UC Merced

Here’s to the people behind the scenes and at the center of it all, our UC Merced staff! 💛💙

Thank you for the countless ways you support the Bobcat community every single day. We hope Staff Appreciation Week showed just how valued you are!

Flexible pathways. Meaningful degrees. Greater economic mobility. 🎓

UC Merced’s Degree Completion Program has received a $550,000 grant from College Futures Foundation to expand opportunities for adult learners to return to school, complete a UC degree and access pathways to career advancement.

Read more🔗https://ucm.edu/scnd

Bold support for the pursuit of transformative discovery 💡

The W.M. Keck Foundation is investing nearly $1.8 million in UC Merced research, helping fuel groundbreaking advances while supporting innovative, early-career researchers pushing the boundaries of science. 🧬💫

Read more 🔗 https://ucm.edu/o3kmzx

This commencement weekend was a full-circle moment for UC Merced 💫

Every keynote speaker once sat in the crowd as a UC Merced graduate. Now, during the university’s 20th year, they returned to celebrate and inspire the next generation of Bobcat alumni.

Congratulations, Class of 2026 🎓