Editing University of California, Davis (section)

==Organization and administration==
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The entire [[University of California]] system is governed by the regents, a 26-member board, as established under Article IX, Section 9 of the [[California Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/ | title = The Regents | publisher = [[University of California]] Site | access-date=February 3, 2011}}</ref> The board appoints the university's principal officers including the system-wide president and UC Davis Chancellor.

The UC Davis Chancellor has overall responsibility for the leadership, management, and administration of the campus and reports to the President of the University of California system, a position currently held by the former president of [[Ohio State University]] (and chancellor of [[University of California, Irvine|UC Irvine]]), [[Michael V. Drake|Michael Drake]], whose predecessor was former Secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona Governor [[Janet Napolitano]].

The Offices of the Chancellor and Provost is headed by the executive vice-chancellor and provost (EVCP). In their capacity as executive vice-chancellor, the EVCP shares with the chancellor in the overall leadership and management of campus administration and operations, whereas as provost, the EVCP is UC Davis' chief academic officer.

The senior staff provides executive support to the Offices of the Chancellor and Provost. The Council of Deans and Vice-Chancellor consists of the heads of the university's major academic and administrative units.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ucdavis.edu/administration/ | title = UC Davis Administration | publisher = UC Davis Site | access-date = February 3, 2011 | archive-date = February 11, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110211010157/http://www.ucdavis.edu/administration/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Students are most likely to interact with or be directly affected by the Office of Student Affairs, which is run by the vice chancellor of student affairs, currently Fred Wood, and by a variety of associate and assistant vice-chancellors. This office oversees many campus units including: Admissions, Athletics, Campus Recreation, Campus Unions, Counseling and Psychological Services, Financial Aid, Student Housing and others.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/departments.cfm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071115013216/http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/departments.cfm | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 15, 2007 | title = UC Davis Student Affairs | publisher = UC Davis Site | access-date = February 3, 2011 }}</ref>