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Senior Amanda Portier of the University of California, Davis, led the team of hundreds that put on this year’s Picnic Day — attended by tens of thousands of people and believed to be the largest student-run event in the country. She also has been a mentor to individuals with intellectual disabilities, shed light on social justice issues and achieved a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average.

The UC Davis Redwood SEED (Supported Education to Elevate Diversity) Scholars Program is the first four-year inclusive college program with a residential area for students with intellectual disabilities in California. Beth Foraker, an instructor for the School of Education, and Leonard Abbeduto, the director of the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute, are co-directors of the program. 

Our inaugural class of Redwood SEED Scholars speaks about their first quarter at UC Davis - view the video to hear about their experiences in their own words.

The first group of students in the Redwood SEED Scholars program have moved in to their dorms on the UC Davis campus!  Watch this video and share in the scholars' excitement!

Applications are now being accepted for a groundbreaking new college program serving students with intellectual disabilities at UC Davis.

his fall, UC Davis will enroll 12 extraordinary new students. All will have intellectual disabilities. They’ll be called Redwood SEED (Supported Education to Elevate Diversity) Scholars and be part of California’s first four-year residential program for students with intellectual disabilities such as autism, fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome.

The UC Davis MIND Institute and the UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have received a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create an inclusive, four-year college program for students with intellectual disabilities.