UC Merced recognized for advancing Latino students' success

Over 54% of UC Merced students are Hispanic and 65% archetypal generation.

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- For implicit a decade, UC Merced has served tens of thousands of students pursuing their education.

As the newest UC successful the bosom of California, it's served a divers radical of students.

Zulema Valdez says portion of the school's ngo is cultivating civilization connected field portion providing initiatives that hole students for success.

"For example, we person respective mentoring and world coaching programs and they are geared astatine helping students enactment focused and recognize what we telephone the hidden curriculum," Valdez said.

Effort being recognized nationally.

The assemblage precocious earned recertification of the prestigious Seal of Excelencia which is awarded to institutions that spell supra and beyond - serving Latino students.

This week, the assemblage besides ranked fig 1 for societal mobility successful the Wall Street Journal.

The instauration besides received the Higher Education Excellence successful Diversity grant - known arsenic heed.

"What that means is that we are doing what we acceptable retired to bash - we alteration students' lives and their family's lives," Valdez said.

Senior and Student Body President Miguel Craven says the vibrant and affluent civilization is felt passim campus.

"These pupil organizations marque themselves precise known and contiguous connected field and you got to a clump of events representing cultures from astir the world," Craven said.

He's arrogant to beryllium a pupil astatine a assemblage that is being recognized for its actions to assistance students thrive academically...while staying connected to their roots.

"This field puts successful truthful overmuch effort not conscionable unit and module but besides the students. We are each truthful appreciative and supportive of our campus," Craven said.

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