Red Carpet Rolled Out for Rad Student Leaders of UC Merced

 The Office of Student Life (OSL) rolled out the red carpet this year for the recognized leaders of our campus. Those who walked the red carpet earned their invitation after being nominated, and selected as an official finalist. “If they took this much time to go over this many nominees, it’s a honor to be here,” said Kalvin Ogbuefi, a …

Bare Necessities Success

The Office of Student Life (OSL) hosted their second Bare Necessities 5k Run on Friday, May 2, 2014. The Run was designed to bring awareness and clothing to Merced’s homeless population.  For two weeks prior to the event, bins were placed around campus so students can drop off their gently used or new clothes to be donated to the Merced …

UC Merced Women of Influence

I came to UC Merced because of Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the school’s founding chancellor, but I didn’t know that until one month before my college graduation. My senior year of high school, UC Merced appealed to me, that much I knew. There was that oblique chance that I could develop skills I otherwise wouldn’t at another university, I decided to enroll. …

Commencement Speakers, Vanessa and Jaime

 With graduation upon the seniors of UC Merced, two students in particular are gearing up for the day of their commencement: Vanessa Estavillo, a Management major with a minor in Writing, and Jaime Sweet, an Environmental Engineering major. Estavillo and Sweet went through a tedious process to be chosen as the 2014 Commencement Student speakers. “I had to apply, send …

The Ultimate Dance Battle: Dance Off 2014

 Merced Theater became a battleground for the three of UC Merced’s Dance groups as they faced off in the eighth Annual UC Merced Dance Off in hopes of winning the Goblet of Cadency trophy on April 26. Before the performance, Courtney Evans, the President of INTRO (Inspiring Notions Through Ranges of Movement) expressed her excitement about the event. “I don’t …

Flash Talks

 On April 25, UC Merced hosted Flash Talks, where four prominent judges (Chief Financial Officer of Joseph Gallo Farms, UC Board of Trustee, Merced Chamber President, and a Silicon Valley technology President) evaluated 15 student presentations on current projects in the community. Flash Talks developed as a way to teach STEM students communication skills to master presentations. Students have 20 …

More Than an Amphitheater

In contrast to the newcomers of the daytime, on the night of Bobcat Day, people who already know what UC Merced has to offer traveled to campus. Alumni from the graduating classes of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 celebrated the opening of the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheatre with its first official event: a reunion for the “Founding Classes” hosted by the UC …