Financial Aid and Scholarships

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Aridin speaks at a podium in a hot pink outfit in front of a government building, surrounded by colleagues with signs that read “Education shouldn’t be a privilege” and “Budget better have my money.”

Alum changemaker awarded prestigious global scholarship

  • by Isabella Beristain
After representing more than 230,000 of her peers as UC Student Association president, Celene Aridin is ready to take her advocacy to the global stage. The 2024 UC Davis graduate joins an elite cadre of 150 scholars from around the world who will study China’s emerging role in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing as a 2025 Schwarzman Scholar.
Former President Barack Obama alongside Airbnb Co-Founder and CEO, Brian Chesky and a panel moderator sit in chairs in front of a PPT titled The Voyager Scholarship.

UC Davis’ first Voyager sets sail

  • by Isabella Beristain
Rising third-year UC Davis student Maddison Cunningham received The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, known as The Voyager Scholarship, Tuesday. Cunningham is the first UC Davis student to earn The Voyager Scholarship since its inception in 2022. 
Vyoma, in a blue and gold traditional Kathak dance dress, spins next to the egghead sculpture, Eye on Mrak (Fatal Laff).

Power of dance

  • by Isabella Beristain
UC Davis third-year biochemistry and molecular biology major Vyoma Bhanap wants to change the world through dance. In April, the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation Committee awarded Bhanap $15,000 to implement her proposal, Dance Bhoomi.
Graduation cap with diploma

Apply now for a 2024-25 scholarship

  • by Jenny Carrick

More than $6 million in merit scholarships is available for continuing students from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. UC Davis Financial Aid and Scholarships opened the 2024-25 Continuing Undergraduate Scholarship Application Oct. 1 and offer several online information sessions to help students with the application.

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