Merced College

The Merced Community College District has been selected to participate in a pilot project through a partnership with the California Department of Social Services, the Foundation for California Community Colleges and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to provide free immigration legal services. The UFW Foundation has…

Merced College has been carefully monitoring guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as well as state and local governments related to…

A majority of voters in the community appear to have turned their backs to a bond measure designed to provide significant upgrades to their community college.…

Stanislaus State and Merced College signed a historical agreement on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Merced College amphitheater. The agreement — which will ease the transfer process for Merced College students who plan to attend California State University, Stanislaus — symbolizes a renewed support of educational success between the two…

Measure J will help foster ties between Mercy, Merced College By CHUCK KASSIS A couple of weeks ago, I…

Every year, the Merced Dance Teachers Cooperative and the Merced College Theatre teams up to present Dance Kaleidoscope — a collection of dance…

The Foods and Nutrition program at Merced College offers a direct path to fulltime employment for local students. Michelle Pecchenino, Program Coordinator and Registered Dietitian, has grown the program over the past 15 years to accommodate student interests and careers. The program continues to evolve. Beginning in fall 2020,…

Merced College celebrated the grand opening of the NextUp Center last week to support current and former foster youth under the age of 26. Merced College…

Community colleges play a vastly under-appreciated role in the life of a town, a region and a state. In California, we understand that better…

As a kid growing up in Doncaster, England, soccer was less of a sport and more of a way of life for Ian Stapleton. From the time he was seven years old, the new Merced College men’s soccer coach said his free time was spent on some form of pitch or another. “It’s not like in the (United) States,” Stapleton said. “We just played…