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Believing in Merced College, engaging with its community and committing their professional lives to the college’s mission feels natural for sisters Myshel Pimentel and Keri Ortiz.

One way to increase employee engagement is to help people feel more invested in what happens within their organization.

There are as many great stories about Merced College students succeeding and graduating as there are Merced College students.We are proud to turn today's spotlight on Merced College family members--employees Alexis Alkema and Margaret Pulido, and Anaya Cambridge, daughter of counselor Isabel Cambridge--who will graduate May 20 with the Class of 2022.

Cory McCullough was at the skate park, watching several of his and his fiancée Ashley's six children roll around.While taking a break from studying sound wave propagations, he explained how he had become a UC Merced Ph.D. candidate, a Merced College mathematics instructor, a convicted felon, a father and a drug addict, all by age 33.

In honor of Women's History Month, the Blue Devil's Advocate is proud to present a special Q&A with Merced College's first woman president, E. Jan Kehoe.

It began easily enough. A group of Merced College students had gathered on Zoom last summer to participate in an improvement program. The single parents were all recharging their batteries before the fall semester.

When this year began, our society was still reeling from the first year of COVID-19. We were still working from home and students were still figuring out how to learn in online environments, and it was easy to slip into a mode of pining for whatever we had one considered "normal."

Longtime Merced County law enforcement veteran Jeffrey Horn is the new police chief at Merced College, effective Sept. 1.Horn brings over 24 years of experience to his new position, having worked most recently with the Merced Police Department. In his role as the administration sergeant, Horn's duties included overseeing all department training, recruiting, hiring and background checks, and investigating claims of officer misconduct. He will continue to serve as the department's rangemaster and oversee firearms training.

The Merced Community College District Board of Trustees approved Tuesday (May 11, 2021) the appointment of Karissa Morehouse as Assistant Superintendent and Vice President of Instruction. Morehouse will begin her new role June 14.