Mondavi Center and the Chancellor’s Colloquium Present
An Evening with Malala Yousafzai
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:30pm
Jackson Hall
On Sale Oct 3
Join us for an inspiring evening with Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and global advocate for girls’ education, in conversation with Chancellor Gary S. May.
Malala began her activism at age 11, blogging about life under Taliban rule in Pakistan. Her early activism drew international attention. At age 15 it nearly cost her life when she was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking out.
Since then, she has founded the Malala Fund, published three bestselling books, and earned a degree from Oxford University. Her upcoming book, Finding My Way is a deeply personal testament to the strength it takes to be unapologetically yourself.
Sponsored by
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The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund
Chancellor Gary S. May
Moderator
Chancellor Gary S. May
Gary S. May leads the most comprehensive campus in the University of California system. Across four colleges and six professional schools, UC Davis enrolls over 40,000 students, brings in more than $1 billion annually in sponsored research and contributes more than $12.5 billion annually to California’s economy. In 2019, UC Davis reached the Top 10 in four national rankings of universities, including fifth among public universities in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.
May’s vision as UC Davis’ seventh chancellor is to lead the university to new heights in academic excellence, inclusion, public service and upward mobility for students from all backgrounds.
He believes success is best judged by how we enhance the lives of others. Throughout his career, May has championed diversity and mentorship in both higher education and the workplace. He developed nationally recognized programs to attract, mentor and retain underrepresented groups in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
In 2015, President Barack Obama honored May with the Presidential Award for Excellence in STEM Mentoring. In 2021, he received the Lifetime Mentor Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an honorary doctorate from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2023, he received the Lifetime Member of the Year award from the National Society of Black Engineers and the Education Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Electron Devices Society for his “dedicated leadership and mentorship that has diversified academic leaders in education.” In 2023, May also partnered with his mentor to establish the “Professor Emeritus Augustine O. Esogbue and Chancellor Gary May Endowed Award in Engineering Diversity” at UC Davis. The endowment will support graduate students who share a passion for excellence and demonstrated commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the field of engineering and computer science.
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