Posts Tagged: citation for excellence

Why 'The Bee Team' Is 'The A Team'

"The Bee Team" is "The A Team." Congrats to the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program  (CAMBP) on winning a coveted...

Checking out a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, is California Master Beekeeper Program director Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension and a member of the faculty of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Checking out a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, is California Master Beekeeper Program director Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension and a member of the faculty of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, examining a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, examining a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why Elvira Galvan Hack Is 'Paying It Forward'

When the UC Davis Staff Assembly honors Elvira Galvan Hack at its campuswide Citation for Excellence Award ceremony on Friday, Sept. 6 at the Walter...

Academic advisor Elvira Galvan Hack in her office in Hutchinson Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Academic advisor Elvira Galvan Hack in her office in Hutchinson Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elvira Galvan Hack assists a prospective animal biology major. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Elvira Galvan Hack assists a prospective animal biology major. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Galvan family is close-knit. In front (from left) are Joaquin Galvan of Dixon, mother Lilia Galvan of Dixon, and Bonifacio Galvan of Sonora, known for the thriving company that he founded in his garage, Galvan Fly Reels. In the second row (from left) are Elvira Galvan Hack, Dixon; Sandra Galvan, Elmira, and Amanda Galvan, Dixon. In back (from left) are Lilia Felix, Washington state; Virginia "Virgie" Freitas, Vallejo; and Lydia Rodrigues, Arizona. Lilia and Lydia are twins.

The Galvan family is close-knit. In front (from left) are Joaquin Galvan of Dixon, mother Lilia Galvan of Dixon, and Bonifacio Galvan of Sonora, known for the thriving company that he founded in his garage, Galvan Fly Reels. In the second row (from left) are Elvira Galvan Hack, Dixon; Sandra Galvan, Elmira, and Amanda Galvan, Dixon. In back (from left) are Lilia Felix, Washington state; Virginia "Virgie" Freitas, Vallejo; and Lydia Rodrigues, Arizona. Lilia and Lydia are twins.

The Shirt Off Her Back

UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee Research Facility, is the kind of person who would...

Susan Cobey

BARE-ARMED, UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey examines a frame of her much-praised gentle bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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