News
October 8, 2014
Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving another activist home from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance...
October 8, 2014
After nearly a year of planning, analysis and listening to employees’ concerns, UC Merced is launching a three-year strategy to implement a new compensation policy for non-represented staff members.
The end result will be a workforce that is aligned to meet our growing campus...
October 7, 2014
An earlier issue of Panorama detailed the outstanding success we had this year in recruiting new faculty members to the University of California, Merced.
Every school — and practically every program — expanded its roster of ladder-rank faculty members. At the same time the...
October 7, 2014
The University of California, Merced, has directly invested more than $1.1 billion into the San Joaquin Valley economy since the newest UC campus began start-up operations in July 2000, according to the campus’ Division of Business and Administrative Services.
The investment total represents...
October 7, 2014
Recharge Committee and New Guidelines
The Recharge Committee, an advisory group to the Budget Advisory Committee and the chancellor, has resumed its quarterly meetings to review departmental recharge rates. The rate-review process includes evaluation of financial profit-and-loss statements to...
October 7, 2014
The University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) has hired two UC Cooperative Extension specialists who will be based at UC Merced.
Karina Diaz-Rios, specialist for nutrition, family and consumer sciences, joined ANR on Sept. 2. Tapan Pathak, specialist...
October 7, 2014
Thinking about retirement? Faculty and staff members who are approaching retirement will want to attend an upcoming workshop Oct. 23.
Staff members from the University of California’s Retirement Administration Service Center (RASC) will be on campus to provide information about services that...
October 7, 2014
The UC Merced United Way campaign wraps up in five days, on Oct. 15. If you haven’t pledged yet, you can do so today!
Just complete the online form to make a one-time donation, enroll in payroll deduction or volunteer your time. Please help make a difference in our community and help...
October 7, 2014
The UC Merced Library will celebrate International Open Access Week, Oct. 20 through 26.
International Open Access Week is a global event for the academic research community that promotes the potential benefits of open-access publishing. Open access to information is the free,...
October 7, 2014
Open enrollment for faculty and staff employee benefits begins at 8 a.m. Oct. 30 and continues until 5 p.m. Nov. 25.
Faculty and staff members can learn about available benefits at the Open Enrollment Benefits Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in the Joseph E....
