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UC Merced Dean Jeff Wright Calls for Diversity in Engineering

July 12, 2001
Engineering schools must hang out the welcome sign and aggressively pursue women and minorities to keep pace with the climbing demand for the multiple talents of skilled, highly educated engineers, according to Jeff R. Wright, Ph.D., newly appointed Dean of Engineering at the University of...

Occidental Gift Helps Create UC Merced Summer Program For School Kids In Kern County

June 28, 2001
Merced, CA — A grant of $25,000 from Occidental Petroleum Corporation has enabled UC Merced to offer a special summer program for kids from Elk Hills Elementary School in Tupman, California. Thirty-five students in first through eighth grade are enrolled in the one-month program, which began on...

UC Merced Library to be Named for Leo And Dottie Kolligian

June 11, 2001
FRESNO — One of the three initial buildings on the University of California, Merced campus will be named in honor of Leo Kolligian, a Fresno native and former University of California Regent, and his late wife, Dottie. UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey today will announce a substantial...

$2 Million Gift From Hewlett Foundation To The University Of California for Merced Campus Site

May 30, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Leading up to his focus on the Central Valley on Friday, Governor Gray Davis today announced a grant of $2 million from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for habitat preservation on the site of the new campus of the University of California, Merced. “This grant strengthens...

Unique cooperative venture forms "Chamber University" with Area Chambers of Commerce and Educational Institutions

May 14, 2001
“Give me a C-H-A-M-B-E-R!” That's the cheer that will be heard at a pep rally style kick-off for the Chamber University on May 24, 5 p.m. at the Sportsmen of Stanislaus Club, 819 Sunset Avenue, Modesto. The “Chamber U” is a unique cooperative effort between the Modesto, Turlock, Oakdale, Riverbank...

UC Merced Chancellor To Speak At Mariposa Event

May 6, 2001
Merced, CA — UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Thomas Jefferson Dinner in Mariposa on April 21, 2001, it was announced today. Tomlinson-Keasey will discuss educational access for the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada regions, and update the...

California Assembly Budget Committee Supports Funding For UC Merced

April 26, 2001
Sacramento, CA — The California State Assembly Subcommittee on Education Finance yesterday [Wednesday, April 25, 2001] unanimously approved $162.4 million in funds for UC Merced in the proposed state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The action came after testimony to the committee by UC Merced...

Packard Foundation Donates More Than $11 Million To University Of California For Acquisition Of Proposed Merced Campus Site

March 20, 2001
Merced, Ca. — Education, the environment, and student access to funding for higher education are bolstered as a result of an historic agreement announced today by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the University of California. With a grant in excess of $11 million from the Packard...

University of California to Acquire Virginia Smith Trust Land and Augment Trust Endowment with $11 Million Packard Grant

March 20, 2001
Merced, CA — With funds received from an historic grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the University of California today announced plans to acquire the 7,030-acre Virginia Smith Trust [VST] parcel northeast of the City of Merced for the proposed 10th UC campus and create a natural...

California Senate Budget Committee Reinstates Funding For UC Merced

March 14, 2001
MERCED, CA — The California State Senate Subcommittee on Education today reinstated $162.4 million in funds for UC Merced into the proposed state budget for the upcoming fiscal year, reversing an action taken two weeks ago that removed all one-time funding allocations from the budget. The...

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