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May 3, 2006
The Native American Cultural Education Association
and the University of California, Merced
present
The 4th Annual UC Merced Benefit Spring Powwow
"Our Youth: Achievement through American Indian
Education...
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May 3, 2006
Students who have been offered freshman admission for the Fall
2006 semester at UC Merced have been granted an extension to file
their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR). Incoming freshmen are
now welcome to submit...
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May 2, 2006
It's the time of year when students camp at the library, worship caffeine and believe professors are out to get them. In other words, it's finals time.
Elizabeth Boretz of UC Merced's Student Advising and Learning...
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May 1, 2006
MERCED - UC Merced is cooperating with the Merced/Mariposa
County Asthma Coalition to help keep the campus and the community
informed about the quality of the air they breathe. A color-coded
flag will fly at the...
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April 27, 2006
Merced, CA - UC Merced will host several events next week about the assorted issues related to immigration that are currently at the forefront of national debate.
UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey today (...
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April 25, 2006
MERCED - The UC Merced School of Natural Sciences will hold its
second annual Health Careers Day for high school and community
college students on Thursday, May 4. The day will consist of a
series of educational...
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April 25, 2006
It's easy to mention technology and Japan in the same breath, or technology and the Bay Area. Budding technology ideas from UC Merced found audience among ideas from those locations at a recent meeting in Tokyo.
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April 25, 2006
As the new director of UC Merced's
Wawona Field Station,
Eric Berlowhas arrived at the confluence of two big dreams: Living in the Sierra Nevada and helping develop an institute where research is applied to public...
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April 19, 2006
MERCED - Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey announced today that
Professor Hans Björnsson will serve as interim dean in the UC
Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts following the
departure of Founding...
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April 19, 2006
Preliminary Numbers Show 4 Percent Overall Gain and Nearly 15
Percent Increase in Central Valley Students
The newest University of California campus has admitted 6,200
freshman students for Fall 2006, according to...
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April 19, 2006
To celebrate Earth Day and honor a certain microscopic crustacean, UC Merced will hold its first Fairy Shrimp Festival April 22.
We wanted to have an arts-and-crafts fair and at the same time celebrate that we are a...
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April 19, 2006
Jason Castillo is a guy who knows how to look beneath the surface — especially when making an important decision like which university to attend.
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April 12, 2006
Shrimp Feed Also Hosted to Raise Funds for Student Government. The Office of Student Life at UC Merced invites everyone to join in a celebration of the creative spirit and sustainable living at the first-ever...
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April 12, 2006
After Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey's March 8 announcement of her resignation, many people around the campus and surrounding communities are wondering what comes next. The University of California has a well-...
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April 12, 2006
UC Merced's inaugural class arrived last fall with tremendous éclat surrounding the university's Grand Opening Celebration. But what's it like for a student who lands on campus now? Ask Sherri McCoy, an ebullient...
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April 6, 2006
Bobcat Day is on its way, and the Admissions Office has wasted no effort making the event special for students interested in attending UC Merced this fall.
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April 6, 2006
A remarkable series of twists has brought Computer Science and Engineering Professor Alberto Cerpa to UC Merced. A native of Argentina, Cerpa planned a graduate degree in engineering, then an MBA to help him climb...
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March 24, 2006
Stefani Martinez is so proud to be a University of California alumna that she wants UC Merced's first graduating class to feel just as honored when they graduate. All three of them.
"They're so enthusiastic about it...
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March 22, 2006
MERCED - The Heyday Institute, the Merced County Arts Council,
and the University of California, Merced, are proud to present the
first Great Valley Books Writers Conference — a stimulating,
interactive literary...
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March 20, 2006
Once students arrive at UC Merced, faculty and staff seize the challenge of helping them succeed. As a small, new campus, UC Merced is uniquely suited to help students create good habits and rise to their...
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March 20, 2006
When Marsha Bond and Michael Parker asked Erick Rozigas and Nicole Mayo to join the first official UC Merced student newspaper, they got a surprise. Rozigas and Mayo were already planning to ask Bond and Parker to...
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March 13, 2006
Thirty members of the UC Merced campus community lead double lives as photographers, sculptors and painters. These artists are now proudly showing off their work at the first annual UC Merced Family Art Show, which...
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March 10, 2006
UC Merced Office of Admissions/Relations with Schools & Colleges Presents Educator's Update.
MERCED, CA — Educators at Central Valley high schools and community colleges are encouraged to attend...
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March 8, 2006
MERCED, CA— After seven years as founding
chancellor of the University of California's newest campus in
Merced, Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey announced today that she
plans to step down as chancellor on August...
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March 8, 2006
To: UC Merced Community
From: Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
Subject: Thoughts on Returning to the Faculty
Earlier today, I informed the Executive Committee of the UC Merced Board of Trustees that I will be stepping down as...
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March 2, 2006
UC Merced engages Valley community in plan to improve health of
the region
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February 24, 2006
Public Opening Set for Feb. 27 in Kolligian Library
MERCED, CA— The Mexican migrant experience
is the theme of a new art exhibit, "Miracles on the Border: Folk
Paintings of Mexican Migrants to the U.S.," opening...
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February 24, 2006
The Martial Arts Club at UC Merced may be small, but they pack a big punch – and kick and strike. The 15-member club hopes to spread interest in martial arts through community work and at the same time keep...
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February 22, 2006
The California Teach program - sometimes known as the Science/Math Initiative - will put 1,000 new middle school and high school science and math teachers into California school systems each year once it reaches its...
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February 22, 2006
What are the genetic processes that drive evolution? With training that began in her native Colombia, then continued in Panama and the United States, UC Merced Natural Sciences professor Mónica Medina is equipped to...
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February 17, 2006
MERCED, CA— Join UC Merced in a celebration
of art, music, food and java when the campus presents Java Art Walk
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 9. This special reception
marks the opening of the first-ever...
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February 17, 2006
MERCED, CA — KFSN ABC 30 Fresno TV station interviewed Professor Jeff Yoshimi and transfer student Marsha Bond for lead evening news story about UC Merced's efforts to recruit, retain and graduate transfer...
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February 13, 2006
It may be hard being the new kid at school, but at UC Merced it's the norm - everyone is new this year. And although students may struggle being away from loved ones, college life offers you the opportunity to...
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February 6, 2006
MERCED, CA— For Fall 2005, UC Merced had set
the goal of enrolling 300 transfer students. The official
third-week census, however, revealed the campus had fallen short of
that objective with just 132 transfer...
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February 1, 2006
Financing a college education is one of the most difficult challenges for students. The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships helps students and parents navigate the financial aid process in order to receive the...
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February 1, 2006
Children ask a lot of questions. In fact, according to Professor Michelle Chouinard's previous graduate research, children ask an average of three questions every two minutes. Now, as a first-time professor at UC...
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January 26, 2006
Several students on campus were asked: Why should next year´s class choose UC Merced? “There are so many opportunities and new activities to be a part of at UC Merced. You also get a lot of one-on-one...
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January 26, 2006
Several students on campus were asked: Why should next year's class choose UC Merced?
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January 26, 2006
There is a difference between being smart and working hard, says Uday Bali. Despite his perfect SAT score, his demanding computer science and engineering major, and his many projects, Bali doesn't consider himself a...
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January 22, 2006
Workshop Arms Students and Parents with Information to Access
Financial Aid
MERCED, CA— For college-bound students, the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a master key
that unlocks the doors to...
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January 19, 2006
MERCED, CA— In response to a demonstrated
need and as a public service in the interest of student and
community safety, Merced business Riggs Ambulance Service (RAS)
will sponsor a new, late-night service as a part...
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January 19, 2006
Global health threats for the twenty-first century: AIDS, bird flu, bioterrorism … and bacteria? Yes, says Professor Miriam Barlow of the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences.
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January 9, 2006
One of the biggest clubs at UC Merced isn't an athletic or academic club, but one dedicated to the promotion of the campus. Founded by psychology major Joshua Shin and UC Merced Recruitment Coordinator Mitch...
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January 9, 2006
Benito Gonzalez says two things helped motivate him when he was a child growing up in Merced: his own temperament and his father's example.
I didn't like doing yard work, he says with a smile. His father, who was...
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January 6, 2006
Founding Dean Leaving Administrative Post to Refocus on
Research
MERCED, CA— Motivated by a desire to resume
his research in the areas of educational access, language and
diversity, Kenji Hakuta has announced his...
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December 22, 2005
As the founding chief of police for the UC Merced, Rita Spaur wasn't afraid to step up to the challenge of building a police department from the ground up and overseeing development and management of the new police...
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December 16, 2005
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December 14, 2005
In a major recruiting triumph for the University of California,
Merced, Professor Raymond Chiao of the UC Berkeley Physics
Department has accepted a joint faculty appointment in the
fledgling university's schools of...
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December 5, 2005
Whether it's buying a textbook or grabbing a quick snack before class begins, UC Merced's Bobcat Books now offers everything necessary to get through the college experience.
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December 5, 2005
For Avisha Chugani in for the Admissions Office at UC Merced, reaching out to students and seeing their pioneering spirits first-hand is what makes her job rewarding.
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November 30, 2005
Public Invited to Afternoon Lecture Focusing on Future of
Diversity
MERCED, CA - Following up on the inspiring keynote address he
presented during UC Merced's recent opening celebration, Harvard
law professor and...
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November 18, 2005
Effort aims to leverage strengths of both institutions to
improve the Central Valley
The Great Valley Center and the University of California, Merced
announced a partnership on Nov. 17, 2005 that combines the...
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November 14, 2005
With UC Merced's excellent faculty-student ratios, undergraduates are finding opportunities to participate in faculty-directed research projects. Some are exploring different options for their futures, while others...
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November 14, 2005
Josh Franco traces his passion for politics back to sixth grade, when he was eager to run for student body president, but didn't. Recently he has come to believe that his decision not to run actually influenced his...
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November 4, 2005
UC Merced may not have a music program yet, but that doesn't mean that students still can't rock out.
The Mainzer Theater shut its doors to the public on Halloween weekend for a special students-only concert. The...
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November 4, 2005
Professor Katie Winder feels her research on the economics of how childbearing influences women's employment and wages is very important not just to mothers, but all of society. Growing concern and attention in the...
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November 1, 2005
Priority Application Filing Period for Freshman and Transfer Admission is Nov. 1-30. MERCED, Calif. — Today kicks off a red-letter month for students with their eyes focused on attending the University of...
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October 26, 2005
MERCED - The University of California Institute for Mexico and
the United States (UC MEXUS) provides seed funding for developing
research and teaching collaborations between institutions in Mexico
and the United...
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October 24, 2005
You might think it would be hard to impress NASA astronaut Steve Robinson. After all, he recently completed a successful space walk perched on the end of a robot arm to cut away material between the insulating tiles...
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October 24, 2005
After nine years at UC Davis Counseling and Psychological Services, Dr. Paul Ratanasiripong is well qualified to head UC Merced's Counseling Services department. Dr. Paul, as he is known, joined the staff in July,...
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