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Sociology Student Focuses on Building Tomorrow's Leaders

May 21, 2010
Olivia Bentley has a deep-seated passion for community service which, bolstered bysociologyclasses at UC Merced, grows stronger each year. Bentley has been involved with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life since the eighth grade and will draw on her considerable experience May 22-23 when...

Medical Education Plans Take Another Step Forward at UC Merced

May 19, 2010
The University of California, Merced, today announced the appointment of Donald M. Hilty, M.D., to the position of co-director of the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education. The appointment is the latest step in the university's long-term plan to develop a medical education...

UC Merced Commemorates Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 NBC News anchor Lester Holt gives keynote speech at commencement event MERCED — Award-winning broadcast journalist Lester Holturged some 321 graduates of the University of California, Merced to become free thinkers and critical consumers of news during his keynote address at the...

Remarks by Chancellor Steve Kang at Commencement 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 “Every End is a New Beginning” CHANCELLOR STEVE KANG: Good evening. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the University of California, Merced for our fifth commencement ceremony. I offer a special thank you to Regents Odessa Johnson and Fred Ruiz, and Mr. Lester Holt for joining us...

Commencement Speech by Jill Tsai, UC Merced Senior, Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 JILL TSAI: Good evening and thank you for having me here tonight. I know tonight is a celebration for our class of 2010, but I would like to start with having everyone give a round of applause for the family and professors who have guided us to this moment. After four long years we...

Remarks by Lester Holt at UC Merced’s 2010 Commencement

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 LESTER HOLT: Chancellor Kang, distinguished members of the Board of Regents and faculty, family, friends, and of course the class of 2010, good evening. It is a pleasure to be back on the UC Merced campus for the second time in a year. I was here last May to report on how the class...

UC Merced Celebrates Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 NBC News anchor Lester Holt gives keynote speech at commencement event MERCED, Calif. — Award-winning broadcast journalistLester Holturged some 321 graduates of the University of California, Merced to become free thinkers and critical consumers of news during his keynote address at...

Student Employee of the Year Shines

May 14, 2010
In addition to president of theBiomedical Engineering Society, vice president of theSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineersand member of theVanguard Engineering Society, graduating senior Miguel Ruvalcaba has one more distinction to add to his resume - Student Employee of the Year.Students are...

UC Merced Wraps Up Fifth Year of Operation

May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010 Despite harsh economic climate, university shows strong overall progress, sees surging student demand and continues expansion of quality research and academic programs Quick Facts UC Merced will conclude its fifth year of operation with this weekend’s commencement celebration....

Alum Makes History with Acceptance to Dental School

May 13, 2010
When he walked with the UC Merced graduating class of 2009, degree in hand, Ducvinh Vo was part of a larger group of students who had spent four years making history as the university’s “pioneering class.” When he walks onto the UC San Francisco campus this September, he’ll take that pioneering...

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