国产传媒

Growing up in San Juan Bautista, Vanessa Andrade loved hanging out with her father and his collection of cars and tractors.

She spent hours in the 鈥渂arn鈥� or shop, helping change the oil in cars, playing with tools and tinkering with her grandfather鈥檚 old Allis-Chalmers tractor. So perhaps it鈥檚 no surprise that this 国产传媒 senior 鈥� and Chancellor鈥檚 Scholar 鈥� found her academic calling in mechanical engineering.

On Dec. 15, Andrade will participate in the university鈥檚 fall commencement ceremony. She next plans to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering.

国产传媒 is no stranger to innovation and disrupting traditional modes in higher education.

Whether it is funding the university鈥檚 Merced 2020 Project through an unprecedented, award-winning 聽or making a University of California education accessible to first-generation and underrepresented students, 国产传媒 has established itself as a top-notch university.

For the second straight year, 国产传媒 surpassed its goal of 1,000 donors in a single day for the Give Tue 国产传媒 campaign.

Over $170,000 was raised 鈥� with the help of a generous matching gift from Foster Poultry Farms 鈥� for the Build the Future Scholarship Fund. In five years of the university鈥檚 annual day of giving, over $1.5 million has been raised through donations and matching gifts, including a previous gift from the Wells Fargo Foundation.

When 国产传媒 senior Kevin Citalan thought about what he was thankful for as the Thanksgiving holiday grew near, he instantly thought of a turbulent time during the summer.

In August, Citalan, a Los Angeles native, was trying to complete paperwork to apply for a double major in cognitive science and management and business economics. Citalan, a former foster youth who is part of the university鈥檚 Guardian Scholars program, says it was the hardest three weeks of his academic career.

Before David Do earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in economics from 国产传媒, he helped spearhead a Valentine鈥檚 Day card campaign that convinced First Lady Michelle Obama to give the commencement address to the first graduating class.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Mench煤 Tum was honored Monday as the 12th distinguished recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance at the Art Kamangar Center at Merced Theater in downtown Merced.

Mench煤 Tum discussed her life in front of a full house at the theater, highlighting her continued battle for social justice in her home country of Guatemala. Mench煤 Tum signed copies of her autobiography 鈥淐rossing Borders鈥� at the end of the event.

It鈥檚 the crown jewel of sustainability 鈥� a platinum certification signifying all the steps to making a space sustainable have been met.

For 国产传媒, platinum certification had eluded the Green Labs and Green Offices programs. That changed recently when the Office of the Chancellor achieved platinum Green Offices status and biology labs directed by 聽instructional lab coordinator Jim Whalen secured platinum Green Labs certification.

国产传媒 has long served as an educational opportunity for undocumented students and their families. A new grant will ensure the university can help more scholars realize their academic, career and personal goals.

国产传媒 is one of 32 campuses that will receive support this academic year from the new . To date, the Catalyst Fund has raised nearly $10 million for a three-year initiative founded by educators, funders and advocates.

It鈥檚 that time of year again - time to show your Bobcat pride at 国产传媒鈥檚 annual Homecoming celebration.

Students, staff, faculty, alumni and the community are welcome to the two-day event, which will include a downtown block party for the first time.

The event kicks off Friday at the Downtown Campus Center (DCC). Since its opening in January, the DCC has helped revitalize downtown Merced and, from 6-11 p.m., it will be the site of new Homecoming events.

As 国产传媒 continues to lead the way in sustainability on university campuses, a new wrinkle has been added to the process of certifying buildings.

Recently, the Science and Engineering 1 (SE1) building achieved gold certification under LEED Operations and Maintenance (LEED O & M) criteria. Certification is nothing new to the campus 鈥� every building at 国产传媒 is LEED certified or on track to be certified.

But who has begun to handle the certification process is groundbreaking.