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Ford Foundation Grant Funds UC Merced Concurrent Admissions Program

April 11, 2002
MERCED, CA — A $192,500 planning grant from the Ford Foundation will permit the University of California, Merced to develop a Concurrent Admissions Program with three San Joaquin Valley community colleges. The funding will support an 18-month pilot program guaranteeing UC Merced admission to...

April 19 - San Joaquin Valley UC Alumni Network Hosts Spring Luncheon

April 10, 2002
MERCED, CA — While others are focused on planning for the physical campus, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jane Fiori Lawrence is busy building the foundation for student life at UC Merced. As a prime architect for the UC Merced student experience, she will share her vision at the San Joaquin...

Expande tus Horizontes

March 26, 2002
Atwater, CA — Construye un robot. Calcula tu peso óptimo. Manéja animales vivos. Estas actividades y muchas más sesiones especiales serán parte de la conferencia títulada “Expande Tus Horizontes en Ciencias, Matemáticas y en Ingeniería” el sábado, día 13 de abril, en la Escuela Secundaria de Buhach...

Expanding Your Horizons

March 26, 2002
ATWATER, CA — Build a robot. Calculate your healthy weight. Handle your own DNA. Conduct food science experiments. These hands-on activities and many more special sessions will be featured during the Expanding Your Horizons in Science, Mathematics and Engineering conference on Saturday, April 13 at...

Valley Delegation Urges Legislative Support of UC Merced, UCSystem

March 19, 2002
SACRAMENTO, CA. — Hundreds of University of California alumni, donors and friends are taking time off from work to spend today (Tuesday, March 19) roaming the state's capitol to talk with their elected officials. Prompted by their conviction that the University makes important contributions in...

UC Merced Campus and Community Sites Acquired

March 15, 2002
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced campus today reached another milestone with the finalization of the acquisition of 7,030 acres by the University from the Virginia Smith Trust for its campus site. The transaction included provision of a $2 million endowment corpus to fund Merced-...

UCSF Professor Named as UC Merced Dean of Natural Sciences

March 14, 2002
MERCED, CA — Maria G. Pallavicini, Ph.D., a professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, has been selected as the founding Dean of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced. Announcing the appointment today, UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey...

UC Merced Seeks Vendor for Campus Food Service Operations

March 5, 2002

Nativo del Valle Nombrado Primer Director de Admisiones en UC Merced

March 1, 2002
MERCED, CA — Encarnación Ruíz ha sido nombrado el primer Director de Admisiones para la Universidad de California en Merced (UC Merced) con la misión de atraer a un grupo diverso y talentoso de estudiantes al nuevo recinto de la universidad. Ruíz asume su nuevo puesto el primero de marzo del 2002....

Valley Native Selected as UC Merced's First Director ofAdmissions

March 1, 2002
MERCED, CA — With the University of California, Merced poised to move into high gear on recruitment of its first students, Encarnación Ruíz has been named as UC Merced's founding Director of Admissions with the mission to attract a talented and diverse student population to the new campus and...

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