News
August 31, 2015
From the moment he joined UC Merced’s Students First Center (SFC) three years ago, enrollment services advisor Kong Moua has been helping students find the information they need to succeed.
Whether he is manning the front counter, chatting with students online or answering emails at...
August 28, 2015
Over the next six years, hiring of ladder-rank faculty members at UC Merced will strengthen research, education and outreach programs in six key interdisciplinary thematic areas.
Exclusive of positions that were unfilled in last year’s recruiting, vacated by departed faculty members or...
August 28, 2015
Upcoming Fidelity Retirement Savings Classes, One-on-One Consultations
Fidelity representative Rand Erickson will be on campus Sept. 4 to lead one-hour retirement savings classes. The first class starts at 10:30 a.m. Participants can attend any or all of them. Classes will be held in KL 360. The...
August 28, 2015
On June 22, Haipeng Li joined UC Merced as the new university librarian.
He previously served as university librarian at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) for four years. While there, he led the library’s strategic planning and development, managed the oversight of its overall operations...
August 28, 2015
UC Merced is approaching its 10th anniversary, and there are still many faculty and staff members who can say they were here from the beginning. Some even worked to help UC Merced reach that beginning. But not many can claim they helped bring Beginnings to campus.
Min Jiang, a project director...
August 28, 2015
Faculty and staff members at UC Merced kicked off the new academic year by celebrating the accomplishments of peers and hearing a state-of-the-campus address from Chancellor Dorothy Leland during two convocation events held this month.
Convocation is a tradition at many universities. UC Merced...
August 28, 2015
A group of UC Merced staff members recently demonstrated that innovative ideas can come from all corners of the university.
Staff members answered a call for proposals for the campus’s first Chancellor’s Innovation Awards, a program created to encourage and recognize innovative ideas...
August 28, 2015
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Brian Powell will host a series of brown bag lunches in September and October.
The informal one-hour sessions are from noon to 1 p.m. and the format will be similar to the chancellor’s monthly brown bag events. The first event is Sept. 10 and...
August 28, 2015
A new grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced establish important support services for first-generation and low-income students who have yet to declare their majors.
The grant, totaling $1.09 million over five years, will launch the Strengthening Talents and Exploring...
August 26, 2015
The next issue of UC Merced Magazine comes out Friday, Sept. 4, in honor of the 10th anniversary of UC Merced's official opening, Sept. 5, 2005.
The issue, entitled "Celebrating a Decade of Excellence," looks back at the campus's beginnings and looks ahead to the next 10 years,...
