Job Shadow Testimonials

Job Shadows: ‘More Eye-Opening Than I Ever Anticipated’

One of the most common reactions from students who spend a day with top administrators through the Student Leadership Job Shadow program is surprise. Whether it’s because they expected the leader’s job to be different, they didn’t expect to be able to share their thoughts in a meeting with top campus officials or they didn’t expect the chancellor to actually have good sleep habits, students who participated in the program this fall reflected on their experience.

Their experiences are presented in their own words, below.

Job Shadows: Meeting, Listening

Being an administrator at UC Davis involves a lot of listening, as students who participated in the most recent Leadership Job Shadow Program can attest. They sat in on meetings, took tours and attended events with Chancellor Gary S. May and others. Here are some of the participants’ experiences, in their own words: