Mitch Vanagten, executive chef for UC Merced’s Lakeside Catering, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Paul Fairbrook Spirit of Service Award, a national honor recognizing extraordinary leadership, mentorship and community impact in collegiate dining.
Presented by the National...
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It’s before dawn on a Saturday morning in mid-May — not a time anyone would expect the UC Merced campus to be busy. But it is.
This is Spring Commencement, and there is much work to do...

Kisha McGuire has discovered an opportunity to do what she loves for an institution she’s grown to care deeply about.
McGuire graduated from UC Merced in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree...

Climate change is having a profound effect on the millions of migrating birds that rely on annual stops along the Pacific Flyway as they head from Alaska to Patagonia each year.
They are finding...

UC Merced honored nearly 200 employees for their loyalty to the university and higher education at the annual Celebrating Service breakfast earlier this week.
Those honored each received a crystal...

New student orientation and learning assistance coordinator Dulcemaria Anaya and School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts graduate specialist Karla Seijas were recognized as 2019 Latina...

Some people have the idea that the arts are being shortchanged as UC Merced grows.
The Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies (GAMWS) Program is here to correct that perception with its...

Twelve years ago, Cassie Gunter was fighting for her life. Now she wants to give back to the group that helped her survive.
At age 22, she went to the emergency room with what she thought was...

The Financial Management Certificate Program (FMCP) celebrated the success of its sixth cohort with a certificate ceremony on Dec. 11.
This popular UC Merced professional development program has...

Growing up in San Juan Bautista, Vanessa Andrade loved hanging out with her father and his collection of cars and tractors.
She spent hours in the “barn” or shop, helping change the...



