January 18, 2017
Several hundred UC Merced staff members kicked off the 2017 spring semester with a briefing from Chancellor Dorothy Leland, who provided updates on several key initiatives, topics and upcoming programs during the campus’ second Annual Staff Meeting.
Leland started the Jan. 12 meeting with a brief recap of UC Merced’s highlights in 2016, including groundbreakings for the Merced 2020 Project and the Downtown Campus Center, earning an R2 classification as a research institution from the Carnegie Foundation and inclusion on several national rankings lists.
Read more about the meeting in this week's edition of Panorama.