TGIF at UC Davis

Navigate the pages of this booklet that showcases MycoTextile Futures! 🍄🌿

This project’s objective was to advance research on mycelium-textile composite materials, disseminating the potential of fungi to revalorize local wastes through biofabrication and bioremediation.

The research involved students, faculty and Davis community into three stages that included:

1️⃣ Preliminary research on mycelium growth into textile waste
2️⃣ Creation of samples that were incorporated to the Ecomaterials Library at the Design Department
3️⃣ Dissemination of the work in different university classes like Biodesign, Sustainable Design, and MAE Graduate Seminar; as well as national and international events like PLATE23 conference in Finland, Chilean Biodesign+Industry Week, Future is Fungi Award (we were 3rd in the research category globally!), and the MFA graduate exhibition at the Manetti Shrem in 2023.

Use the QR code to see the whole book online!

Thank you everything who voted for TGIF’s renewal! We are now hiring for the academic school year 2024-2025! 🍃🤩

The link is in our bio and the application closes at May 17th‼️

the TGIF committee is excited to announce that we passed in the spring elections!!!! 🌱💚🥳🥳🎉🎉

after 4 years of trying and failing to get the required 20%, the incredible support from undergrads this year finally got us past the threshold. we are so grateful to all the people that helped us pass this year 💚

overall turnout was 23.7% and of that percent, 87.9% of people voted YES for tgif!

stay tuned for what this means for the future of the program!!

💚🗳️🌱VOTING IS OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT 🌱💚🗳️

thank you all for this awesome support. everyone that has reposted our posts to their story, we love u 🫶🫶keep voting until the end to save TGIF!!

💡tgif funded a project to build chicken coops for 27+ rescued and raised chickens near the ASUCD experimental community gardens ()

these chickens say vote —>🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐥🐥🐣🐣🐣🐣

‼️‼️TGIF STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP: 750 MORE UNDERGRADS ‼️‼️

thanks to all of your support, we have jumped 7% in turnout, which is unheard of. THIS IS THE CLOSEST WE HAVE GOTTEN IN 4 YEARS!!!

however, we need about 3% or 750 undergrads to vote in the before MIDNIGHT on friday (4/26).

don’t let TGIF disappear. we’ve seen how much undergrads can mobilize in support!! let’s make history with the highest voter turnout in years.

‼️‼️TGIF NEEDS YOUR HELP‼️‼️
As of 2pm today, total voter turnout in the is 10.8%. We need to reach 20% by Friday (4/26) or our program will close.

Please vote, encourage your friends, clubs, greek life orgs, sports teams and classes to vote as well. We will be tabling the rest of this week with prizes and also has prizes available for voters.

Don’t let TGIF disappear. You have the power to keep campus sustainable!! 🌱💚

it’s halfway through week!

time for tgif to hit 20% voter turnout is dwindling ⏰

encourage all your friends and clubs to VOTE YES in the ASUCD Elections to save TGIF!!

visit the tgif table to win a prize for voting 💚🌱

Reasons to vote yes: More TGIF x projects! 🌳🌲💚

The Green Initiative Fund () has funded 14 projects with the Arboretum! Some of these include the Texas Tree Trials Research Project, Arboretum Floating Islands and nitrate monitoring, Waterway Wildlife monitoring and the Aqua-Free Demonstration Garden!

TGIF needs 20% of undergraduates to vote in the to keep our program alive and able to distribute funding to even more sustainable projects and research in the Arboretum.

🔗 Vote YES from now to 4/26 with the link in ’s bio!

clarifying what a yes/no vote means for TGIF this upcoming 🗳️🗳️

all of the tgif fee goes towards funding sustainability projects and maintaining the program. 25% of the collected fee is returned back to financial aid. this fee at its highest is just 1.16% of your total student fees, but it creates a HUGE impact on campus sustainability🌱🌎

$255 of your tuition annually goes to ASUCD, $422 annually goes to student services and student activities which includes athletics, and only $3.50/quarter would go to TGIF if we are reinstated!

TGIF WILL BE TABLING ELECTIONS WEEK (4/22-4/26)

Visit our tables at the MU, Davis Farmers Market, Sheepmowers & Silo with a screenshot of your finished elections ballot to spin our prize wheel 🌟🌟

Some prizes include owala water bottles, bucket hats, reusable utensil kits, bento boxes, hammocks 🤯, and laptop sleeves 🫣🫣🫣🫣

💡TGIF does not expect or require anyone to vote yes/no for TGIF specifically. prizes will be given out for participating in the ASUCD elections as a whole 🌱

tell all your friends to vote!!

Did you know TGIF provided start-up funding for the Sheepmowers? This baaa-utiful program used TGIF funds to get established and is now a UC Davis institution!
Next week you can vote in ASUCD Elections to make sure TGIF continues to exist and provide funds for udderly great sustainability projects like this one!

Submit your climate-change-inspired words by April 21 for a chance to adorn our beloved sheepmowers at the next mowing event April 24-26! It's easy: https://www.menti.com/alex9zi2b7aq

About
In collaboration with the UC Davis Sheepmowers and the Big Shift (the large-scale construction project helping our campus move away from fossil fuels) sheep will turn into lively symbols of sustainability and artistic expression. Then, from April 24-26, come see the crowd-sourced selections in action across from California Hall. Be part of this unique celebration of greener, more resilient futures!

Learn more: https://bigshift.ucdavis.edu/news/sheep-shift-climate-poetry

⚠️The Green Initiative Fund student fee will be up for reinstatement again during the ASUCD Spring Elections! ⚠️

This is the last chance TGIF has to reinstate our fee which funds our grant program. If the fee is not passed this election, our program will close.

TGIF is proud to fund innovative sustainability projects on campus 🌱 Please VOTE in the ASUCD Spring Elections from 4/22-4/26 to keep TGIF alive.

We will be posting more updates about the elections as the date gets closer!

🌱 fall quarter finished projects 🌱

the aggie house project is wrapping up! they provide an essential service for the davis community 🏡 congrats aggie house!

🍃 fall quarter finished projects 🍃

the aggie house project has been wrapping up 🏠 they provide an essential service for uc davis students. congrats to aggie house!! ❤️🏡

🌿fall quarter finished projects🌿

the DIY eco materials library project wrapped up last quarter! be sure to visit the library in the cruess hall building and their website at ecomaterialslibrary.sf.ucdavis.edu !

🌿 fall quarter finished projects series! 🌿

formula racing at uc davis wrapped up their project last quarter! check out their awesome achievements! 🔌🏎️⚡️🔋

Grant advising office hours are happening every Friday from 1-2PM 💻🌟

Come visit if you have any questions about your grant application (Applications are due 11/13! 🌱) Check the link in our bio for the zoom room!

Announcing the ONLY Grant Cycle this year!! 📣 Make it count! 🌱♻️

→ The deadline to apply is November 13th 🌱
→ This is a main grant cycle so you can get up to $20k in funding for a project! 🧐🧐
→ We will announce grant advising office hours if you have any questions about your application ✍🏽💻
→ Apply with the link in our bio or at tgif.ucdavis.edu/apply

Get in your application ASAP!
Our first round of interviews will be happening next week! Get your application in today to be considered in the first round of interviews.
A second round of interviews will take place only if a candidate has not been identified in the first round of interviews.
The job listing will be open until 9/15, but if you can get your application in today the better!
You will be working closely with the Green Initiative Fund Grant Program Manager and the committee!

Transportation is the largest industry source of green house gas emissions. Taking the bus and biking can help reduce green house gas emissions from transportation!

Although the TGIF fee renewal did not pass in the ASUCD Spring Elections, we are still exploring ways to avoid being dissolved.

The support we received amidst our efforts for the past three elections have shown us that even though students are in favor of us passing, a lack of overall voter turnout in the ASUCD elections (20% needed) has been the reason we cannot pass.

We appreciate all the love and support we have gotten over these frustrating times and we will try our hardest to prevent this program from shutting down on the UC Davis campus.

⭐️🌱VOTING ENDS 4/28 AT 8PM 🌱⭐️ We still need that 20%! ⭐️

After voting, don’t forget to enter our Davis Food Co-Op giveaway and check out the polling booth at the MU today/Lawntopia for a free CoHo cookie!

The elections period is halfway through! ⭐️⭐️ Remember to vote YES by Friday at 8pm and enter our raffle!

ANNOUNCING A DAVIS FOOD CO-OP RAFFLE!!! 🌱📣 HELP US REACH 20%!! vote vote vote!!

Steps to win:
> DM us that you have voted in the ASUCD Spring Elections (4/24-4/28)
> Repost this post to your story
> Tag 3 friends in the comments to remind them to vote!

Voting STARTS tomorrow🗳️

Without 20% of the undergraduate population voting in the ASUCD Spring Elections and 60% voting YES for TGIF, TGIF would be forced to shut down on the UC Davis campus due to lack of funding.

VOTE YES TO SAVE TGIF

Got too caught up during Earth Day, we forgot to post our countdown yesterday!

Anyways, TGIF awards approved projects anywhere from $200-$20,000, allowing for a wide range of projects to be funded!

There are THREE days until the ASUCD Spring Election! Remember to vote YES on TGIF!

HELP TGIF REACH 20% VOTER TURNOUT!! 🌱📣

Visit the linktree in our bio for discord/canvas announcement templates, ways to get fliers, in class announcement scripts and more!!

Send us a DM if you doing a volunteer action!

There are now FOUR days until the ASUCD Spring Elections! Don’t forget to vote YES on TGIF!

There are FIVE days left until the ASUCD Spring Election! Remember to vote YES on TGIF!!

At its cap in 2032-33, the TGIF fee quarterly fee will be $8, which is only 1.16% of your total undergraduate student fees. This little fee makes a HUGE difference!