Dear Trustees,
It was wonderful to see so many of you on campus and on-screen for the board meeting two weeks ago. We appreciate your energy and thoughtful discussion in preparation for our first-ever comprehensive campaign and know that the pivotal support of this board will enable UC Merced to move Boldly Forward. We will follow up next week to share the meeting minutes and video recordings and welcome any questions or comments you may have in the meantime.
For now, we would like to note that the following motions were approved on Wednesday, June 22:
- Consent Agenda
- February 23, 2022 Minutes; June 22, 2022 Agenda
- Trustee Candidates for Terms beginning July 1, 2022
- Lisa Andrew, Dinesh Moorjani, Brenda Pannell
- Term Renewals for Continuing Trustees
- Bob Bernstein, Lesley Slaton Brown, Dick Elkus, Lori Gallo, Eileen Hamilton, Daryl Hatano, Sid Israels, Chris Kennedy, Yukiko Kojima, Cyril Lawrence, Matthew Lee, Christine Long, Jack Oswald, Curtis Riggs, Vishal Verma
- 2022-2023 Slate of Officers
- Chair Curtis Riggs, Vice Chair Monya Lane, Immediate Past Chair Denise Watkins, Secretary Art Kamangar, Treasurer Sid Israels, President Ed Klotzbier, Vice President Lisa Pollard Carlson
- 2022-2023 Executive Committee Roster
- Officers as listed above
- Work Group Leadership -- Advocacy & Awareness: Daryl Hatano and Jack Oswald, Audit: Grey Roberts, Connections & Engagement: John Loll and Joan Snyder, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Ty Jagerson and Bob Tinker, Nominations: Lesley Slaton Brown
- Members -- Ex-Officio Member: Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz; Members at Large: Vik Lakireddy, Fred Ruiz, Greg Stangl
As we prepare for the coming academic year and a productive and eventful fall, we are as grateful as ever for the many contributions of each and every member of this board. We so appreciate your efforts and look forward to reconvening in the coming months.
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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Thank you to Sally Bednar, Dorothy Bizzini, Ross Gentry, Gary Kremen, and Roger Sturdevant for their meaningful service on the board. They will be missed and we look forward to their continued engagement through the UC Merced Fellows program. |
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We are very excited to welcome new Trustees Lisa Andrew, Dinesh Moorjani, and Brenda Pannell. They will be completing their orientation sessions in the next couple months and will be more formally introduced in the August newsletter. |
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Dr. Ranu Mishra and his wife, Preeti Mishra, have made a significant donation to UC Merced that will help solidify the campus’s ability to host regional and national events and create inviting spaces ideal for academic collaborations, presentations, and information exchange. The executive suite in the new state-of-the-art conference center will be named the Dr. Mahavir B. Mishra Executive Suite in honor of Ranu Mishra’s father.
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2022-2023 Full Board Meetings
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
We will work with co-chairs to schedule the 2022-2023 work group meetings in the coming weeks and will follow up with calendar invitations and notification emails.
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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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As a first-generation Latina, Linda Barreto says she understands the importance of perseverance and determination to prevail in life. It’s a mindset that has led her to become the youngest and first Latina in Fresno County to pass the California Legal Specialist Exam in Immigration Law. Born and raised in Fresno, Barreto received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and was part of the inaugural class of UC Merced in 2005. Barreto says her time at the campus prepared her for law school.
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The University of California, Merced, continues to pave the way to success for local high school students. The campus announced the expansion of the Merced Automatic Admission Program (MAAP) for students at Dinuba Unified School District (DUSD).
The new partnership will allow students with a weighted GPA of 3.5 with no grade lower than a “C” to be automatically admitted to UC Merced through a streamlined admissions process.
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The Central Valley Region Interdisciplinary Symposium on Education Research (CV-RISER) brought together researchers, educators, students and leaders from the region’s institutions to discuss recent education research efforts and scientific evidence, propose pathways to addressing voids in education research, and facilitate interdisciplinary conversations and inter-institutional collaborations and more.
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Saenz's self-tour through rural Merced County was the latest map point in a life that has taken her from the Gulf Coast to Ivy League halls, from Notre Dame to Arizona’s Valley of the Sun. Within weeks of that initial visit to the Central Valley, she began her new role as UC Merced's Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer, leading the Division of Equity, Justice and Inclusive Excellence.
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UC Merced is adding men’s and women’s water polo and men’s and women’s outdoor track as varsity intercollegiate sports beginning in the 2022-23 academic year.
This announcement gives UC Merced Athletics 12 sponsored varsity sports: six men’s teams and six women’s teams.
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As part of her goal to give back to her alma mater as well as the San Jose community that supported and fostered her growth, UC Merced alumna Nohely Aguilar (’12) has established a scholarship to assist students who follow in her footsteps.
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