April 2013

Satisfaction Survey Provides Feedback to BFTV Cluster Teams

A simple survey tool allows customers of BFTV Cluster services to provide feedback to the various support teams. This tool is connected through the RT (Request Tracker) system which is heavily used by the cluster staff to track support issues and provide metrics in each of the functional areas.

Chancellor's Grand Prize for Best Oral Presentation

Congratulations to our very own Tom Williams, Ph.D. Candidate in Maria Marco's lab, for being selected for the Chancellor's Grand Prize for Best Oral Presentation at the 2013 Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Symposium! 

Tom was also selected for the Dean's Prize for Best Oral Presentation in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences! 

Other winners are listed on the PDF below.

STEM for Girls Day 2013 at UC Davis

Local girls spent a day immersed in the wonders of science when the UC Davis College of Engineering presented STEM for Girls 2013 (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The annual event, designed to inspire young girls with the exciting possibilities of various engineering careers, hosted 60 students from four area schools: Beamer Park Elementary School, in Woodland; and Fern Bacon Middle School, Riverbank Elementary School and Will C. Wood Middle School, all in Sacramento.