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Grad Finds Purpose, Plans Academic Career

May 11, 2011
Before he ever set foot in a classroom, graduating senior Orisa Santiago Morrice learned at the feet of a great teacher. His grandmother cared for him during his preschool years in Santa Cruz. “She managed, as a true teacher at heart, to integrate academic work into our playtime,” Morrice said. “I...

UC President Announces Campus Chancellor Recommendation

May 10, 2011
Dorothy Leland has been nominated by University of California President Mark G. Yudof to serve as UC Merced's third chancellor. The nomination will go before the UC Board of Regents next week for a vote. University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced today (May 10) he will recommend...

History Student Fulfills Speaking Promise at Commencement

May 6, 2011
Dulcemaria Anaya once vowed to represent her UC Merced class as the student speaker at commencement. Anaya, a world history major from Merced, was an incoming freshman when she made the promise to her mother and herself. Over the past four years, she overcame shyness, built confidence and became...

UC Merced Scientist Awarded Fulbright Fellowship

May 4, 2011
Andrea Joyce, an assistant research scientist with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) at the University of California, Merced, was recently awarded a Fulbright fellowship to study beneficial insects in El Salvador. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange...

Southern California Edison Gives $250K for Energy, Water Research

April 28, 2011
Dozens of students at the University of California, Merced, will be able to research new ways of increasing energy efficiency and protecting our environmental resources thanks to a $250,000 gift to the campus from Southern California Edison (SCE). Between two installments of $125,000, one in 2010...

Seminar Helps Park Leaders Plan for Future

April 28, 2011
When it comes to management and preservation of public lands, park leaders have a simple choice: Be proactive or reactive. And that decision isn't easy. Park leaders are faced with issues like climate change, habitat loss, encroachment into parks and protected lands, budget constraints and rapid...

Annual Donors Connecting, Shaping the Future

April 22, 2011
A group of university supporters from various professions and backgrounds have something in common — they've joined UC Merced's Chancellor's Associatesand found a way to connect with the campus and stand behind its mission of education, research and public service. Chancellor's Associates Don and...

UC Merced Joins NAIA in Four Sports

April 19, 2011
Men's basketball, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country teams will begin competing at the varsity intercollegiate level in the 2011-12 academic year Quick Facts UC Merced was approved this week as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Four UC Merced...

Foster Poultry Farms Donates $1 Million forScholarships

April 18, 2011
Gift will help ease financial burden for UC Merced students Quick Facts Foster Poultry Farms has made a $1 million pledge toward student scholarships at UC Merced. The company has donated nearly $2.3 million to the campus since 2004. The company's first gift funded the Foster Family Center for...

Sustainability Research Opportunities Abound for 2010 Grad

April 15, 2011
Andrea Mercado has a knack for finding opportunity. She left her hometown of Lake Arrowhead in Southern California for college in Seattle, but a year later, her horizons opened up in a different direction. “I transferred to UC Merced my sophomore year because of the research opportunities, the...

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