To the UC Merced community,
The excitement is growing.
UC Merced drew thousands of prospective students and their relatives and friends to admissions events in Santa Clara, Sacramento, Anaheim and Los Angeles over the past few weeks. Families are clearly deeply invested in... Read More
Remarks and Writings
April 11, 2023
Re: Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
To: All campus
Dear campus colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marjorie Zatz as Interim Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVC/P), effective June 1. Dr. Zatz will remain in the Interim EVC/P role until a national search has been completed and... Read More
March 22, 2023
Re: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Transition
To: All campus
Dear campus colleagues,
It is with mixed emotions that I announce that after five years of service, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gregg Camfield will be stepping down from his role, effective May 31. Provost Camfield plans to take a year... Read More
March 16, 2023
To: All campus
Re: Growing Partnerships with Mexican Universities... Read More
March 13, 2023
Re: Search for Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
To: All campus
Dear Campus Community,
After an unsuccessful executive search in 2021, the university in now ready to resume the search for a permanent Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer (VC CFO).
Among other responsibilities, the Vice... Read More
March 1, 2023
To: All campus
Re: Another Record Applicant Pool for Fall 2023
Dear campus community,
Once again, a record number of potential first-year students — more than 26,000 — have applied to join the UC Merced community in fall 2023, with nearly 3,900 seeking to join us as transfer students.
Some... Read More
February 10, 2023
To: All campus
Re: Recent Honors Are Wins for STEM
Dear campus community,
The news that Professor Asmeret Berhe — on leave from UC Merced to oversee the Office of Science in the US Department of Energy — has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is well worth celebrating. Dr. Berhe is a... Read More
February 3, 2023
Re: Celebrating Black Excellence
To: All campus
This month we celebrate and lift up those whose stories have all too often been overlooked.
At UC Merced, we are particularly grateful to our Black leaders, pioneers and colleagues whose efforts have shaped this university and its trajectory. Black faculty continue to... Read More
January 28, 2023
Re: Tyre Nichols
To: All campus
Jan. 28, 2023
This weekend we process the senseless and brutal treatment of yet another young Black man by officers sworn to protect and serve their citizens; this senseless act coming on the heels of violent and tragic events in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay.
And we wonder: how have we arrived at a... Read More
January 17, 2023
Re: Welcome Back
To: All campus
Jan. 17, 2023
Dear campus community,
Welcome back to UC Merced for the spring semester of 2023. We hope to see great things happen on campus in coming months, such as the rollout of new public art and a groundbreaking for our long-awaited medical education building. Our new women... Read More
