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For Immediate Release
Applications for student scholarships accepted through May 14 for UC Merced summer session MERCED, CA – Scholarships are available for qualified San Joaquin Valley students enrolling in the 2003 UC Merced Summer Session, which features a variety of courses presented at UC Merced’s education and outreach centers in Fresno, Bakersfield and Atwater. The application deadline for the UC Merced Chancellor’s Summer Scholarship Program is May 14, 2003. Those eligible for the scholarships include students recently admitted by the University of California and enrolling at any University of California campus this fall as freshmen or as transfer students. Scholarship recipients can enroll in one UC Merced summer course and obtain the textbooks required for that course free of charge. Offered in collaboration with UC Davis, the fourth annual UC Merced Summer Session includes several courses for UC credit offered in two sessions. Students are encouraged to enroll by June 13 for Summer Session One, which begins June 23 and ends August 1. Summer Session Two runs from August 4 through September 12, with a course registration deadline of July 25. Information about the 2003 UC Merced Summer Session courses and the UC Merced Chancellor’s Summer Scholarship Program, as well as application forms, are available online at http://www.ucmerced.edu/professional_dev/programs_students.asp. Anyone interested in additional information is encouraged to contact Shannon Adamson, Summer Session Coordinator, at (559) 241-7407 or ucmsummersess@ucop.edu. UC Merced, the 10th campus of the University of California system, is the first major research university to be built in the United States in the 21st century. Currently employing approximately 120 educators and professionals, UC Merced has a special mission to serve the educational needs of the San Joaquin Valley. The University’s main campus in Merced is scheduled to open in 2004 to serve 1,000 students. Over the coming decades, the campus is expected to grow to a student population of 25,000. UC Merced contributes to educational access through the entire San Joaquin Valley region via educational and outreach centers in Fresno and Bakersfield, and the Tri-College Center in Merced. # # #
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