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Scholarship Gives Sophomore a Head Start on Law School

March 16, 2007
Rodney Nickens is spending a month near Chicago this summer, but not for vacation. Instead, he’s taking part in just one of the many opportunities UC Merced students have to prepare for their post-graduation plans. One of the advantages of a school the size of UC Merced is that students like...

Scholarship Gives Sophomore a Head Start on Law School

March 16, 2007
Rodney Nickens is spending a month near Chicago this summer, but not for vacation. Instead, he’s taking part in just one of the many opportunities UC Merced students have to prepare for their post-graduation plans. One of the advantages of a school the size of UC Merced is that students like...

Opportunities Prepare Student for International Career Plans

March 16, 2007
Thomas Jefferson was 33 before he wrote the Constitution of the United States. UC Merced’s Amanda Camelo has already had some experience at writingconstitutions- last year, as a freshman, she helped draft the founding rules for thestudent governmentfor UC’s newest campus. That’s one of the...

UC Merced's First Campus Complex Earns "Gold" Certification

March 13, 2007
Award recognizes high level of environmental achievementin design,planning, operation and management of complex MERCED, CA— The University of California, Merced’s first building complex, known as the Central Plant, has been recognized for environmental excellence by the U.S. Green Building...

R.A. Making Students Feel Welcome on Campus

March 9, 2007
Joy Moore found a warm welcome when she arrived as a freshman inUC Merced’sinaugural class in 2005, and not just on campus. “Some people overheard my friends and me talking about UC Merced when we were downtown one day,” she said. “We ended up sitting down and having a 30-minute conversation with ...

New Teams on UC Merced Sports Roster

March 9, 2007
Women are coming out swinging as UC Merced added softball and badminton to its growing list ofsportsofferings this week. When things started to come together and it looked like we were getting a team, I rushed home to pick up my equipment. Softball has once again become all I can think about, said...

New Teams on UC Merced Sports Roster

March 9, 2007
Women are coming out swinging as UC Merced added softball and badminton to its growing list of sports offerings this week. “When things started to come together and it looked like we were getting a team, I rushed home to pick up my equipment. Softball has once again become all I can think about...

Students Learning Genomics With Joint Genome Institute Scientists

March 6, 2007
MERCED, CA— Professors Miriam Barlow and Mónica Medina of UC Merced’s School of Natural Sciences are coordinating a cutting-edge theoretical and experimental course in genomics with researchers from the United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI). “For undergraduate students,...

Hands-on History Comes to UC Merced

March 2, 2007
If you askProfessor Kathleen Hullabout dating, she’ll be happy to fill you in on how it’s done - from an archaeologist’s perspective. She writes and publishes articles on such topics as obsidian hydration dating and time perspectivism in Yosemite native demography. Hull joined UC Merced in 2006 as...

From Meat to Politics, UC Merced Clubs Going Strong

March 2, 2007
Whether you like your steaks rare, medium or well-done, UC Merced has a spot for you in one of its 74 clubs and organizations, including the Meat Club, dedicated to the virtues of barbecue. In just two years, beginning with the founding of the Vanguard Engineering Club, UC Merced has established...

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