To: All campus
Sept. 10, 2021
Dear Campus Community,
UC Merced has officially begun its search for a new Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer with the assistance of SP&A Executive Search.
This search is historic because it is the first new vice chancellor and administrative division since the early stages of our campus. The... Read More
To: All Campus
Saturday, Sept. 11, is the 20th anniversary of a day of profound national grief: the day terrorists attacked New York and Washington, in which thousands of people died. Two decades later, our war in Afghanistan — the longest in this nation’s history — has just been brought to its conclusion.
For many of us, that Tuesday... Read More
Re: A Record-Breaking Gift
To: All faculty and staff
June 15, 2021
Dear Colleagues,
This has been a record-breaking year in so many ways.
Despite the pandemic, we have the largest enrollment in our history and the largest number of first-year applications for fall, the integration of the magnificent... Read More
Re: Celebrating Pride Month
To: All Campus
June 4, 2021
Dear Campus Community,
One year after the start of the Stonewall Uprising, on June 28, 1970, the first Pride parades and marches were organized. Pride Month now takes place annually in June as a month of remembrance and celebration, and to renew our... Read More
Re: Reflecting on the Semester
To: All campus
May 12, 2021
Dear Campus Community,
This has been a momentous academic year, for our campus, our country and our world, with major events whose effects remain with us.
For more than a year we have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic, while remaining committed... Read More
Re: Interview - Breaking Barriers in Higher Education
To: All campus
April 21, 2021
In this podcast interview with Diverse: In the Margins, Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, a first-generation college student who became a lifelong advocate for providing education and social mobility for students from underrepresented backgrounds,... Read More
Re: On the Chauvin Trial Verdict
To: All campus
April 20, 2021
Dear Campus Community,
The killing of George Floyd was a tragedy that drew international attention to problems within American policing — attention that was overdue, and problems that have long been a stain on our nation.
... Read More