The Full Story
About
CALESS at UC Davis is a student organization that fosters the personal and professional growth of our members. We provide academic and professional support, leadership opportunities, and empower our community to excel.
Mission
"To foster an environment where students in STEM thrive academically, professionally, and socially with the goal to better serve the Chicanx and Latinx community."
Vision
“To be a primary pipeline for Chicanx and Latinx students to excel in STEM fields”.
Caless History
In December of 1974, a Chicano engineering student at UC Davis, Humberto Rincon, saw the need for unity amongst the Chicanx/Latinx students in the sciences and engineering fields. He felt together, the Chicanx and Latinx engineering and science students could fulfill the needs they were lacking on the UC Davis campus unity and representation.
Seeing these needs, Humberto Rincon, with the help and support of former Dean of Engineering at UC Davis-Professor John Kemper, and five fellow study partners formed the Chicanx and Latinx in engineering and sciences and acquired the representation they needed to begin to increase their number on the Davis campus.
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