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Remarks and Writings

An Update from Chancellor Leland on the Presentation to the Regents

March 18, 2015
Dear faculty and staff, I want to report back to you on the 2020 Project update I gave this morning at the UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. As I explained in my note to you earlier this week, this was an informational session to bring the Regents up to speed on the scope of the project and the strategy we’re proposing to... Read More

An Update on the 2020 Project

March 16, 2015
Dear faculty and staff, One of our top priorities over the last few years has been to find creative means of adding sufficient new facilities by the end of the decade to ease existing space constraints and support enrollment growth to 10,000 students, despite uncertain levels of state funding. Today, I want to advise you of a major step forward... Read More

New Innovation Awards for Staff

February 4, 2015
Colleagues, From its founding, UC Merced has distinguished itself as a center for innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. These qualities are as important today as they were at the beginning. We face challenges that will require us to be a leader among UC campuses, if not national higher education, in organizational excellence, customer... Read More

A campus update from Chancellor Leland

December 19, 2014
Dear faculty and staff, As we begin to wrap up the fall semester, I’d like to provide you with an update on campus developments that potentially affect all of us and answers to questions that have surfaced recently. Strategic Workforce Planning As you are probably aware, the campus is engaged in a workforce planning exercise that seeks to... Read More

Campus Update

December 18, 2014
Dear Faculty and Staff, As we begin to wrap up the fall semester, I’d like to provide you with an update on campus developments that potentially affect all of us and answers to questions that have surfaced recently. Strategic Workforce Planning As you are probably aware, the campus is engaged in a workforce planning exercise that seeks to... Read More

Holiday giving opportunities

December 11, 2014
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. All of us can take great pride in the achievements of our first 10 years including ground-... Read More

Proposed long-term stability and financial aid plan

November 7, 2014
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.... Read More

Sexual-violence-prevention protocol and resources

November 5, 2014
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... Read More

Campus Update

September 17, 2014
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... Read More

Land Purchase Marks Significant Progress in 2020 Project

June 30, 2014
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.   The campus is the top bidder for a piece of publicly auctioned land in downtown Merced that will likely serve as the site of a... Read More

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