In honor of UC Davis’ Centennial, over 300 UC Davis alumni and friends from 17 international alumni networks on six continents around the world gathered to celebrate Picnic Day and toast UC Davis. All events were held on or near Picnic Day 2009.
We requested that each alumni network hold a family celebration on Saturday, April 18th that brought alumni and friends of UC Davis together for fellowship, fun, and food for the entire family—a replica of Picnic Day on the Davis campus. All of these were entirely up to the planning committee of each alumni network.
Alumni were requested to take photos and video of the event so that they could be ncorporated into a video of alumni around the world toasting UC Davis. A video was also created of various groups across campus toasting UC Davis. The videos were shown at the Pancake Breakfast and at the Chancellor’s Ice Cream Social on Picnic Day. For future reference, the videos are archived at www.youtube.com/ucdavisuoip.
Picnic Day Around the World 2009
A Toast to UC Davis
The markers below show all locations of Picnic Day events.
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Participating Alumni Networks
| Australia | Hong Kong | Philippines |
| Chile | Iran | Spain |
| China
- Beijing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Wuxi |
Italy | Taiwan |
| Egypt | Japan | |
| Germany | Pakistan |