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Viangkaeo Lee

July 16, 2019
Viangkaeo Lee was invited to become a Gateway Scholar during her junior year at Merced High School, but after attending a lunchtime meeting, didn’t know she was part of the program until glancing at her financial aid summary before her freshman year. “I attended that first meeting,...

Vanessa Salazar

July 16, 2019
Vanessa Salazar got involved with the Gateway Scholarship Program as a freshman at Merced High School and said guidance in navigating how to apply to college was instrumental in helping her make her choice. “I knew I wanted to go to a UC, but I did not know which one would best for me...

Public Health Ph.D. Student Earns Fellowship to Study Health Equity

July 16, 2019
Fourth-year Public Health doctoral student Tashelle Wright won UC Merced’s first Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) Predoctoral Fellowship to examine tobacco use and oral health diseases among Black, Latinx, aging and rural populations in the San Joaquin Valley. As a TRDRP...

University Promotes Social Mobility Through Local and Regional Programs

July 16, 2019
UC Merced students come from all over the state, some from very long distances. But for dozens of students just five miles away from campus, getting here took its own kind of journey. Becoming Gateway Scholars allowed 67 Merced High School students to reach a destination they thought was closed...

Adan Gallardo

July 16, 2019
Adan Gallardo first learned of the Gateway Scholarship Program during his senior year at Merced High School. “I’ve always had the idea of putting UC Merced as my first choice, however I was unsure if my financial situation was able to support my education at a UC campus,” said...

Engineering Honored for Achievements in Diversity

July 16, 2019
UC Merced’s School of Engineering has been recognized with a bronze award for its excellence in inclusiveness by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). To accelerate the achievement of the Diversity Pledge goals, the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program was created to publicly...

Four UC Merced Athletics Teams Honored for Academic Success

July 15, 2019

Campus Wins Four Awards at Annual Sustainability Conference

July 15, 2019
UC Merced continues to earn recognition and awards for its sustainability efforts. Last week, the university won four awards at the 16th annual Higher Education Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Best Practice Awards. The awards were presented at the California Higher Education...

Early Childhood Education Center Celebrates 10 Years

July 12, 2019
A decade ago, the UC Merced Early Childhood Education Center opened its doors with a small number of students and a really big vision. Today, 300 children have come through the doors of the accredited center. The ECEC is a model for continuity of care and how children can thrive in a curriculum...

Campus Preparing to Launch Merced 2020 Project’s Second Phase

July 12, 2019
The growing UC Merced campus is nearly ready to debut the second phase of the innovative Merced 2020 Project, a multiyear plan to add 1.2 million gross square feet of classroom, office, research laboratory, dining, recreation, housing and other needed facilities. Phase two will include the Arts...

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