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February 13, 2015
UC Merced recently issued a new campus procedure impelmenting the mandatory provisions of the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA) and the University of California Policy on Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.
The campus procedure applies to activities and programs operated...
February 12, 2015
UC Merced is converting one of the campus’s parking lots into a high-mobility lot that will feature added spots for carpool and vanpool parking, University Business permits and personal parking meters, along with solar-powered charging stations for electric vehicles.
The plan to reallocate...
February 12, 2015
The UC Merced Art Gallery presents “The Contact: Quilts of the Sierra Nevada” by Ann Johnston, through March 20. Made possible through grant support from the Center for the Humanities, “The Contact” features 14 quilts inspired by the Sierra Nevada.
Jerrold Shiroma,...
February 11, 2015
The 1806 Brothers Grimm story “The Elves and the Shoemaker” recounts the tale of a poor, overworked cobbler aided by elves while he sleeps, waking to find the tasks he was unable to complete the previous night are miraculously finished in the morning.
Two centuries later, that dream...
February 11, 2015
Policy and Compliance Director Shifts to Chancellor's Office
Sheryl Ireland's role as director of policy and compliance has shifted from Business and Financial Services to the new Office of Campus Culture and Compliance, led by Associate Chancellor Luanna Putney.
Under Putney's...
February 11, 2015
UC Merced will soon benefit from increased leadership in the humanities, thanks to an anonymous $500,000 donation and a $500,000 match from the UC Office of the President.
The gift and match will establish a $1 million endowment to fund the UC Merced Presidential Chair in the Humanities. The chair...
February 11, 2015
The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, recently released Academic Library Contributions to Student Success: Documented Practices from the Field.
The report summarizes the findings to date of the three-year "Assessment...
February 11, 2015
The UC Merced Graduate Division has launched the campus's inaugural GradSLAM! event, in which Ph.D. students hone their public speaking skills competing against their peers on campus in a research presentation competition. The winner will compete in the first UC systemwide GradSLAM! competition...
February 11, 2015
Story Update on Feb. 13, 3 p.m. :
Anthem offering identity theft protection to current, former members after recent cyber attack
Anthem is offering identity repair assistance and credit monitoring services to current members and former members enrolled in 2004 or later in response to the recent...
February 11, 2015
If you missed last week’s compensation strategy webcast hosted by Business and Administrative Services Vice Chancellor Michael Reese, don’t fret. The event was recorded and is available for viewing at your convenience.
Seventy-five connections were made to the webcast, in which...
