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University of California, Merced Announced as a Gilman Top Producing Institution

March 8, 2019
The U.S. Department of State has announced the U.S. higher education institutions that sent the most students overseas on the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program in academic year 2017-2018. The University of California, Merced has been recognized for its success in making...

Jessica Diaz-Gallo | Fall 2017 | Italy

June 5, 2018
  Q: What made you decide to study abroad? Why did you choose your program? A: For a long time I was very undecided about going abroad or not. I a lot of what held me back was financial costs, distance, and language barrier. I personally choose Italy for this very reason. I needed to...

Gabriella Arzate | Summer 2015 | Turkey

June 5, 2018
  Q: What made you decide to study abroad? Why did you choose your program? A: Even before coming to UCM I knew that I had wanted to study abroad, which pushed me to look into programs as a first year. I knew that I wanted to be exposed to places, perspectives, and ways of thinking...

Sunshine Lopez | Fall 2017 | Costa Rica

June 4, 2018
  Q: What made you decide to study abroad? Why did you choose your program? A: I knew I wanted to study abroad before even coming to UC Merced, while I was in high school I had an amazing biology instructor who told us about her experience while she was abroad in Costa Rica and it made...

Alejandra Salgado | Spring 2017 | United Kingdom

June 4, 2018
Student Story Feature | Alejandra Salgado | Spring 2017 | United Kingdom   Q: What made you decide to study abroad? Why did you choose your program? A: This was something I had always wanted to do. As a transfer student I knew my window of opportunity was limited. I began to look into...