Aggie Heroes: Veterinary Emergency Response Team
Dogs, horses, pigs, goats and more: These are some of the types of animals the Veterinary Emergency Response Team helped evacuate from the areas burned and threatened by the Camp Fire.
Aggie Heroes: UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
The Camp Fire impacted more than people — numerous animals were hurt in the massive blaze, and teams with the School of Veterinary Medicine were ready to treat them.
Aggie Heroes: UC Davis Fire Department
While some firefighters joined the front-line efforts to battle the Camp Fire, others with the department started a relief effort on campus that yielded hundreds of boxes of goods.
Aggie Heroes: UC Davis Health Volunteers
A number of future health care providers used their skills to help some of the people impacted by the Camp Fire, especially elderly residents of the area.
Aggie Heroes: Sikh Cultural Association
During the Camp Fire, this group of students — along with some alumni — fulfilled one of the central tenants of their faith by helping the people affected by the disaster.
Aggie Hero: Shaniah Branson
This student has worked to help her peers, with a focus on food security.
Aggie Hero: Rosa Maria Martinez
This recent graduate’s family received help from a food bank years ago, and now Rosa Maria Martinez is proud to focus on providing the same kind of help to others.
Aggie Hero: Rina Singh
There’s good reason to be optimistic for the future: students, who continue to push for social justice, diversity, and equity. Rina Singh has seen this first hand as a member of a committee for the Associated Students of UC Davis.
Aggie Hero: Miriam Nuño
Diversity is the key to achieving excellence, this faculty member says.
Aggie Hero: Alan Bennett
This researcher is studying a type of corn that gets its a majority of its nitrogen from the air rather than from fertilizers, an adaptation that could have huge implications for the crop.
Aggie Hero: Carolyn Dewa
Improving the lives of those who are “among the most marginalized in our society” — people with mental illness — is a top priority for this professor.
Aggie Hero: Carlee Johnson
This student works to bring awareness to stress management, happiness, sleep habits and other aspects of well-being.
Aggie Hero: John James
This UC Davis graduate and UC Davis Health nurse goes beyond the bedside to provide care.
Aggie Hero: Marwa Zafarullah
Mentorship means everything to this graduate student, from her UC Davis peers to girls on the other side of the globe.
Aggie Hero: Maggie Njuguna
Meet a campus leader who’s passionate about building community and supporting students of all backgrounds.
Aggie Hero: Emily Merchant
A transfer student finds her hero in a caring Letters and Science professor.
Aggie Hero: Shradha Shah
This leader advocates for student mental health and volunteers at a Sacramento clinic for homeless people.
Aggie Hero: Paul David Terry
This graduate and staff member is helping UC Davis improve care for LGBTQIA+ patients and the culture of our campuses.
Aggie Hero: Edgar Masias-Malagon
Driven by his own experiences, this Aggie helps fellow students meet their basic needs and find resources to thrive.
Aggie Hero: HOME, Where Friends Become Family
The student group HOME has a special mission: to help students de-stress, create family among them and serve others.
Aggie Hero: Steven Epstein
This hero to people and animals at UC Davis VetMed went above and beyond the call of duty during the Camp Fire.
Aggie Hero: Katrina Manrique
This Aggie has supported the mental health of her peers by organizing protests and events as well as faithfully serving on committees.
Aggie Hero: Michael O’Hearn
A music major inspires thousands when he rises from his wheelchair and walks across the graduation stage.