A throng of people came to UC Merced on a crisp, blue-sky Saturday for Bobcat Day. More than 7,000 were registered to attend the April 18 event for admitted and prospective first-year and transfer students, along with their families.
The day was an opportunity for people to meet...
Student Life

The University of California today (Sept. 18) began Promise for Education, a six-week crowd-funding campaign to engage students, faculty, alumni, celebrities, businesses, politicians and supporters...

Although the UC Merced campus is entering its ninth academic year, the campus is still in a constant state of expansion.
To fill a demand for more housing, the newest residence hall — Half Dome — was...

UC Merced senior Alexandra Hamilton is spending five months at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, studying global markets and business.
Hamilton, a management major and San Diego native,...

The best way to explore what UC Merced has to offer is to visit the campus and see it firsthand. However, for prospective students and their family members who can’t make the trip, there is a new...

On his first tour of UC Merced almost five years ago, Andy Luhrs decided the campus was the right place for him.
“The tour guide made an impression,” said Luhrs, who is from Danville. “Everyone I...

This year isn’t the first time Maxine Umeh-Garcia has walked across the commencement stage at the University of California, Merced. She was part of the campus's graduating class in 2010.
But this...

UC Merced artists are sharing their best work this semester in the eighth annual Bobcat Art Show.
The exhibit runs from April 1 to May 2 and entries can be seen at the Leo and Dottie Kolligian...

A couple years ago, Alejandra Vazquez signed up to be a community service officer on the UC Merced campus.
She thought she was just taking an interesting job, but for her and others, the experience...

Vadim Gassiy was in eighth grade when his mother encouraged him to leave Russia for a taste of American life, culture and education.
But the small town of Niceville, Fla. proved too sharp a contrast...



