Current University Students and Eligible High School Students
Invited to Enroll
Summer is the season for San Joaquin Valley students to get a
head start or catch up on earning university credits by enrolling
in UC Merced Summer Session 2006. More than 100 students have
already enrolled for the...
News
May 22, 2006
This summer, Student Affairs Fellow Tiffany Williams will begin a new chapter in her life. And although she will be a world away from home, UC Merced will stay in her heart.
“This place becomes a part of you. After investing so much, it kind of becomes your baby,” she said.
Williams will spend the...
May 22, 2006
A living legend is making his mark with the next generation at UC Merced. David Johnson, who photographed important moments in African-American life and history throughout the 20th century, is seizing the opportunity to share his experiences with college students and others in the community...
May 18, 2006
MERCED - Top-level scientific research takes years from its
inception to its ultimate goal of publication in peer-reviewed
journals. Professor David Ojcius (OH-shus) of the UC Merced School
of Natural Sciences is celebrating the completion of that process
for one of his projects, a study of the...
May 18, 2006
Campus Leader Headed Development of First Academic Programs,
Hiring of Founding Faculty
MERCED - David B. Ashley, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor
and provost at the University of California, Merced, has accepted
the position of president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
officials...
May 17, 2006
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, has been selected
as a 2006 Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program based on the
identity-based service architecture the Information Technology
department developed for the new campus. The honors program, based
in Washington, D.C., is associated...
May 15, 2006
MERCED — A collaborative proposal by three individuals from UC Merced has won a prestigious $25,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation’s Forum for Excellence in Higher Education. Robert Ochsner, Bruce Birkett and Professor Arnold Kim will use the funds to further improve UC Merced’s pre-calculus...
May 12, 2006
Commencement Ceremony Streaming
VideoMay 12, 2006The UC Merced Inaugural Commencement Ceremony on May 11,
2006, was recorded as a streaming video and is posted forviewing.This requires using Windows Media Player. If you do not
already have this installed on your computer, it is available as afree...
May 11, 2006
At the end of May, graduate student Daniel Santillano will celebrate his birthday, and he can’t think of a better gift than being among the first to graduate from UC Merced. The Sacramento native is one of three students participating in the first commencement exercise on May 11.
After graduating...
May 11, 2006
Representatives from UC Merced and community health organizations gathered at the campus entrance on May 2 to commemorate World Asthma Day by raising UC Merced’s air quality flags for the first time. Campus health services director Greg Spurgeon hosted the event, welcoming UC Merced staff members...
