A New Year of Hope
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Re: A New Year of Hope
To: All campus
Jan. 19, 2021
Dear Campus Colleagues,
Welcome to 2021, to the start of the spring semester, and to a new season of hope.
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Dear UC Merced community,
A Twitter account associated with a faculty member included messages that crossed the line established by the Board of Regents in their 2016 Statement of Principles Against Intolerance condemning anti-Semitism and “anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism,” and affirming that “acts of discrimination that demean our differences, are antithetical to the values of the university and serve to undermine its purpose.”
In this op-ed for the APLU , Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz shares how UC Merced is creating a successful path to graduation for first-generation students through many pioneering programs.