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.
Warm greetings this season from UC Davis Global Affairs! We are excited to share our 2024-25 Annual Report with you. Wishing you peace, inspiration and hope in the year ahead.
Karen Harding, often the first welcoming face international students and scholars meet at UC Davis, brings warmth and understanding to her role at the Global Affairs front desk. Shaped by her own journeys abroad, her story reveals how personal experience can inspire a lifelong commitment to connection, community and global curiosity.
Seven faculty and staff members from UC Davis are being recognized for their outstanding global engagement work with two key awards: the Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement and the Excellence in Teaching for Global Learning Award. These awards recognize the outstanding work of UC Davis faculty and staff in international education, research and service.
Season’s Greetings from all of us at UC Davis Global Affairs! We hope you enjoy reading our 2023-24 Annual Report which shares how dedicated UC Davis staff, faculty and students in collaboration with our UC Davis campus and global partners, made important strides to advance our mission.
Global Affairs is excited to share that that the grant calls for the 2024-25 application cycle and the call for nominations for the 2024-25 awards cycle are now open.
