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Opening Convocation and Celebration: "A Perfect 10" by Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey

September 5, 2005
Introduction A tenth campus of the University of California is the fulfillment of a promise to the people of California - a promise that began shortly after the Gold Rush with the conviction that education reshapes society and promotes prosperity. In looking at the early history of the...

NEWEST UC CAMPUS OFFICIALLY OPENS IN MERCED

September 5, 2005
MERCED, CA - With a stirring tribute to its 137-year history and a message of hope for the future, the University of California today officially opened its first new campus in 40 years - the University of California, Merced - and welcomed the inaugural class of students. UC Merced becomes the 10th...

Opening Convocation and Celebration: Remarks by UC President Robert C. Dynes

September 5, 2005
It is my privilege to greet the University of California Merced campus community, on behalf of your colleagues throughout UC, as you open your academic year. On this day of celebration, our hearts must go out to our fellow Americans in the Gulf States. In keeping with the spirit of California and...

Chancellor Tomlinson-Keasey On Hurricane Katrina's Devastation

September 2, 2005
To Members of the UC Merced Campus Community: Our entire University responds in sympathy and sorrow to the horrific devastation of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. For those of you who are from the region, as well as community members with families in the region of disaster: please know that...

UC Merced Grand Opening Set for September 5

August 19, 2005
Top UC Officials to WelcomeInaugural Class of 1,000 in Special Convocation Ceremony First New University of California Campus in 40 YearsIs 10th in UC System - and First in San Joaquin Valley MERCED, CA - The University of California, Merced - the first new University of California campus since...

Influenced by Refugee Experiences, Visalia Freshman Plans Full Life

August 11, 2005
Leng Xiong remembers when his family fled their village in Thailand in his early childhood, in 1990. “There wasn’t any food,” he says. “Traveling through the jungle we had to get what we could, but people suffered and died because of malnutrition.” That experience has helped guide his vision for...

Vanguard Engineering Students Visit Livermore, Del Monte

August 11, 2005
Faculty and staff at UC Merced have consistently promised students that their education in the field of engineering will be not just theoretical, but practical. And the follow-through on that promise is beginning even before the campus opens. Vanguard, UC Merced’s student engineering organization...

Bank of America Grant Announced for UC Merced ManagementMajors from the San Joaquin Valley

August 9, 2005
Million-dollar Grant Will Provide Opportunities for Disadvantaged San Joaquin Valley Youth MERCED, CA— Bank of America and UC Merced announced today the awarding of a $1 million Bank of America Charitable Foundation grant - the largest grant the bank has ever made in the San Joaquin Valley. UC...

Campus Recreation Ready for Students' Arrival

August 3, 2005
David Dunham was the director of club sports at UC Davis earlier this year when he took a group of students to the job board at a national conference of intramural sports organizers. He meant to show them how to look for jobs – not find one for himself. UC Merced was just too good an opportunity...

Multitalented Freshman Shows Above-average Enthusiasm

August 3, 2005
Mary L. Hayes knows to achieve her goals she has to be better than average. The incoming freshman student from Oakland has interests in medicine, law and music as well as entrepreneurial aspirations. “I want to be something where I can help somebody, and to do that I’ll have to know a little more...

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