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Program Helped Her Finish a Degree After 14 Years. Now She's Helping Others

January 22, 2025

It took Lilly Uvalle a few tries to complete her education at UC Merced. Uvalle started her collegiate career in the fall of 2010 after graduating from Buhach Colony High School in Atwater. "I did two years, my freshman and sophomore years," she said. "Then I withdrew. I tried coming back once in...

Former President Carter Inspired Many During Visit to UC Merced

January 9, 2025

In 2010, former President Jimmy Carter made his way to a young University of California, Merced campus to accept the Spendlove Prize in social justice, diplomacy and tolerance and to speak to the National Parks Institute. "This is an honor for me," the president said, according to news accounts of...

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