
Join Us
CA&ES faculty and staff are invited to join Aggie Hour, a monthly one-hour zoom webinar hosted by Dean Ashley M. Stokes. This live event will be held on the third Thursday of every month and will have a standing agenda highlighting college updates and new initiatives. Each month one to two guest speakers will attend to share news about their work or spotlight their newest project.
Want to attend our
next Aggie Hour?
If you didn't receive the email invite from
the Dean's office, email Stephanie Perla.
Upcoming Dates
- Thursday, October 30
- Thursday, November 20
- Thursday, December 18
- Thursday, January 29
- Thursday, February 26
- Thursday, March 26
- Thursday, April 30
- Thursday, May 28
- Thursday, June 25
Past Agendas
- July 13, 2025
Welcome—Dean Ashley M. Stokes
Update on campus goals—Provost Mary Croughan
Leadership Update—Jason Bond, interim executive associate dean
Staff Spotlight—UC Davis Delivers—Caren Weintraub, director of communications
Recap of the “Big Day of Birding” with the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology including:
Daniel Karp, associate professor
Rob Furrow, assistant professor
Zane Pickus, undergraduate student
- August 28, 2025
Welcome—Dean Ashley M. Stokes
Special Guest—Secretary Karen Ross, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Leadership Update—Brian McEligot, executive assistant dean of finance and administration
Staff Spotlight—Salute to Ag—Joe Proudman, CLEAR Center associate director for communications and Jen Thayer, associate director of development and donor relations
Brian Bailey, assistant professor
Christine Diepenbrock, assistant professor
Mason Earles, assistant professor
- September 25, 2025
Welcome—Dean Ashley M. Stokes
Special Guest—Andrew Holtz, director of mechanized equipment development, D’Arrigo Brothers of California
Leadership Update—Sue Ebeler, associate dean of undergraduate academic programs
Staff Spotlight—Advising and Recruitment
Leslie Charlton, director
Co Hawes, student leadership program coordinator
Nick Lee, Aggie Jumpstart and community coordinator
Vanessa Talavera, student outreach coordinator
Research Highlight–Ian Faloona, professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, California wildfires and air quality