Dear Trustees,
We hope that many of you had/have opportunities to participate in recent and upcoming events, both virtually and in-person. Special thanks to Jack Oswald and Daryl Hatano for their leadership, and several other trustees for their participation, in the important advocacy efforts taking place this month! Please see below for information on upcoming work group meetings and other events to consider.
We would also like to share the board meeting dates for the upcoming 2022-2023 year. Please be sure to mark the following dates on your calendar:
- Wednesday, September 28, 2022
- Wednesday, February 15, 2023
- Wednesday, June 21, 2023
We are looking forward to gathering in-person for our next board meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, which will be focused on gearing up for the launch of UC Merced's first comprehensive development campaign. We are working to finalize plans now and will distribute the itinerary and agenda in the coming weeks. Should you have any questions or comments to share in the meantime, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Warmest regards,
Ed, Lisa, and Stephanie
E. Edward Klotzbier, JD
Vice Chancellor
President, UC Merced Foundation
Lisa Pollard Carlson
Associate Vice Chancellor
Vice President, UC Merced Foundation
Stephanie Sia
Director, Foundation Board
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Full Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Work Group Meetings
Connections & Engagement WG | RSVP
Friday, April 29, 2022 | 10:00 am
Executive Committee | RSVP
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 | 11:00 am
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem WG
May TBD
Advocacy & Awareness WG | RSVP
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | 2:00 pm
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 | 11:00 am
2022-2023 Full Board Meetings
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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2022 UC Merced Advocacy Initiative |
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The 2022 UC Merced Advocacy Initiative is wrapping up next week - thank you to the many trustees who have participated! Our advocate teams of trustees, students, and alumni have been meeting with legislators to share UC Merced's story and ensure they support funding for the UC system.
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We appreciate the board's generosity and annual support through the Trustees' Impact Fund. Contributions to the 2022 Fund and other funds that are meaningful to you can be made online here or by completing and mailing this form.
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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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Saturday, April 23, 2022
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Bobcat Day is a special day for first year students, transfer students, and their families. Come see UC Merced at its liveliest and take a tour of campus, meet faculty, and attend presentations from each of our academic schools.
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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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Merced Vernal Pools & Grassland Reserve Tours |
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Friday, April 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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Friday, May 13, 2022
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Everyone is invited to the bi-annual showcase of student ingenuity from our signature programs: Engineering Capstone, Engineering Service Learning, and Software Capstone. The work these teams perform will have long-lasting implications, not only for the students and partnering organizations, but also for the wider community, the state, the nation and, potentially, the world.
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Class of 2020 & 2021
Friday, May 13, 2022
6:00 pm
Class of 2022
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Saturday, May 14, 2022
10:00 am
Class of 2022
School of Engineering & School of Natural Sciences
Sunday, May 15, 2022
10:00 am
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Silicon Valley Reception
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
5:30 pm
Portola Valley, CA
Trustees based in the Silicon Valley should have received an invitation yesterday for a special reception with Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, hosted by Trustee Ty Jagerson. Please contact Joe Hefta (209-749-3063 or jhefta@ucmerced.edu) if you have any questions.
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For the first time, a UC Merced alumnus will serve on the UC Board of Regents. Keith Ellis, who received his bachelor’s degree from UC Merced in 2012, will serve a two-year term beginning in July and continuing through June 2024. In addition to his new role, Ellis will be recognized as an active officer of the Alumni Associations of UC (AAUC).
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded a team of researchers from the University of California campuses at Merced, Berkeley and Davis a two-year grant to simulate urban air mobility in the San Francisco area, and to draft regulations for this highly complex form of travel.
The guidelines and best practices the team creates could help get advanced air mobility — featuring flying buses, air taxis and drone deliveries — off the ground around the state.
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A team of UC Merced engineering students brought hands-on lessons on drones and robotics to hundreds of children and families at the recent Tri-Valley Innovation Fair. With UC Merced’s Mobile Maker Lab as headquarters, the CITRIS team taught young people to write simple programs in introductory Python to make drones fly a pattern — a new curriculum unit developed by Gamiño and Peter Sou (’22) who will graduate in May with a computer science and engineering degree.
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Professor Katrina Hoyer’s lab is helping UC Merced serve the San Joaquin Valley community through its studies of immune responses to Valley fever and other diseases. Graduate students Susana Tejeda-Garibay and Nadia Miranda are exploring fungal and host immune interactions in Valley fever, and they have both earned prestigious research fellowships to further their work. Both women appreciate the lab presenting them with an opportunity to serve their local community.
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Last year, UC Merced received the largest research grant in its history. The $10 million Secure Water Future (SWF) award, led by Professor Joshua Viers in cooperation with other UC campuses and other partners, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and aims to improve agricultural and environmental water resilience. UC Merced researchers and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Secretary Karen Ross and representatives from local irrigation districts gathered at the campus to discuss ways to secure a climate-resilient water future for the San Joaquin Valley.
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