UC Davis Global Affairs invited UC Davis Athletics as its inaugural guest to the unit's Inclusive Professional Development Brown Bag Series program where Global Affairs staff members learn about ways to incorporate key learnings from partners on campus that exemplify what it means to empower globally conscious work.
As the director of Global Professional Programs at UC Davis Global Affairs, Karen Beardsley has spent more than a decade building connections among UC Davis, international professionals and the local community. Helping facilitate and advance career development, education and mentorship across the world is a mission Beardsley has been deeply devoted to.