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Remarks and Writings

A New Year of Hope

January 19, 2021
Re: A New Year of Hope To: All campus Jan. 19, 2021   Dear Campus Colleagues,   Welcome to 2021, to the start of the spring semester, and to a new season of hope.   We have lived through and adapted to troubling times in 2020 — personal, national and global — and learned yet again how important it... Read More

A Time for Unity

January 7, 2021
Re: A Time for Unity To: All Campus January 7, 2021   To the UC Merced Community,   Yesterday’s tumult in Washington, D.C. has shaken many, but it also provides a valuable lesson for those of us at UC Merced working for a better future.   Now more than ever, we see the significance of higher education... Read More

Regarding Social Media Posts

December 29, 2020
Re: Social Media Posts To: All campus Dec. 29, 2020   Dear UC Merced community, A Twitter account associated with a faculty member included messages that crossed the line established by the Board of Regents in their 2016 Statement of Principles Against Intolerance condemning anti-Semitism and “anti-Semitic forms of anti-... Read More

Search for Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer

December 16, 2020
Re: Search for Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer To: All campus Dec. 16, 2020   Dear Campus Community,   As I shared in early fall , the university has begun a search for a new vice chancellor and chief financial officer, with the help of search firm Isaacson Miller.   A search advisory committee... Read More

Light and Hope

December 16, 2020
Re: Light and Hope To: All campus Dec. 16, 2020   To the Campus Community... Read More

Moving Forward Together

December 14, 2020
Re: Moving forward together To: All employees Dec. 14, 2020   Dear Campus Community,   Over the past several months we have continued to make decisions that align with our core principles to put people first, support instruction, and enhance research. The campus leadership and I recognize how hard it has been for many... Read More

Early Childhood Education Center Update

December 11, 2020
Re: Early Childhood Education Center Update To: Faculty, staff and graduate students Dec. 11, 2020   Dear Campus Community,   I am pleased to inform the campus that the decision has been reached to resume operations of the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC). This reopening decision follows my requested consultation... Read More

Building on the Legacy of Our Founders

December 9, 2020
Re: Building on the Legacy of Our Founders To: All faculty and staff Dec. 9, 2020   Dear Campus Colleagues,   Over the last few weeks I had the opportunity to meet some of our founding faculty and staff to learn more about the early days of UC Merced. I was truly inspired by what they told me. Their vision for what this... Read More

How UC Merced is Helping More First-Generation Students Complete Degrees

December 1, 2020
  In this op-ed for the APLU , Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz shares how UC Merced is creating a successful path to graduation for first-generation students through many pioneering programs.   The University of California, Merced — the youngest campus in the storied UC system — was built in California’s... Read More

UC Merced Job Protection Plan

November 23, 2020
Re: UC Merced Job Protection Plan To: All employees Nov. 23, 2020   Dear Campus Community   Earlier today University of California President Michael Drake asked each campus to meet a savings target for personnel costs by the end of June 2021 — with the primary operating principle of preserving jobs and preventing... Read More

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