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Remarks and Writings

October 27, 2021
Re: Historic Commitment to Medical Education To: All Campus Oct. 27, 2021   Dear UC Merced community... Read More
October 6, 2021
Re: Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day To: All Campus Oct. 6, 2021 Dear Campus... Read More
October 6, 2021
Re: Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day To: All Campus Oct. 6, 2021 Dear Campus... Read More
September 10, 2021
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
September 9, 2021
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
June 15, 2021
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
June 4, 2021
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
May 12, 2021
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
April 21, 2021
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
April 20, 2021
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

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