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Steve Kang Named New UC Merced Chancellor

January 17, 2007
MERCED, CA — Acting on the recommendation of University of California President Robert C. Dynes, the UC Board of Regents today (Jan. 17) appointed UC Santa Cruz engineering dean Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang as chancellor of UC Merced. Kang replaces Carol Tomlinson-Keasey who stepped down last August after...

Hollywood History: Child Star Baby Peggy at UC Merced Jan. 24

January 17, 2007
MERCED, CA— Only 19 months after her birth in Merced, Peggy-Jean Montgomery was “discovered” on a visit to Century Studios with her mother. Within a year she was one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood, appearing in nearly 150 short films and nine features during her career as Baby Peggy....

Meet the New Boss: Chancellor-Designate Steve Kang Greets Campus

January 16, 2007
His term doesn’t start until March 1, but as soon as Chancellor-designate Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang found out he had the job, he asked UC President Robert Dynes if he could start work the next day. In mid-January, Chancellor Kang paid his first official visit to the campus, meeting faculty, staff and...

Governor's Budget Supports Student Enrollment Growth

January 10, 2007
Focus Placed on Research and Innovation Critical to State MERCED, CA— The 2007-08 state budget proposal issued today (Jan. 10) by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports the University of California’s service to California by funding growth in student enrollments, proposing a major research and...

UC Wants You to Be a Student Regent

January 5, 2007
Wanted: One student to serve for two years as a student regent on the governing board for the entire UC system.Job duties: One year as student regent designate, working with the current student regent, and a second year as the student regent, discussing major issues and voting with the UC Board of...

Former Air Force Captain Finds UC Merced the Perfect Grad School Choice

January 5, 2007
Don’t try to convince Trevor Albertson there’s anything lacking here. He has traveled the world, lived in Washington, D.C. and taught at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, and he chose UC Merced. The 26-year-old graduate student said he finds everything he needs here in Merced - a town that used...

South Merced’s Underserved Students to Benefit from Grant to UC Merced

December 18, 2006
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, received funding to further a relationship with the Boys and Girls Club of Merced County, the Community Partnership Alliance and local schools, and to establish two academic enrichment programs and a parent program. The $30,000 grant from the...

Students Reach Out with Holiday Spirit

December 15, 2006
Since the campus’s opening last year, Enrique Guzman, coordinator for Student Life, said students have been knocking on his office door every semester with fundraising ideas in their heads and the spirit of giving in their hearts. Students want the community to know that we care, Guzman said. This...

Gajic-Bruyea Enjoying Challenge of New Job, New Country

December 15, 2006
Making the transition to a new job isn’t always easy, but add that to the efforts of moving to another country, and it really becomes a challenge. A native of Toronto, Canada, Susana Gajic-Bruyea always imagined she’d live and work somewhere else. But when it came to the United States, she...

Chancellor Park on UCLA Database Breach

December 12, 2006
Dear UC Merced Faculty, Staff and Student Employees, I am writing to notify you of a computer hacking incident of a restricted UCLA database that may involve your personal information. Evidence of the break-in was discovered Nov. 21, 2006, and computer security staff immediately shut down the...

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