2013-14

Colleagues,

As you may recall, the University of California Campus Climate survey was administered on our campus a year ago as part of a systemwide effort to gather perspectives on living, studying and working within the UC system. Many of you participated in the survey (38 percent of faculty and 50 percent of staff), as did both graduate and undergraduate students (21 percent of students) – a total of 26 percent of the entire campus population. Thank you!

Dear colleagues:

Now that the spring semester is well underway, I wanted to pause for a moment and provide you with a campus update.

It’s always a challenge for me to decide what you might be most interested in learning from me. Sometimes I get it right and sometimes I miss the mark. But I am always interested in your suggestions—please feel free to send them to me at chancellor@ucmerced.edu.

Dear UC Merced students:

Welcome back to campus after the winter break. I hope you enjoyed rest and relaxation in preparation for what promises to be another activity-filled semester.

Dear colleagues:

Our campus is now eight weeks into the fall 2013 semester and in that short time, UC Merced has been bustling with activity. I hope each of you is finding the 2013-14 academic year to be stimulating, productive and rewarding.

Dear campus colleagues,

The campus budget for fiscal year 2013-14 is now available for your review on the CROPS site.

As mentioned in previous messages, one of my top priorities since joining UC Merced in 2011 has been to create and implement integrated budgeting and planning processes aligned with the university’s strategic priorities. Because UC Merced’s resource environment is constrained, it is critical to align these resources with the most pressing institutional needs and priorities.