Local art studio comes alive with youthful enthusiasm
While artist Tonia Hemme has not held a youth painting event since the pandemic, the children were more than ready to get back to it with her latest offering.
Last weekend’s Paint & Create class, titled “Sweet Time,” was a hit. The studio was filled with over a dozen children who were eager to paint, as well as eat ice cream.…
College for Kids highlights young talent with ‘Seussical…
For this summer’s College for Kids community program at Merced College, local children worked incredibly hard on a production of Seussical Jr.,…
UC Merced grad student appointed to position on UC Board of…
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed University of California, Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry to be the 2024-25 student…
Families With Kids Follow Art Current To MAC
Lisa Gilliland-Viney was happy to be teaching art inside an air-conditioned Merced Multicultural Arts Center (MAC) last Sunday when it registered 106 degrees outside.
And it’s a little funny to her because that was the exact temperature Merced was experiencing when she first came to town with her husband nearly two decades ago.…
UC Merced Drone Team soars to new heights
By Patty Guerra
After seven months of working for hours each weekend to design, build and fly a drone, it all came down to a nervous moment for UC Merced…
‘University Community Development’ dream is alive and well
The Virginia Smith Trust — which at one time controlled all the land that UC Merced is on, and the land south of the University on Old Lake Road — is still very…
Shark Week highlights researcher’s megalodon expertise
By Lorena Anderson
UC Merced 's resident expert on the nightmarishly massive megalodon will play a role in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a celebration of the toothy creatures at the top of the oceanic food chain.
Professor Sora Kim will be featured in a show called “Jaws vs. The Meg,” in which she and other experts discuss and compare…
Summer Academy proved enriching for young students, MCSD…
As the sun sets on Summer Academy 2023, I would like to reflect on the positive energy that took place from June 20 through July 14. During the 18-day…
Back to school event bring fundamentals and fun to families
Local families flocked to Castle Family Health Center for its fifth annual Back-to-School event last Friday, July 14.
The non-profit healthcare…