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...
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May 16, 2009
Thank you for this honor and let me say it was a pleasure to
help build this campus.
Its early success is a tribute to these graduating students and
the faculty. Let me congratulate the faculty first. We had just 55
ladder rank faculty on opening day, and they had to accomplish
Herculean tasks—...
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)...
April 28, 2009
Neither high temperatures or a flat tire could stop UC
Merced’s tallest sculpture from arriving on campus yesterday.
“Beginnings,”inspired by UC Merced’s former Acting Chancellor
Rod Park in 2006 and conceived by noted American sculptorAris Demetrios,
was successfully installed in the university’...
April 27, 2009
InMichelle Chouinard’sdevelopmentalpsychologylab, the focus is on children and the way language influences how they learn.
Threegraduate students, two managers and 11researchassistants work together in the professor’s lab to understand the keys that unlock and stimulate the learning processes in a...
