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Serving the World

Global Access, Global Impact

CPE’s online programs make the extraordinary knowledge and resources of UC Davis accessible to the world. And through international partnerships with more than 100 top-tier universities and government educational agencies, we bring the world to UC Davis.

From educating millions of agricultural workers on the safe use of pesticides to offering affordable online open courses that drive social mobility, CPE embraces UC Davis’ commitment to help solve the world’s “wicked problems.”

100+

countries served

150+

International partnerships

400,000

students have completed a CPE open online course

2023-24 Highlights

 

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Record Enrollments in International Programs

CPE’s International Academic Preparation, Pathway, and Youth programs give students the opportunity to study at UC Davis and achieve their academic and professional goals. Nearly 1,100 students enrolled in FY 2023-24—a 62% increase from the prior year.

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The UC Davis Walking Tour hosted by the Native Nest

Celebrating the Rich Diversity of Native Communities

The National Tribal TANF Institute unites Tribal professionals nationwide to better serve Native communities. In 2024, over 200 participants from 47 tribes across 12 states, plus Canada, Guam, Mexico, and Samoa, took part in this unique experience.

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Partnership Brings Kazakhstan’s Bolashak Scholars to UC Davis

For nearly 50 years CPE has built relationships with top international universities and government programs. This year we partnered with the Kazakhstani government to bring a group of working professionals, the Bolashak Scholars, to UC Davis.

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Example of proper personal protective equipment usage as part of the Mississippi Ag Health and Safety Alliance, one of six projects PERC supports. (Photo courtesy of Ag Health and Safety)

Bilingual Pesticide Safety Training Protects Farmworkers

CPE’s Pesticide Education Program trains nearly 3.5 million farmworkers and pesticide applicators nationwide, protecting people, communities and ecosystems. CPE has managed four of the U.S. EPA’s eight pesticide grants since 1996.

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Open Online Managerial Coaching Program “Transformed My Life”

Over 400,000 global learners have taken CPE classes on Coursera—equal to 3,500 students studying a year at UC Davis. Theogene Semana used the leadership skills he learned to become an HR officer for Vétérinaires Sans Frontières in Africa.

Read Theogene Semana’s Success Story
Dung Ngô

“There is no craft brewery in Vietnam run by women. I can be the first.”

CPE awarded its third Tapping Potential brewing scholarship to Dung Ngô, a brewer advocating for Vietnamese women in the industry. This crowdfunded scholarship covers full tuition for the online UC Davis Master Brewers Program.

Read to Dung Ngô’s Success Story

Additional Highlights for 2023-2024

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