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Black History Month

February 7, 2025

Photo depicts mugshots of BASE coordinator Liana Williams and student coordinator Chi Ude.
Editor's Note: This feature is part of a series of stories commemorating Black History Month. For more stories highlighting Black Excellence at UC Merced, visit news.ucmerced.edu/news/black-history-month. Students come to the Black Academic Success & Engagement office for...
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus....
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. For...
A portrait of Charah Coleman, director of the UC Merced Black Alliance
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. An...
UC Merced Professor Maria Martin
Professor Maria Martin has a lot going on. On Feb. 18, she was the grand marshal and a speaker at a program and march honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in downtown Merced. This...
A student sits in a stairwell and smiles while holding a diploma cover.
While growing up in the Sacramento area, Donald Carter ('21) said he didn't see many people who looked like him pursuing higher education. As the oldest of four boys in a single-parent...
Ph.D. alumna Maxine Umeh-Garcia
After transferring from a Sacramento community college to UC Merced in 2007, Maxine Umeh-Garcia was unsure of her future career. She admits she hadn’t looked at the majors the newest UC offered...
University students deserve to feel welcome and safe in their home away from home. It’s a responsibility Daniel Okoli assumes without hesitation. He has designed countless physical spaces for...
Damilola Sule has been breaking basketball records at UC Merced.
“Be Great Always” It’s a slogan that Damilola Sule and her family would like to trademark. The second-oldest of five Sule children, Damilola, or Dami, is a standout sophomore...
Members of the National Society of Black Engineers at UC Merced, which was established in 2007.
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields are particularly rigorous and demanding courses of study, and the difficulty for individuals pursuing degrees in these areas can be compounded...

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