Merced College

By Luciana Chavez John Espinosa’s Merced College story is ongoing. It started nearly a decade ago when he left Atwater High a year and a half early to…

By Luciana Chavez City of Merced Fire Chief Derek Parker was just a volunteer administering shots to Merced County residents when he met Merced College…

Merced College will celebrate its new men’s and women’s soccer programs, which will compete in the California Community Colleges Athletics Association, with a home doubleheader on Sept. 7. Merced College will host the Blue Devil Soccer Kickoff at noon. The Merced College Board of Trustees will attend, along with local elected…

Merced College is open and ready to serve the community, with some classes and operations returning to campus for the Summer 2021 term that began this week.…

Hundreds of Merced College graduates, both those from the previous school year and those with freshly minted degrees, made their way through Don…

Merced College supporters and government leaders joined in with educators to break ground Wednesday on the 29,000-square-foot Raj Kahlon Agriculture and Industrial Technology Complex, kicking off construction of the first new building on campus in more than a decade. “Merced College has been educating students in…

Merced College will hold its first in-person commencement ceremonies since 2019 this week, celebrating both the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021. Due…

By Luciana Chavez Faculty won’t be high-fiving graduates as they enter Stadium ’76 on the Merced College campus. President Chris Vitelli won’t shake anyone’s…

This summer, Merced College for Kids (CFK) will offer in-person outdoor classes, as well as virtual classes, and registration is available starting April 9. Last month, based on new COVID guidelines, Lupe Ramirez, Merced College Community Education Coordinator, put out the word to CFK instructors to let them know if they were scheduled to teach…