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Gym Expansion Campaign Declared Huge Success

June 30, 2006
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, announces the completion of one of the largest fundraising campaigns ever undertaken in the Merced area. The campaign has now surpassed its $1.365 million goal for expanding the Joseph Edward Gallo Gymnasium in the Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and...

UC Merced Business Center Director Helps Entrepreneurs' Dreams Come True

June 30, 2006
Chris Rosander has helped launch astronauts into space and told presidents what to do with their budget. But helping local folks realize their dreams gives him the most satisfaction. “I’ve had an exciting career,” he said. “But none of it compares to what we do here; we help people day after day...

Alumni Association Starts Strong With 100% Participation

June 30, 2006
Only one University of California campus can boast 100% participation in its alumni organization. All three of UC Merced’s first graduates have committed to participate in the UC Merced Alumni Association. They say that they are already looking forward to their five-year reunion in 2011 and other...

Video - UC Merced Aims for Medical Education Program

June 29, 2006
KFSN ABC 30 Fresno TV station interviewed Dean of Natural Sciences Maria Pallavicini and others for lead evening news story about the proposal submitted by UC Merced to the UC Office of the President to establish a medical education program leading to a School of Medicine in the San Joaquin Valley...

UC Merced Submits Proposal to Establish Medical Education Program in the San Joaquin Valley

June 26, 2006
The University of California, Merced submitted a proposal earlier this month to the UC Office of the President to establish a medical education program leading to a School of Medicine in the San Joaquin Valley. If approved, UC Merced will enter its first class of medical students within the next...

Chancellor's Message Regarding UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton

June 26, 2006
You may have heard by now the very sad news of UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton's death Saturday, June 24.Denice Denton was a friend. She helped open the administrative ranks of academic engineering to women, and like many who are among the first to challenge a barrier, she encountered those who were...

Packard Foundation Supporting Early Childhood Education

June 23, 2006
Families throughout California face a growing challenge when they seek licensed care for their children. For San Joaquin Valley families, the problem is particularly acute. A report on regional education and youth preparedness published in 2004 by the UC Merced Great Valley Center indicates that...

Summer Session Moves Management Major Toward Appetizing Future

June 23, 2006
There’s no lounging on a Mexican beach or backpacking across Europe this summer for UC Merced student Matt Siordia, but he isn’t complaining. Instead of taking a break after his first full year of college, the 19-year-old decided to jump-start the new semester and enroll in UC Merced’s summer ...

Chancellor"s Web Site Launches in Time to Chronicle Transition Period

June 16, 2006
As a new and growing university, UC Merced faces plentiful and exciting changes in its first several years. One of the first and biggest of these will be the selection of a new chancellor to succeed Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the first female founding chancellor of a major research university in the...

Emeritus Professor Brings Voice of Experience on Diversity Issues

June 16, 2006
When Leo Ortiz began his career at UC Santa Cruz, the campus was only six years old. For 30 years, he performed research in marine biology, assisted with diversity initiatives and served as an academic leader, eventually becoming the chair of the Biology department. When one of his former students...

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