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Outdoor Experience Program Offers Trips that Educate, Inspire

May 4, 2012
UC Merced sits in an ideal spot for students, faculty and staff who want to engage in an active, outdoor lifestyle. The Outdoor Experience Program (OEP) capitalizes on UC Merced’s location with its rapidly growing menu of excursions to destinations like Zion National Park, Big Sur, Yosemite...

Senior Earns Prestigious Study Opportunities

May 2, 2012
UC Merced senior Jesse Anaya answered his phone one day to hear an unfamiliar voice ask, “Are you ready to change the world?” “Yes,” he replied. “Now, who is this?” A representative from the Harvard Latino Leadership Program told the Modesto native that he’d been accepted. It was his most unusual...

Merced Native Takes Reins as Medical Director

April 30, 2012
After two months on the job, UC Merced’s first full-time medical director has already entrenched himself in campus life and understanding student needs. Dr. Brandon Boggs, a Merced native, has practiced emergency medicine for the past 10 years, including seven as medical director for an emergency...

Thirst for Knowledge Leads History Buff Back to School

April 27, 2012
Like many others, 38-year-old Micah Chandler of Merced found himself laid off and without options after the economy nosedived in 2007. When he couldn’t find work, Chandler’s wife suggested he consider returning to school. He decided to base a new goal on his lifelong love for history and mythology...

Campus Earns Continued Praise, Recognition for Sustainability

April 25, 2012
The University of California, Merced, recently earned what might be the most prestigious of a growing list of awards for its Long Range Development Plan, while the campus had its seventh building certified “Gold” by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (...

Campus' Violence Prevention Program Wins Congressional Award

April 23, 2012
UC Merced was awarded the Allied Professional Award from the Congressional Victims’ Rights Caucus this month at the group’s annual ceremony in Washington, D.C. Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, nominated the UC Merced Violence Prevention Program for the award, one of...

Ph.D. Alum Applies a Scholar's Mind to Patriotic Service

April 20, 2012
  When Trevor Albertson (’09) started as the California deputy secretary for veterans services last summer, his longtime focus on higher education came in handy right away. Considering his department’s goal to help veterans achieve stability, he quickly saw that higher education was the key to the...

Racing Team Puts Classroom Lessons to the Test

April 18, 2012
UC Merced’s Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team built its first racecar and exhibited it at a national competition last June. The student club has crafted a more advanced machine this year. The car launches from zero to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds — as fast as a top-of-the-line Porsche. In...

New Yosemite Field Station Director Embraces Opportunity

April 13, 2012
As the new director of UC Merced’s Yosemite Field Station, Becca Fenwick will combine her love of the outdoors and of the educational opportunities such settings can offer. “I have always been drawn to world around us and love to foster that in others,” Fenwick said. “Field stations and Yosemite in...

Former Lt. Gov. to Speak at UC Merced Commencement

April 11, 2012
Former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante will deliver the keynote address at the University of California, Merced’s commencement on May 12. Bustamante, who was at one time the nation’s highest ranking Latino elected official, will speak to some 788 students eligible to graduate from UC Merced...

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