Hundreds of local schoolchildren will get hands-on exposure to science, technology, engineering and math at the 2026 UC STEM Fest, to be held Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Rex & Margaret Fortune Early College High School in Elk Grove.
This spring marks a new and reimagined Aggie Day, as UC Davis brings both admitted first-year and transfer students together on April 11 for an all-day, campuswide celebration.
The Early Academic Outreach Program, known as EAOP, turns 50 this year — and it plans to celebrate half a century of helping thousands of California students prepare for college with a statewide bash hosted by UC Davis Feb. 28.
UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions Executive Director Robert Penman went viral this fall on various UC Davis social media channels. He now returns to screens in a new University of California project designed to provide prospective students, parents and college advisors with clear insight into the UC application.
UC Davis EAOP hosted the first-ever three-day overnight event July 28–30 for over 100 rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors from seven UC EAOP programs across the state.
Each spring, UC Davis hosts two Aggie Days — one for first-years in April and another for transfer students in May. Thousands of admitted students and their guests explore campus, connect directly with the UC Davis community and imagine their future as Aggies. Behind every moment is a carefully choreographed campus-wide effort that says, “Welcome, home.”
King Hall opened its doors to 31 local high school students last month for Discover Law Day — and the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program, or EAOP, made sure every student could picture themselves inside.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, and the California Dream Act Application, known as CADAA, recently opened for the 2025-26 academic year.
UC Davis Undergraduate Admissions Executive Director Robert Penman explains the process of reviewing first-year undergraduate applications and dispels a few common admissions myths in this special article from the University of California. He also explains more about the holistic review process used at UC Davis. Did you know that each application is read and evaluated by application readers?
School is out for the summer and the UC Davis Early Academic Outreach Program, known as EAOP, is hard at work helping organize and host special academic events for area elementary through high school students.
