Re: A Message from Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz
To: Campus and community
May 20, 2020
Dear Campus Community and Friends,
I am writing to express my excitement and gratitude at being named the fourth chancellor of the University of California, Merced.
I have been privileged to serve since 2017 as president... Read More
Remarks and Writings
October 30, 2019
I am proud and honored to report: the state of UC Merced is excellent.
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the board of trustees and members of our community, friends of the University of California Merced, students, faculty and staff —
I would like to begin on a personal note as I mark three months as your interim Chancellor... Read More
October 24, 2019
The Merced 2020 Project represents UC Merced’s next chapter and it will provide access for students from every walk of life.
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It’s a pleasure to be with you today.
I have only been in my position as Chancellor of the University of California Merced, the UC’s youngest campus for three months. However, I am... Read More
September 27, 2019
At a time when national higher education is beset by admissions scandals, political winds and declining public confidence, there is a young but mighty institution in California’s Central Valley that is demonstrating everything that is right about higher education.
Read Interim Chancellor Brostrom's Merced Star-Op... Read More
September 9, 2019
Dear Campus Community,
At UC Merced, we create new knowledge while educating outstanding young women and men, most of whom are the first in their families to go to college. Our faculty and staff make UC Merced feel like home to nearly 9,000 students, and those students throw themselves into their work and, with our help, improve their future... Read More
March 15, 2019
Dear Campus Community,
Like you, I was saddened and deeply troubled to learn about yesterday’s horrific attack on the Muslim community in New Zealand. With heavy hearts, we stand today in solidarity with and support for the Muslim members of our campus community, the Merced community and the world.
Working every day in an institution... Read More
December 18, 2018
Dear friends and colleagues,
As I reflect on another year at UC Merced, I am continually heartened by the sense of community that makes this such a wonderful place to work, live and learn. I am also amazed at all we have accomplished. Our campus continues to grow, our faculty continue to break new ground and blaze new trails in critically... Read More
October 31, 2018
Dear Campus Community,
Over the week, our nation has endured hateful attacks targeting African Americans, Jews, and leading donors and politicians associated with the Democratic Party. In each instance, the target of the hate has been positioned as “other”... Read More
September 16, 2018
Dear Campus Community,
I write to you today in celebration of some significant milestones in our campus’s young history, and with gratitude for all the hard work so many of you have put into building a university that is now truly coming into its own.
Last spring, the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) came to town... Read More
August 21, 2018
Dear Students,
Welcome to an exciting new year at UC Merced!
I’d like to extend a special welcome to our new first-year, transfer and graduate students. Although your first days on a new campus can be daunting, soon you will develop new relationships, learn how to get around and find everything you need, and begin exploring the many... Read More
