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IR & LRDP Public Viewing

August 13, 2001
MERCED, CA — The development plans and EIRs released today by UC Merced and the County of Merced are very lengthy documents with hundreds of pages of text and accompanying maps. To simplify the public review process, the documents will be made available in several ways: Online Viewing Within a few...

UC Merced, Merced County Reports Detail Environmental Impacts And Mitigation Measures

August 13, 2001
The development of the new University of California, Merced campus and adjacent University Community will over time result in various environmental impacts that range from negligible to significant, according to the draft Environmental Impact Reports [EIRs] released today by The University of...

Enrollment Open for UC Merced Summer Session Two

July 30, 2001
Assistance Available through Chancellors Summer Scholarship Program The registration deadline is fast approaching for San Joaquin Valley students wishing to enroll in the second session of University of California, Merced Summer 2001 courses. August 3 is the final day to apply for all courses in...

Public Information Sessions On Eastern Merced County Conservation And Development Program To Be Held

July 23, 2001
Merced, CA — Beginning on August 1, 2001, Merced County's UC Development Office, UC Merced, and a collective of interested environmental and other groups will hold a series of public informational sessions on the Eastern Merced County Conservation and Development Program. The Conservation and...

UC Merced Planners To Unveil Campus Vision At UC Regents Meeting

July 19, 2001
San Francisco, CA — The newest University of California campus in Merced will be created with a unified vision for master planning and architecture that accents environmental sustainability and maximizes utilization of natural heating and cooling. Planners will today convey this vision to the...

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...

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