Dear colleagues,
It’s that time of year when we celebrate the merriment and good will of the holidays. I would like to take a moment to thank you for your continued dedication and enormous personal contributions to the success of UC Merced.
Dear UC Merced students and families,
You might have heard by now about a proposal to implement a new five-year plan for low, predictable tuition increases that will allow students and families at all income levels to budget for the total cost of their UC educations.
The proposal was announced yesterday by UC President Janet Napolitano. If approved by the UC Board of Regents later this month, it would affect all UC campuses, starting with the 2015-16 academic year.
Dear students,
You may be aware of California’s recently passed “Yes Means Yes” legislation that sets new standards for ensuring sexual contact among college students is consensual. The law also specifies how reports or complaints of unwanted sexual activity are to be investigated and acted upon by university administrators.
Dear colleagues,
The fall semester is in full swing and now that the crunch of the first few weeks is over, it is a good time to provide you with my first campus update for this academic year, our 10th.
This will be a year in which many initiatives underway will begin coming to fruition.
Faculty members will finish the first phase of their strategic academic-focusing exercise, helping to identify future hires and the different kinds of academic and research spaces that will be needed as we grow to 10,000 students.
Dear colleagues,
I wanted to share some good news that shows significant progress in Project 2020, our accelerated growth plan that will bring the campus to 10,000 students in the next six years.
Dear colleagues:
With the spring semester over and summer underway, UC Merced is a bit quieter even though we continue to serve a growing population of students in our summer sessions. But summer is typically a time when faculty members can focus on their innovative research, staff members can work on bigger projects and everyone can take some time to relax before the bustle of fall.
With this lull, I want to update you on several topics.
The UC Merced community is deeply saddened by the senseless and tragic deaths of six UC Santa Barbara students during a shooting rampage this weekend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the students who were killed and injured in this attack.
A fund for families of the victims has been established through the Santa Barbara Foundation. For those who want to contribute, you can do so online.
Dear students and colleagues,
