News
March 23, 2015
Ellie Jorritsma has been helping UC Merced run smoothly since before most of the campus was even built.
After years as an active stay-at-home mom, she rejoined the workforce in 2003, when she was hired by UC Merced as a receptionist at the Castle Commerce Center in Atwater. About a year later,...
March 23, 2015
Chancellor Dorothy Leland recently outlined for the UC Board of Regents a new development strategy that will more than double the physical capacity of campus facilities by 2020.
The planned growth is an effort to accommodate record numbers of student applicants, increase regional and statewide...
March 20, 2015
Training and Resources
April 1: Monthly Procurement Services Meeting
Procurement Services meetings offer purchasing procedure updates and advice and give participants an opportunity to give feedback to the university’s buyers and commodity managers. The next meeting is from 1:30-3 p.m...
March 19, 2015
Warmer weather gave students the opportunity to spring into action, replanting the community garden next to Little Lake and the fence that borders campus.
Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) and the Yosemite Leadership Program (YLP) collaborated on “Plant-A-Day...
March 12, 2015
The UC Merced women's basketball season came to an end Wednesday night when the Bobcats fell to Morningside College in the first round of the NAIA Division II tournament.
The 79-45 defeat against the tournament's No. 1 overall seed marked the end of a landmark season in the history...
March 12, 2015
Staff Assembly leadership from across the University of California system gathered at UC Merced earlier this month for the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) quarterly meeting.
During the three-day meeting, CUCSA delegates discussed topics of interest to staff members, received briefings on...
March 12, 2015
For the past two semesters, Introduction to Earth Systems Science — a large lecture and lab course at UC Merced — has been morphing into a hybrid of live lab and online “lecture.”
The course is a popular choice for undergrads from all disciplines, because it fulfills a...
March 11, 2015
The transformative power of college education was on full display at the state capitol on March 10, as more than 170 students, parents, alumni and other University of California supporters met with lawmakers to talk about how investment in UC benefits California and its students.
Delegates...
March 11, 2015
Supervisory Certificate Program Starts March 18
Classes for the Supervisory Certificate Program are open for registration at the UC Learning Center. This program enhances skill development in critical thinking, delegating, coaching, setting expectations, communications, organizational awareness,...
March 11, 2015
University of California staff and faculty members and student leaders joined representatives from other universities, public agencies and nonprofit groups nationwide for a two-day conference at UC Berkeley to discuss and exchange ideas about how to better address sexual assault on college...
