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Commencement Speech by Jill Tsai, UC Merced Senior, Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 JILL TSAI: Good evening and thank you for having me here tonight. I know tonight is a celebration for our class of 2010, but I would like to start with having everyone give a round of applause for the family and professors who have guided us to this moment. After four long years we...

Remarks by Lester Holt at UC Merced’s 2010 Commencement

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 LESTER HOLT: Chancellor Kang, distinguished members of the Board of Regents and faculty, family, friends, and of course the class of 2010, good evening. It is a pleasure to be back on the UC Merced campus for the second time in a year. I was here last May to report on how the class...

UC Merced Celebrates Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 NBC News anchor Lester Holt gives keynote speech at commencement event MERCED, Calif. — Award-winning broadcast journalistLester Holturged some 321 graduates of the University of California, Merced to become free thinkers and critical consumers of news during his keynote address at...

Student Employee of the Year Shines

May 14, 2010
In addition to president of theBiomedical Engineering Society, vice president of theSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineersand member of theVanguard Engineering Society, graduating senior Miguel Ruvalcaba has one more distinction to add to his resume - Student Employee of the Year.Students are...

UC Merced Wraps Up Fifth Year of Operation

May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010 Despite harsh economic climate, university shows strong overall progress, sees surging student demand and continues expansion of quality research and academic programs Quick Facts UC Merced will conclude its fifth year of operation with this weekend’s commencement celebration....

Alum Makes History with Acceptance to Dental School

May 13, 2010
When he walked with the UC Merced graduating class of 2009, degree in hand, Ducvinh Vo was part of a larger group of students who had spent four years making history as the university’s “pioneering class.” When he walks onto the UC San Francisco campus this September, he’ll take that pioneering...

East Coast Contest Winner to Conduct Experiments on Campus

May 13, 2010
Maple seeds, as they twirl to the ground, could provide a better model to deliver humanitarian aid. One fourth grade student, with the help of a UC Merced engineering teacher and researcher, will try to find out. Nature’s designs captured the imagination of Olivia Smith Donovan, an East Coast...

Pure Intellectual Drive Motivates Physics Grad Student to Earn 6th Degree

May 11, 2010
Like other children in his generation, Jon Inouye watched the United States’ space and nuclear programs grow and gained a passion for space and science. And his trajectory since that time has seen plenty of stops along the way, like any thorough mission of exploration.As a young man interested in...

UC Merced Partners with Harvard University to Foster Next Generation of Latino Leadership

May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010 Six UC Merced students to join in inaugural program that will draw participants from across the nation Quick Facts UC Merced is collaborating with Harvard University for a Latino Leadership Initiative Six UC Merced students will participate in the inaugural class. The announcement...

Senior Bio Major to Represent Class of 2010 at Commencement

May 6, 2010
The four years most students spend at college can offer a lot more than academic knowledge. They’re a time to start becoming the person you want to be for the rest of your life. Jill Tsai, a seniorbiologymajor from Diamond Bar, decided as a new UC Mercedfreshmanshe would do exactly that.“In high...

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