After more than a year off, Cap & Town returns to Merced on Saturday – this time headed up by the Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce. Cap & Town, a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Food pantry open to students, residents
A monthly food pantry at Merced College is open to students and residents alike, college officials announced in a news release on Monday. The pantry is open 10 a.m. to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Students back in town, a boost to local economy
Thousands of students moved into Merced for the first time or returned after their summer break this week, and their spending money came with them. It’s not clear exactly how … Click to Continue »
Read More »Students learn more from attractive teachers – even in online courses
Multiple studies have already shown that attractive people are judged more positively than those considered homely, a phenomenon known as the attractiveness stereotype. But a new study shows that not … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mobile dairy brings ag life to students
The Dairy Council of California visited a Livingston elementary school on Thursday with its mobile dairy classroom to teach students about dairy products and healthy eating. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mobile farm brings ag life to students
Though Campus Park Elementary is in the heart of California where milk is a top commodity, Thursday was the first time many of the Livingston students ever saw or touched … Click to Continue »
Read More »Students cross UC Merced’s symbol of strength
New students at UC Merced took part on Monday in the annual ceremony of crossing the Scholars Lane Bridge, a landmark that has been ingrained in the campus’s identity. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Move-in day brings responsibilities for first-year UC Merced students
Lines to the elevators and large bins stuffed with pillows, bedding, toiletries and clothes filled the entrances of UC Merced dormitories Saturday morning. Around 2,100 first-year students are getting their … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos teacher convicted of sex crimes with students
A former Los Banos teacher pleaded no contest Friday to more than a dozen felony sex crime charges involving three high school girls beginning more than a decade ago. Gary … Click to Continue »
Read More »‘Fill the bus’ with books for Merced students
The Merced City School District is organizing a book drive in the hopes of providing a new or gently used book for each of its 10,800 students. The book drive … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced students’ return to school greeted with high spirits
The first day of school in Bear Country on Monday felt more like a pep rally as students and staff members were greeted by orange foam fingers, pompoms and the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Huskies welcome younger students in mentorship program
Thanks to their elder Huskies, Hoover seventh graders will start school next week already familiar with their new middle school campus and the students they’ll see. Through a program called … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced educators become students to learn new teaching methods
Roles were reversed for teachers of the Merced City School District as they trained on different ways to teach subjects. Teachers attended “Mini-Versity” to prepare for the upcoming school year, … Click to Continue »
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