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Mail Supervisor Keeps Campus Communications Flowing Smooth

November 21, 2006
Whether it’s a college application for the admissions office or a care package for a first-year student far away from home, UC Merced Mail Services Supervisor Laura Siebrecht makes sure it gets to the right place and the right person as soon as possible. “I love people and this is a way I can get...

New Economics Major Adds to UC Merced’s Bank of Programs

November 20, 2006
MERCED - Economics, the foundation of any good business and management education, has been approved as a new major at the University of California, Merced. As of now, students can officially declare themselves economics majors. “You can do anything with an economics degree,” said Professor Todd...

UC Merced Takes Next Step Toward Medical Education Program

November 15, 2006
The University of California, Merced has hired Carlos Martini, a physician, distinguished medical educator and consultant involved in the planning of four new medical schools, to further develop the campus' plans for a medical education program leading to a UC School of Medicine in the San Joaquin ...

Learning to Learn, Learning to Adapt: Seminars Help Forge Academic Paths

November 13, 2006
Every transition provides a new challenge, says Jorge Castro. He should know; he’s been through plenty. In his native Honduras at age 11, Castro survived 1998’s devastating Hurricane Mitch, which was said to have destroyed 50 years of progress in that country. I realized life could end in seconds...

Stella Yu Keeps the Music Turned Up

November 13, 2006
In between the daily grind of work and school, UC Merced student Stella Yu still finds time to do what she loves best - play the violin on the concert stage. “When I’m up there, I feel like for one moment in my life, everyone is looking at me thinking, ‘she’s so elegant’ ” said Yu, 19, trying to...

Score! UC Merced Opens New Recreation Center, Launches Sports and Yosemite Leadership Programs

November 13, 2006
MERCED - Students at the state’s newest UC campus today will unveil the new Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center as the university also officially kicks off its sports program and begins its Yosemite Leadership Program by opening the Wilderness Desk inside the center. The Competitive...

Symposium to Help Improve Outcomes for Chronic Disease Patients

November 3, 2006
UC Merced and Golden Valley Heath Centers are partnering in hosting a symposium at UC Merced on improving outcomes for chronic disease. The symposium will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, in the Lakireddy Auditorium on the UC Merced campus. Doctors, educators and other health professionals from around the...

UC Merced Police Department's Mentoring Program Making a Difference

November 3, 2006
Having grown up poor on the south side of Merced, Nick Navarette knows the risks young children face. He has already made some of the choices they’ll have to make. He became a father at 16, and said without mentors and role models, it would have been easy to get involved in destructive activities...

Ballot Measure Specialist Teaching Student Voters About Political Process

November 3, 2006
Students in Stephen Nicholson’s political science classes will never know which way he votes. He encourages debate among students, but never offers his own opinions, no matter how many times they ask. “I teach the process,” Nicholson said. “I don”t think it’s my job to persuade the students.” It’s...

Staffer Sheryl Wyan Getting an Education on the Job

October 30, 2006
For the first eight years of Sheryl Lichtig Wyan’s job, most of UC Merced was on paper. Now that the campus is up and running, her position involves a different kind of paperwork - the kind that brings international students and scholars to be part of UC Merced. Wyan spent nine years as a senior...

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