Welcome to the College Opportunity Programs! Our mission is to
increase student preparation for postsecondary opportunities
through academic enrichment, academic advising, motivational
activities and K-12 partnerships. These activities span
grades K-16 and are offered both on the UC Davis campus and at
elementary, middle and high school sites throughout Sacramento,
Solano, Yolo, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity and Tehama
counties.
Since 2005, more than 14,000
Sacramento-area school children have benefited from Words Take
Wing: Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature. This annual
celebration, held each February, gives students the opportunity
to hear about the personal journeys and creative processes of
acclaimed authors and illustrators of diverse children’s
literature whose stories about Native American heritage, Asian
culture, African American culture, and Latino identity, among
many others, allow them to explore a wide range of perspectives
and world views.
The UC Davis Young Scholars Program is a summer residential
research program designed to expose approximately 40 high
achieving high school students to the world of original research
in the natural sciences with emphasis on the biological,
environmental and agricultural sciences. To be eligible for the
summer of 2020, students must be currently enrolled as sophomores
or juniors in high school and be rising juniors or rising seniors
during the program summer. UC Davis Young Scholars
Program participation is not limited to California students.
