the professional concentration program.

The concentration focuses on how to analyze and model the built and natural environments in order to inform policy and policy decisions. Individual courses explore such topics as database design, programming, cartographic design and data analysis.

More information is available online.

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