Save the date! 

Cal Bears! UCDC has arranged an evening at the Washington Nationals Game for students and all UC Alumni! 

They have set aside a group ticket block and you can buy tickets via the link below. 

The Nats will be playing the San Francisco Giants this game, and it starts at 6:45 pm. 

Where: Nats Ballpark - 1500 South Capitol Street SW, accessible on the Metro Green line. 

When: Friday April 17, first pitch at 6:45 pm. 

Who: All Cal and UC Alumni +1s and all those who enjoy a fun day out at the ballpark! 

Get your tickets via this link: https://www.gofevo.com/event/UCNight26

Spring is here. What better time to come out to the monthly happy hour to see your friends, and make new ones!

This month we will meet at: 

When: Thursday April 30, 6-8 pm

Where: Dacha - Shaw, 1600 7th Street NW, Washington DC 20001. Near the Shaw metro station (Yellow and Green lines)

Dacha offers a carefully curated selection of German, Belgian, and American craft beers. For non-drinkers, they offer gluten-free ciders, craft cocktails, and elegant wines. Something for everyone! 

Dacha also offers seasonal food menus inspired by traditional Bavarian beer gardens with an eye for local sourcing! 

Look forward to seeing you there. 

The current UCDC students exploring career opportunities want to hear from alumni on how they navigated career transitions! We hope you will join us on Wednesday, May 13th at 6:30 PM. This event is designed to maximize interaction between students and alumni. You will engage in our version of "speed networking" where alumni will sit at tables grouped by their professional area of expertise.

RSVP by Friday, May 8th. Sign Up Here

Event Location: UC Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036

UCDC is located a few blocks from either the Dupont Circle or Farragut North Metro Stations (Red Line). It is also close to Farragut West (Blue, Orange, Silver Lines). 

Guided tour of the famous murals in the Wilbur G. Cohen Federal Building, by GSA Art Historian and Cal Alum Dr. Nick Hartigan

See the famous “New Deal” era murals in the historic Wilbur G. Cohen Federal Building – a building now slated for possible demolition by the current administration. Preservationists and art historians are advocating for saving the building's interior murals by Seymour Fogel, Philip Guston, Ben Shahn, and Ethel Magafan and Jenne Magafan. The building has been called the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.” Some of the murals are chemically bound to the building’s walls and are difficult or impossible to remove.

Thanks to Rob Tobiassen for spotting this New York Times article (which includes some nice images of the murals) concerning the plight of the building and its art work: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/arts/design/wilbur-cohen-building-murals-guston-shahn.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.fF0e.p-R8gVIbvuVg&smid=url-share . Rob suggested that this would be a good venue for the Culture Club.

When: Thursday May 14, 2 pm. 

Where: 330 Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC 20237. A few blocks North of the Federal Center SW Metro Station (Orange, Blue, and Silver lines)

Please follow this link to sign up: SIGN UP HERE

Hope to see you there and Go Bears! 

Do you miss San Francisco’s cable cars? This isn’t quite the same, but it might evoke the
same sense of nostalgia. The National Capital Trolley Museum is dedicated to preserving,
interpreting, and promoting the history of urban electric street and interurban railways of
the National Capital region. Through the collection, restoration, and operation of historic
trolleys and related artifacts, the museum aims to educate the public about the vital role of
streetcars in the development of the region and beyond.

Museum highlights are:
• Street Car Hall: At any one time seven or more street cars are on display in this
spacious building. Near the cars are illuminated kiosks with information about the
street cars in the collection and their history. The display includes the oldest street
car in the collection, DC Transit 0522 built in 1898.
• Street cars go the movies: Harold Lloyd’s silent films are excerpted and displayed
continuously in a small theater. Exhibits on the walls leading into the theater link the
importance of movies and street cars to community life in the early part of the 20th
century.
• The Demonstration Railway: (which we will ride as part of our guided tour) is the
largest and most popular exhibit at the museum. The one-mile line goes past Street
Car Hall and the Maintenance Barn and down into the woods past Dodge siding,
along Northwest Branch, and on to Fish Hook loop to turn around for the return trip.
This promises to be a lot of fun. You are welcome to bring friends.

When: June 13, 2026 at 11AM. The tour will last until approximately 12:30 PM. The
museum is opening at 11AM especially for us; it normally opens at noon.

Where: 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville MD 20905

Admission: $13 for seniors, $15 for ages 14-64, $10 for ages 2-13. Admission can be paid individually at the museum.

Sign up here: RSVP Form

Mark your calendar and plan to join us for our premiere event of the Summer!

The Welcome Picnic is an opportunity to socialize with other Cal alums, and meet the students (and families) for the class of 2030!

This is a save the date announceent and additional details on how to purchase tickets will be shared closer to the date.