MERCED, Calif. — With First Lady Michelle Obama providing inspiration and encouragement, and with more than 12,000 attendees cheering them on, some 350 members of the University of California, Merced’s historic inaugural class were awarded bachelor’s degrees today at the four-year-old university’s...
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May 16, 2009
JASON CASTILLO: Welcome Graduates, Family and other Esteemed Guests.
“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” (PAUSE)
These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson best exemplify UC Merced and the founding class. We started this university and as the founding...
May 16, 2009
With First Lady Michelle Obama providing inspiration and encouragement, and with more than 12,000 attendees cheering them on, some 350 members of the University of California, Merced's historic inaugural class were awarded bachelor's degrees today at the four-year-old university's first full...
May 16, 2009
For Immediate Release
The White HouseOffice of the First Lady
Remarks by First Lady Michelle Obama at the University of
California, Merced,2009 Commencement
MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you so much, Class of
2009. (Applause.) All I can say is wow, and good afternoon,
everyone. I am so proud of...
May 13, 2009
MERCED, Calif. – The University of California, Merced,
continues to strike “gold” with the U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) and has made several recent steps towards achieving a
sustainable future.
Two more campus buildings - Sierra Terraces and the Joseph
Edward Gallo Recreation &...
May 7, 2009
MERCED, Calif. - Concerns over petroleum gas prices and
long-term effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment
have prompted scientists to look for alternative renewable energy
sources for transportation use. One of the questions at hand is
determining what that preferred technology...
May 5, 2009
Dear Campus Community:
A recent story in the Merced Sun-Star called attention to the
growing cost of our upcoming Commencement ceremony, noting that the
price tag has increased significantly since the First Lady
confirmed her attendance. The Associated Press, the Chronicle of
Higher Education...
May 1, 2009
Graduatestudents in the Current Topics inQuantitative and Systems Biologycourse, QSB 290, are getting the opportunity to create public service announcements (PSAs) with help from a former scientist turned acclaimed filmmaker.
Students will work with former evolutionary ecologist Randy Olson...
May 1, 2009
Graduate students in the Current Topics in Quantitative and Systems Biology course, QSB 290, are getting the opportunity to create public service announcements (PSAs) with help from a former scientist turned acclaimed filmmaker.
Students will work with former evolutionary ecologist Randy Olson...
April 30, 2009
MERCED - The University of California, Merced has been granted a
key federal permit it needs to move ahead with future development
of its planned 25,000-student campus and associated university community.
The university’s permit application was approved by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)...
