Undergraduate Students

Researchers at the University of California, Merced, won a $5 million gran

Last fall, the

Students from across California and their family members will converge on the UC Merced campus April 16 for Bobcat Day.

Last fall, UC Merced’s first peer-led recovery program — known as Bobcats for Recovery — began meeting weekly to help support undergraduate and graduate students in recovery from substance use disorders.

As the recovery group’s first coordinator, student John Dovales Flores worked to educate others and change the support culture on campus.

“When you’re doing outreach, there’s a stigma around drug use and recovery,” he said. “We are trying to change the way that we talk about addiction — in the group and across campus.”

UC Merced’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) Office will kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) on April 1 with numerous events.

UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28.

Junior Sammantha Fajardo wasn’t satisfied with merely representing UC Merced on the cross country course, so she stepped up to represent the university’s student-athletes at the national level.

In Fall 2007, Maricela Rangel-Garcia became o

Five UC Merced students earned recognition and gained valuable experience at a recent UC systemwide undergraduate research symposium.