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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... Read More
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Named
September 4, 2001
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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... Read More
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... Read More
UC Launches New Teacher-Training Center For Mono, Inyo, Alpine Counties
August 28, 2001
Parents and children are invited to attend a special Build It! Festivalon Saturday, September 1 at the 2001 Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair in Bishop. Sponsored by the University of California, Merced, the festival will be located in the... Read More
UC Merced Helps Bring Interactive ChemMystery Exhibit To Bakersfield’s Buena Vista Museum Of Natural History
August 24, 2001
The University of California, Merced, in collaboration with the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, proudly presents the ChemMystery exhibit at Bakersfields Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, 2018 Chester Avenue, beginning Monday,... Read More
IR & LRDP Public Viewing
August 13, 2001
MERCED, CA — The development plans and EIRs released today by UC Merced and the County of Merced are very lengthy documents with hundreds of pages of text and accompanying maps. To simplify the public review process, the documents... Read More
UC Merced, Merced County Reports Detail Environmental Impacts And Mitigation Measures
August 13, 2001
The development of the new University of California, Merced campus and adjacent University Community will over time result in various environmental impacts that range from negligible to significant, according to the draft Environmental... Read More
Enrollment Open for UC Merced Summer Session Two
July 30, 2001
Assistance Available through Chancellors Summer Scholarship Program The registration deadline is fast approaching for San Joaquin Valley students wishing to enroll in the second session of University of California, Merced Summer 2001... Read More
Public Information Sessions On Eastern Merced County Conservation And Development Program To Be Held
July 23, 2001
Merced, CA — Beginning on August 1, 2001, Merced County's UC Development Office, UC Merced, and a collective of interested environmental and other groups will hold a series of public informational sessions on the Eastern Merced... Read More
UC Merced Planners To Unveil Campus Vision At UC Regents Meeting
July 19, 2001
San Francisco, CA — The newest University of California campus in Merced will be created with a unified vision for master planning and architecture that accents environmental sustainability and maximizes utilization of natural... Read More
UC Merced Dean Jeff Wright Calls for Diversity in Engineering
July 12, 2001
Engineering schools must hang out the welcome sign and aggressively pursue women and minorities to keep pace with the climbing demand for the multiple talents of skilled, highly educated engineers, according to Jeff R. Wright, Ph.D., newly... Read More
Occidental Gift Helps Create UC Merced Summer Program For School Kids In Kern County
June 28, 2001
Merced, CA — A grant of $25,000 from Occidental Petroleum Corporation has enabled UC Merced to offer a special summer program for kids from Elk Hills Elementary School in Tupman, California. Thirty-five students in first through... Read More
UC Merced Library to be Named for Leo And Dottie Kolligian
June 11, 2001
FRESNO — One of the three initial buildings on the University of California, Merced campus will be named in honor of Leo Kolligian, a Fresno native and former University of California Regent, and his late wife, Dottie. UC Merced... Read More
$2 Million Gift From Hewlett Foundation To The University Of California for Merced Campus Site
May 30, 2001
SACRAMENTO — Leading up to his focus on the Central Valley on Friday, Governor Gray Davis today announced a grant of $2 million from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for habitat preservation on the site of the new campus of... Read More
Unique cooperative venture forms "Chamber University" with Area Chambers of Commerce and Educational Institutions
May 14, 2001
"Give me a C-H-A-M-B-E-R!" That's the cheer that will be heard at a pep rally style kick-off for the Chamber University on May 24, 5 p.m. at the Sportsmen of Stanislaus Club, 819 Sunset Avenue, Modesto. The "Chamber U... Read More
UC Merced Chancellor To Speak At Mariposa Event
May 6, 2001
Merced, CA — UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Thomas Jefferson Dinner in Mariposa on April 21, 2001, it was announced today. Tomlinson-Keasey will discuss educational access for... Read More
California Assembly Budget Committee Supports Funding For UC Merced
April 26, 2001
Sacramento, CA — The California State Assembly Subcommittee on Education Finance yesterday [Wednesday, April 25, 2001] unanimously approved $162.4 million in funds for UC Merced in the proposed state budget for the upcoming fiscal... Read More
Packard Foundation Donates More Than $11 Million To University Of California For Acquisition Of Proposed Merced Campus Site
March 20, 2001
Merced, Ca. — Education, the environment, and student access to funding for higher education are bolstered as a result of an historic agreement announced today by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the University of... Read More
University of California to Acquire Virginia Smith Trust Land and Augment Trust Endowment with $11 Million Packard Grant
March 20, 2001
Merced, CA — With funds received from an historic grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the University of California today announced plans to acquire the 7,030-acre Virginia Smith Trust [VST] parcel northeast of the... Read More
California Senate Budget Committee Reinstates Funding For UC Merced
March 14, 2001
MERCED, CA — The California State Senate Subcommittee on Education today reinstated $162.4 million in funds for UC Merced into the proposed state budget for the upcoming fiscal year, reversing an action taken two weeks ago that... Read More