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Staffer's Focus on Making UC Merced Clean and Green Leads to Managerial Role

June 23, 2008
Javier Rodriguez knows what it means to make the most of an opportunity. It’s no surprise, then, that he has big plans for his newest one. Rodriguez, who didn’t speak English when he moved at age 24 from Mexico City to Santa Cruz, was chosen for the brand-new role of general services manager at UC...

Steps and Semantics Twin Passions for New Writer

June 13, 2008
Not many people can say they are paid to read minds, but as correspondence coordinator forChancellor Steve Kang, that pretty much sums up Marie Sardalla-Davis’ daily duties. “My job is to project the chancellor’s thoughts in writing,” Sardalla-Davis said about the position she took on in mid-...

UC Merced Students, Faculty Hard at Work This Summer

June 13, 2008
College towns have a reputation for being ghost towns in the summer time. Granted, many students head to points unknown for a much-needed break after a rigorous academic year, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a flurry of university-related activity going on in Merced. Many students stick...

UC Merced Students, Faculty Hard at Work This Summer

June 13, 2008
College towns have a reputation for being ghost towns in the summer time. Granted, many students head to points unknown for a much-needed break after a rigorous academic year, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still a flurry of university-related activity going on in Merced. Many students stick...

Yosemite Connection Draws Students to UC Merced Summer Programs

June 10, 2008
MERCED - Many college students gravitate to jobs and opportunities that take them to the great outdoors for the summer. The University of California, Merced, offers two programs that give students the chance to spend the summer in one of the greatest outdoor destinations in the world, Yosemite...

Management Institute Combines Living with Learning for Freshmen

June 6, 2008
UC Merced will open its first major-specificliving-learning communityin the fall, with an entire section of theValley Terracesset aside for freshmenmanagementandeconomicsmajors. The Management Institute will allow students to explore the field of management in and out of the classroom....

Management Institute Combines Living with Learning for Freshmen

June 6, 2008
UC Merced will open its first major-specific living-learning community in the fall, with an entire section of the Valley Terraces set aside for freshmen management and economics majors. The Management Institute will allow students to explore the field of management in and out of the classroom....

Valley Telehealth Partnership Selects Six Healthcare Sites

June 5, 2008
MERCED - The Valley Telehealth Partnership (VTP), spearheaded by UC Merced, is set to begin establishing telehealth programs in six different Central Valley communities in order to improve local access to medical specialists. The six initial sites are at the forefront of what is expected to...

Art and Science of Animation Merge at Cognitive Animation Workshop

June 3, 2008
MERCED - An interdisciplinary team of UC Merced professors is bringing together the top minds in cognitive science and computer graphics and animation this week to explore how the fields can partner to create better, more realistic animated characters for gaming, film, customer service and other...

Class of 2008: Paying it Forward

May 23, 2008
If you had to sum upSonia Salazar’sadvice to her fellow graduates, it would be simple: Pay it Forward. “We need to take what we’ve learned here at UC Merced and take it with us wherever we go,” she said during a recent interview. “We are UC Merced’s legacy.” Salazar, who has earned herbachelor’s...

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