SISS serves over 3,000 UC Davis international students and scholars from all over the world.  We recognize that a growing number of students and scholars come to Davis with their families.  This section of the SISS web site aims to address the needs of this important and growing part of the UC Davis community.

Practical Information

 

• SISS Handbook for International Students and Scholars

• Applying for a Social Security Card

• Banking

• Bicycles

• Bus service by Unitrans

• Child care services

• English Language Instruction

• Garbage collection and recycling

• Housing Information

• Income tax seminars

• Libraries
   - Yolo County Library
   - UCD Peter J. Shields Library

• Maps
    - City Map
    - Area Map
    - Bike Map

• Motels in Davis

• Newspapers
   - Davis Enterprise
   - California Aggie

• Nutrition for Families and Children

• Obtaining a California Driver's License or Identification Card

• Parks and Recreation

• Post Office and Mail Service

• Public Schools and Private Schools: Pre-schools, Kindergarten to 12

• Telephone Service

• Visiting/Moving to Davis
   - Davis Statistics
   - Housing Information
   - Visitor Information

Campus Resources

 

• Campus Recreation Program

  • Outdoor Adventures

  • Craft Center

  • Equestrian Center

  • Youth Program

  • MU Art Gallery

  • Rec Pool

  • MU Games Area

• Distance Learning

• Intercollegiate Athletics

• Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

• Music Department

• Recreational and Sports facilities

• UCD Principles of Community

• Theatre and Dance Department

• UC Davis Arboretum

• UC Davis Herbarium

• UC Davis Libraries & Galleries

• University Farm Circle

• Women's Resources & Research Center

Local Events

Campus and Davis events

• Native American Culture Days, April

• Picnic Day, April

• Asian Pacific Culture Week, April

• Black Family Week, May

• La Raza Cultural Days, May

• Whole Earth Festival, May

• Yolo County Gay Pride Day, June

• Second Friday ArtAbouts, year-round

Other events in Northern California
 

• Napa Valley Mustard Festival, January-April

• Davis Feminist Film Festival, February

• Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, February

• San Jose Film Festival, March

• Lodi Spring Wine Show, March

• Sacramento International Film Festival, March-April

• Placer County Strawberry Festival (Roseville), April

• Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (San Francisco), April

• Stockton Asparagus Festival, April

• UCD Asian American Association Film Festival, May

• Castroville Artichoke Festival, May

• Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras, May

• Dixon May Fair, May

• Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, May

• Rocklin Jubilee, June

• Northern California Blues Festival, (Fair Oaks), June

• Courtland Pear Fair, July

• California Peach Festival (Marysville), July

• Strauss Festival of Elk Grove, July

• San Francisco Silent Film Festival, July

• Gilroy Garlic Festival, July

• California WorldFest (Grass Valley), July

• Sonoma County Blues Festival, July

• Carmel Bach Festival, July-August

• San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July-August

• Lake Tahoe Music Festival, July-August

• Yuba City Tomato Festival, August

• Vallejo Jazz, Art and Wine Festival, August

• Sacramento Festa Italiana, August

• California State Fair (Sacramento), August

• San Francisco Blues Festival, September

• California Brewers Festival (Sacramento), September

• Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fair, September

• Monterey Jazz Festival, September

• Sausalito Art Festival, September

• San Francisco Festa Italiana, September

• Northern California Renaissance Faire (Hollister), September-October

• Modesto Oktoberfest, October

• Campbell Oktoberfest, October

• Oktoberfest by the Bay (San Francisco), October

• Sacramento Arts Festival, October

• Latino Film Festival (San Francisco Bay Area), November

• Mountain Mandarin Festival (Auburn), November

• West Coast Ragtime Festival (Sacramento), November

• Nevada City - Music in the Mountains, year-round

Other Local Resources for Families

 

• Yolo Basin Foundation

• Effie Yeaw Nature Center

• Explorit! Science Center

• Davis Art Center

• Davis AYSO Soccer

• Davis Little League Baseball

• Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve (hikes and presentations)

• UCDMC Wellness Center

Science Centers in Northern California

 

Bay Model Visitor Center 2100 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 94965 (415) 332-3871 www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc

Chabot Space & Science Center 10000 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, 94619 (510) 530-3480 www.chabotspace.org

Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education 1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo, 94401 (650) 342-7755 www.coyoteptmuseum.org

Discovery Museum, Sacramento Museum of History, Science, Space, & Technology 101 I Street, Sacramento, 95814 (916) 264-7057 www.thediscovery.org

Explorit Science Center 3141 Fifth Street, Davis, 95616 (530) 756-0191 www.explorit.org

The Exploritorium 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 (415) 561-0360 www.exploratorium.edu

Hall of Health 2230 Shattuck Avenue (Lower Level), Berkeley, 94704 (510) 549-1564 www.hallofhealth.org

Happy Hollow Park & Zoo 1300 Senter Road, San Jose, 95112 (408) 277-3000 www.happyhollowparkandzoo.org

Humboldt State University Natural History Museum 1315 G Street, Arcata, 95521 (707) 826-4479 www.humboldt.edu/~natmus/

Lawrence Hall of Science One Centennial Drive, University of California, Berkeley, 94720 (510) 642-5132 www.lawrencehallofscience.org

Lindsay Wildlife Museum 1931 First Avenue, Walnut Creek, 94597 (925) 935-1978 www.wildlife-museum.org

The Tech Museum of Innovation 201 South Market Street, San Jose, 95113-2008 (408) 795-6100 www.thetech.org

Turtle Bay Exploration Park 800 Auditorium Drive, Redding, 96001 (530) 243-8850 www.turtlebay.org

Zeum 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco, 94103 (415) 777-2800 www.zeum.org

Randall Museum 199 Museum Wy., San Francisco, 94114 (415) 554-9600 www.randallmuseum.org/