University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May has appointed Robert Segar to serve as planning director of Aggie Square. Segar currently serves as associate vice chancellor for campus planning and environmental stewardship, a position he will continue to hold.
As Aggie Square planning director, Segar will be responsible for stewarding the many people, programs and activities that are pivotal to moving the innovation hub to the next level.
鈥淏ob has played a central role in the growth and transformation of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis campus over the last 25 years, and I can鈥檛 think of anyone more qualified to live and breathe what Aggie Square should become,鈥 May said. 鈥淗e understands the complexities involved in such a major project, and he has a demonstrated ability to work with a variety of communities to identify and achieve shared goals.鈥
Segar is known for his lead role in planning the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis 鈥渇ront door鈥 along Interstate 80, anchored by the Buehler Alumni Center, the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, the Graduate School of Management at Gallagher Hall, the Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the Manetti Shrem Museum and the Welcome Center/Conference Center/Hyatt Hotel, as well as public landscapes including the teaching vineyard, Vanderhoef Quad and improvements to the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Arboretum. Working with arboretum leadership, he has helped reinvent the campus landscape as a sustainable public garden that provides meaningful learning and leadership opportunities to students and community members.
鈥淚 have always viewed campus planning as an opportunity to connect people to their place and to each other, and I am thrilled the chancellor asked me to dive into this major initiative,鈥 Segar said. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to working with community members, potential industry partners, faculty and students, all of whom have a vested interest in how we move forward.鈥
Aggie Square will serve as a collaborative technology and innovation campus that leverages the university鈥檚 strengths to become the catalyst for economic change, creates jobs for its graduates and helps spur the economic vitality of the broader Sacramento region. It will serve as a model public-private partnership, increasing technology transfer and creating opportunities for residents in the community and region. In April, Chancellor May and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced plans to locate Aggie Square on the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Health campus, along the Stockton Boulevard-Broadway corridor.
In the months ahead, Segar will spend time with internal and external communities to better understand their respective concerns and ideas. He鈥檒l also determine staffing and other needs.
Segar graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in urban studies and has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan.
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Kimberly Hale, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis News and Media Relations, 530-752-9838, klhale@ucdavis.edu