Re: Ramping Up to Reopen
To: All faculty, staff and students
June 23, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
As we move forward with plans to return to campus, we all must do our part to ensure the transition emphasizes health and safety as we continue to negotiate our way through the COVID-19 crisis.
To that end, we are excited to... Read More
Remarks and Writings
June 19, 2020
Interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom, the nine other University of California chancellors and UC President Janet Napolitano sent this letter to the UC Board of Regents on June 12.
Dear Regents:
As individuals and leaders of the University of California, the crown jewel of higher education, we stand in solidarity in expressing our strong... Read More
June 19, 2020
Re: Research Relaunch Plan
To: Faculty, students and staff
June 19, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
Research is a central component of the University of California’s mission. Thus, UC Merced administrators, faculty and staff have been working together on a plan to restart on-campus research as soon as possible.... Read More
June 18, 2020
Re: DACA Decision
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 18, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
In a time of great challenges for all of us, but particularly those among us with the greatest need and the least access to resources, it is with great hope and gratification that I write today to share news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s... Read More
June 18, 2020
Re: Fiat Lux
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 18, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
On Saturday I had the great pleasure and privilege of giving our chancellor-designate, Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, and his wife, Dr. Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, a tour of campus, particularly of our newest Merced 2020... Read More
June 18, 2020
Re: Juneteenth Reflection
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 18, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
Juneteenth — the 19th day of June — holds great historical significance for the Black community, and indeed for all of the United States. Also known as Freedom Day and Jubilee Day,... Read More
June 12, 2020
Re: Fall COVID-19 Campus Operations Plan, for Student Housing & Residency
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 12, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
Fall 2020 presents us with the opportunity to explore new frontiers in higher education that we have never traversed before, while building from our strengths.... Read More
June 9, 2020
Re: #ShutDownAcademia Day of Reflection
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 9, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
UC Merced is an academic institution, but it is foremost a community, and our primary duty is to one another.
Many faculty, staff and others have heard the call not to conduct business as... Read More
June 5, 2020
Re: We Must Do Better
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 5, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
“Hate evil and love good and establish justice” is a simple yet powerful call from one of the most powerful works of literature.
It should be a set of universal values, but so often we fall far short of these... Read More
June 1, 2020
Re: In Solidarity
To: All students, faculty and staff
June 1, 2020
Dear Campus Community,
We feel both outrage and grief over the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. These are unconscionable acts of violence. Their deaths, and subsequent nationwide protests... Read More
