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“Anyone who steps foot on this campus and engages here will improve their lives. And our community will improve because of it.”

Every November, the front lawn of Merced College transforms into a patriotic sea of red, white, and blue.

A teenage Johnny Bega was perfectly happy playing soccer, when his older brother ruined land-based sports for him.

Sophomore Miku Chikakane traveled more than 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean and the international date line to study kinesiology at Merced College.

Merced College athletes excel academically. It’s no accident, and the key to in-class success for these Blue Devils is no big secret.

Creating a new Educational Master Plan requires campus wide reflection, months of research writing, and faith in the process.

Merced College operates in a state that is 40.3% Hispanic, and a county that is 63.2% Hispanic, while working to serve a student body that is 59.3% Hispanic.

They entered the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla years ago, emotionally wrung out by tragedy, criminal convictions and prison time.

When the Rising Scholars program began at Merced College in the spring semester of 2016, the mission was to remove as many obstacles as possible to assist currently and formerly incarcerated people to access and earn a college education.