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English program offers optional tracks in Social Justice and the Environment

October 12, 2022

Starting in Fall 2023, UC Merced's English program offers two optional tracks in Literature and Social Justice and Literature and the Environment. Why these tracks at UC Merced We launched these tracks in response to student demand. Most of the major crises facing the San Joaquin...

English major Cat Flores chosen to give commencement address to class of 2022

May 16, 2022

“Working toward a college degree amid a global pandemic was anything but easy, but the work and resilience the UC Merced Class of 2022 has possessed throughout their undergraduate career deserves to be acknowledged, congratulated and immensely celebrated at this year's commencement....

English program remembers Dr. Jan Goggans

March 4, 2022

The English program and the entire University of California Merced community mourns the passing of our colleague, teacher, and friend Dr. Jan Goggans. At a memorial event on March 2, 2022, several colleagues, students, and former students paid tribute: Student Kaylin Insyarath: "As I...