This year isn’t the first time Maxine Umeh-Garcia has walked across the commencement stage at the University of California, Merced. She was part of the campus's graduating class in 2010.
But this time will be markedly different. Umeh-Garcia is receiving a master’s degree in quantitative and systems biology, and she will represent the Class of 2013 at one of two commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 18 and 19.
Stephanie Toledo didn't want anything to get in the way of her academic success when she arrived at UC Merced.
The shy freshman wasn’t ready to consider clubs, social activities or other campus opportunities. But Toledo soon realized that she needed more than classwork to get the most from her college experience.
Retired astronaut and engineer Jose Hernandez and acclaimed author and organic farmer David Mas Masumoto will deliver keynote addresses at the University of California, Merced’s eighth commencement exercises May 18 and 19.
With more than 900 students eligible to graduate, this year marks the largest graduating class in UC Merced’s history.
As a result of such growth, the campus plans two school-based ceremonies to accommodate students and their families.
A joyous throng of 776 degree candidates of the University of California, Merced, today marched through the Beginnings Sculpture and onto the campus' South Bowl to receive their prized degrees, marking the culmination of the newest UC’s seventh academic year.
UC Merced celebrated its largest graduating class — 81 percent larger than last year’s graduating class of 428 — with some 7,000 family members and friends present. The total number of UC Merced students with degrees is just above 2,000.
Grecia Sanchez and Blaine Hartsock know they’re more than lucky. Out of dozens of UC Merced seniors, they were chosen to speak and sing, respectively, at the 2012 Commencement ceremony.
Former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante will deliver the keynote address at the University of California, Merced’s commencement on May 12.
Bustamante, who was at one time the nation's highest ranking Latino elected official, will speak to some 788 students eligible to graduate from UC Merced this spring, along with their families and friends.
On his first tour of UC Merced almost five years ago, Andy Luhrs decided the campus was the right place for him.
Born in central Mexico, the sea has long fascinated graduate student Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina.
Stephanie Toledo didn't want anything to get in the way of her academic success when she arrived at UC Merced.
An academic focus on the Central Valley region’s historically African-American communities brought Michael Eissinger to UC Merced.
Grecia Sanchez and Blaine Hartsock know they’re more than lucky. Out of dozens of UC Merced seniors, they were chosen to speak and sing, respectively, at the 2012 
When Alma Fausto first arrived at UC Merced in 2008, she felt pangs of doubt common to many freshmen.
