The College of Letters and Science is investing $5 million in its instructional equipment and facilities to improve the educational experiences of students in L&S and across UC Davis. These investments have already transformed learning opportunities.

Malaquías Montoya, a professor emeritus of Chicana and Chicano studies at UC Davis, is being widely celebrated with two major exhibitions at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis and at the Oakland Museum of California. But he is much more than an artist. Montoya, 85, has influenced several generations of students who went on to make art or make a mark on the world in other ways.

TANA, part of the Chicana/o studies department, was founded in 2009 by Professor Emeritus Malaquias Montoya (Maceo’s father) and Carlos Jackson, now Chicana/o studies department chair. Each quarter four UC Davis students serve as interns at Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer (Art Workshop of the New Dawn).