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³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ is making it easier than ever for working professionals to go back to school, earn a degree and make new strides in their lives and careers.

³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ is inviting the campus community, alumni and supporters from throughout the Merced region to an Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony honoring legendary baseball coach Butch Hughes.

In honor of Women's History Month, the Blue Devil's Advocate is proud to present a special Q&A with ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ's first woman president, E. Jan Kehoe.

The ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ Theater Department returns to the stage Friday night, March 25, with the first of six performances of The Great Gatsby. The production marks the first public performances for the department since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ alumna Nicole Silveira feels at her best inside a courtroom. The current Supervising Deputy District Attorney of Merced County appreciates the challenges — the professional one that sizes up her prosecutorial skill, and the personal one that sizes up her fight.

It began easily enough. A group of ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ students had gathered on Zoom last summer to participate in an improvement program. The single parents were all recharging their batteries before the fall semester.

Do you become a leader with the right job title?Or does the universe anoint you when your talent and skill combine to demand it?LaDenta Smith, Andrea Garibay, Sabrina Frias and Tzitzijank Jazmin Serrano all fit one or both of those descriptions in their daily work at ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ. They all deserve the spotlight.

Taylor Brown has wanted to serve as an elected official since she was in elementary school.Something about watching her mother Christie bring history to life, reading books about Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. and other historical figures, has filled her with the hunger to chase public office.

³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ has for years offered programs to specifically reach and nurture Black students, Latino students, disabled students, students who are military veterans, foster youth, homeless or anyone struggling academically.

In linguistic terms, "Umoja" is a Kiswahili word that means unity. In ³Ô¹ÏÍ·Ìõ terms, "Umoja" is the name of a program that has been coming to life in 2021-22.