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UC Merced - Bakersfield Center Grand Opening

December 12, 2001
BAKERSFIELD — Student science displays, musical performances, art exhibits and facility tours will highlight the grand opening celebration of a new facility that includes the University of California, Merced, Bakersfield Center on Wednesday, December 12, 2001. Festivities at the new downtown...

All-UC Alumni Network Hosting 4th Annual Fall Banquet on Nov. 30

November 26, 2001
MERCED, CA — State Senator Jim Costa and University of California alumni Hubert Hub Walsh and Susan Walsh will be honored for their contributions to education and progress in the San Joaquin Valley during the fourth annual San Joaquin Valley UC Alumni Network Fall Banquet. The event is scheduled...

Kashian Commitment Will Support UC Merced Library

October 30, 2001
The University of California, Merced's recently named Kolligian Library also will honor one of Fresno's leading developers, according to an announcement by Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. The first floor of the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library, one of the first buildings to be constructed on the...

SBC Pacific Bell Donates $100,000 to UC Merced to Create Engineering Scholarship Endowment

October 24, 2001
The University of California, Merced today announced that SBC Pacific Bell has donated $100,000 to fund scholarships for high-achieving undergraduate and graduate engineering students at UC Merced Expected to open in 2004, UC Merced has already begun attracting top engineering faculty to its campus...

Local Family Supports UC Merced With the Establishment of 10th Endowed Chair, Library Fundraiser

October 5, 2001
MERCED, CA — The Thondapu family of Merced has committed an endowed chair and spearheaded a major fund-raising campaign to purchase books for the University of California, Merced. To be formally announced tonight (October 5, 2001) during the UC Merced World Cultures Institute Library Fundraiser,...

Newest and Oldest UC Campuses Team Up on Innovative Technology Venture to Help California Students

October 1, 2001
A new technology venture between University of California campuses in Berkeley and Merced is gearing up this year to make the content of UC Berkeley lower-division computer science courses available online for the first time. The effort is expected to help Merced graduate its first computer science...

UC Merced, Merced County Announce One-Week Extension Of Public Comment Phase On Environmental Review Documents

September 18, 2001
Merced, CA — The University of California, Merced and Merced County have extended for an additional week the public comment phase for the draft Environmental Impact Reports [EIRs] for the proposed University Long Range Development Plan and the proposed University Community Plan. The extension...

A Special Letter to the Community from UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey

September 11, 2001
Dear Friends, I would like to share with you a letter I prepared to appear as a full-page ad in the Tuesday, September 11, 2001 edition of the Merced Sun-Star newspaper. Following is the text of that letter to the Merced community: On Monday, August 13th, the University of California, Merced and...

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Named

September 4, 2001
MERCED, CA — Jane Fiori Lawrence, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at the University of Vermont, has been named as the founding Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs for the University of California, Merced, it was announced today by Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey. Expected to...

Additional Public Hearing On Draft Environmental Impact Reports

August 31, 2001
Merced, CA — The University of California, Merced and Merced County will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 13 to receive public comments concerning the draft Environmental Impact Reports [EIRs] for the University Long Range Development Plan and the proposed University Community Plan. The...

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