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Students in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Extension's (now Continuing and Professional Education's) intensive, six-month Coding Boot Camp learn the skills to become a web developer while still being able to work full time. (Alexandr Ivaschenko/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 鈥淓xtension鈥 is out, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Continuing and Professional Education is in. Same unit, same mission, new name 鈥 replacing the outdated term 鈥渆xtension鈥 with a phrase that says exactly what the unit does.

The division began as University Extension in 1960 and switched to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Extension in 2001. Other universities began using the term 150 years ago.

鈥淭he word 鈥榚xtension鈥 doesn鈥檛 reflect the breadth of our programs, and it hasn鈥檛 for decades,鈥 said Paul M. McNeil, dean of the renamed division. 鈥淭his change accurately represents what we do and the role we play in advancing the university鈥檚 outreach mission 鈥 connecting working professionals, businesses and students from around the world to the knowledge and resources of 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis.鈥

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In the studio: Charlie Bamforth, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences, prepares to go in front of the camera to record one of his four courses that comprise 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Continuing and Professional Education鈥檚 online Beer Quality Series. (Joe Najera/新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis)

The new name also better captures the division鈥檚 service to professionals who have a need to keep their skills current and to acquire new skills for career advancement.

The name change is effective immediately internally and on campus, and will be rolled out publicly later this year as part of a larger rebranding strategy.

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Continuing and Professional Education has one of the university鈥檚 most extensive portfolios, offering online and classroom-based academic and noncredit professional certificates, on-campus programs for international students, and contract programs for government and corporate clients, as well as conferences and intensive coding 鈥渂oot camps鈥 for web developers.

The division also develops and manages content for the Coursera online platform (新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 classes and programs last year attracted more than 350,000 students), and administers several self-supporting master鈥檚 degrees in collaboration with graduate groups on campus.

New initiatives include alternative credentials, such as digital 鈥渂adging鈥 to verify mastery of a skill or cluster of skills, and other innovations in delivery to address emerging skills and jobs regionally and nationally.

This name change is part of a larger movement within the University of California system, which previously had 鈥渆xtension鈥 groups at each campus. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Irvine Extension recently rebranded itself as the Division of Continuing Education and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息LA Extension is in the process of selecting a new name.

Adapting and evolving

HISTORY

  • 1960: Founding of University Extension
  • 2001: Name change to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Extension
  • 2018: Name change to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Continuing and Professional Education

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Since its founding, the division has been characterized by its ability to successfully adapt and evolve to meet the changing educational needs of its students and the modern work force. Early courses were often based on the passions of the faculty who taught them and many legendary 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis faculty and celebrities, including Robert Arneson, Wayne Thiebaud and Martin Yan, have taught for the division.

When then-Gov. Ronald Reagan cut funding for university-based continuing education in 1968, the division became self-sufficient and aggressively shifted its focus to create demand-driven programs for working professionals and their employers. The division began offering programs for international students in 1977, started providing contracted training for California鈥檚 social services professionals in 1979 and launched 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis鈥 first online course in 1999.

Today, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Continuing and Professional Education offers more than 4,000 online and in-person classes that serve students in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The division contributes more than $9 million each year to campus and the schools and colleges it partners with and is the driving force and lead funder behind the new International Center. 

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