Dear UC Merced Fellows,
We are more than halfway through the spring semester and are very grateful for recent and upcoming opportunities to connect in-person, at long last, with friends of the university such as yourselves. We do hope you may be able to attend some of the events outlined below and we will be sure to share information on other activities as they arise throughout the year.
One such activity will be the next Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, June 22. Please save the date to attend the networking reception with trustees and campus leaders, and more details will follow in the coming months.
In the meantime, please don't hesitate to reach out to me by phone (209-382-4142) or email (ucmfoundation@ucmerced.edu) if you have any questions or would like to discuss university initiatives and updates. If you haven't already, be sure to check out the new edition of the UC Merced Magazine for some of the latest news from our campus.
Thank you, and please take care!
Warmest regards,
Stephanie
Stephanie Sia
Director, UC Merced Foundation Board
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Merced Vernal Pools & Grassland Reserve Tours |
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Friday April 1, 8, 22, or 29
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Join us for a tour of the UC Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve and learn about the Reserve’s natural history, geology, ecology, land management (cattle grazing), stewardship (monitoring of threatened and endangered species), and ongoing research activities. Come experience displays of blooming flowers, like meadowfoam and wild hyacinth, and observe birds, like the red-tailed hawk and Canada goose, among other wildlife.
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Dr. Nancy Burke
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Endowed Chair
Professor of Public Health and Anthropology
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
12:00 pm
Zoom
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Love's Labor's Lost
April 22-24, 2022
Yosemite National Park, Curry Village
Shakespeare in Yosemite was founded in 2017 to bring short, accessible, and free productions of Shakespeare’s plays to Yosemite National Park for Earth Day and Shakespeare’s birthday each April. The 2022 show is uniquely adapted for Yosemite National Park, based on Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost, and is set in 1969, with groovy music and costumes, and an evocation of the first Earth Day. Please reach out to us at ucmfoundation@ucmerced.edu if you have questions or would like to attend.
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Monday, April 25, 2022
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Join Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz for the Opening Reception of the National Parks Institute and meet the world’s next generation of park leaders from around the globe, as the seminar explores the topic of "Parks as Instruments of Diplomacy, Tolerance and Peace."
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UC Merced has appointed Daniel T. Okoli, Ph.D., as vice chancellor and chief operating officer, overseeing Planning and Development, Facilities, the UC Merced Police Department and several other departments. Among the major projects he will take on are the development of UC Merced’s Health, Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education Building and liaising with the city of Merced as it pursues annexation of the campus and surrounding area.
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Delia S. Saenz, will join UC Merced as vice chancellor and chief diversity officer. Saenz comes to Merced from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, where she is chief diversity officer and holds a faculty position in the Department of Psychology and the Hispanic Research Center. She has previously served as a vice president for inclusion, equity and leadership development at Bennington College and began her career on the psychology faculty at the University of Notre Dame.
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The new UC Merced Bobcat STEM Scholars Program, funded by a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), will provide four years of scholarship support for up to 10 eligible incoming students per year who declare majors within the university’s School of Natural Sciences (SNS). The review panel will also focus on building a diverse cohort with representation from across the SNS majors and with demographic diversity representative of the campus population.
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UC Merced’s Student Alumni Association (SAA) partnered with the Office of Alumni Relations to host a month-long initiative dedicated to building a culture of philanthropy on campus. Student Philanthropy Month empowers students to raise funds and engage in community service activities that promote the Bobcat community's charitable work and make a difference.
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UC Merced is committing to provide Los Angeles high school students the tools and guidance to attend college. The university is embarking on a partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the federally funded Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to increase the number of low-income students who graduate from high school prepared to succeed in postsecondary education and lifelong learning.
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The Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation has named UC Merced its newest partner university. ARCS, a national organization established and operated entirely by women, is committed to the advancement of science in the United States by financially supporting distinguished graduate students in science, technology, engineering, math and medical research disciplines at its partner institutions.
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