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BOBCAT ADVISING CENTER, KL 122

Academic advising caseload:

  • All first year (freshman) students in every major

  • All lower division undeclared transfers

  • All undeclared students in every class year
     

Dr. Michelle Roppeau, Director of First Year & Undeclared Advising, (maroppeau@ucmerced.edu)

Maria Ceja, Academic Advisor and Interim Coordinator of Peer Advising, (mcejalopez@ucmerced.edu)

  • Temporary Summer 2024 academic advisor for Fall 2024 first years with last name E, G, J, L
  • Advises non-transfer second and third year undeclared with last name A-Z

Erendira "Dida" Estrada, Senior Academic Advisor and Coordinator of Undeclared Transfer Student Support, (eestrada2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Temporary Summer 2024 academic advisor for Fall 2024 first years with last name A, D, K, N, Q, R, U
  • Advises undeclared lower division transfers with last name A-Z

Nora Garcia, Academic Advisor, (ngarcia68@ucmerced.edu)

  • Temporary Summer 2024 academic advisor for Fall 2024 first years with last name H, O, S, V, Y

L. Maichi Lor, Academic Advisor, (l.maichi@ucmerced.edu) 

  • Temporary Summer 2024 academic advisor for Fall 2024 first years with last name M, P, W, X, Z

Xiong Vang, Academic Advisor and Multimedia Coordinator, (xvang8@ucmerced.edu)

  • Temporary Summer 2024 academic advisor for Fall 2024 first years with last name B, C, F, I, T

 

 

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, SE2 315

Academic advising caseload: 

  • All declared lower division transfers in SoE

  • All declared transfer students in SoE

  • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SOE
     

Karla Gonzalez, Director of Undergraduate Student Services (kgonzalez34@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises ALL Transfer Students

Pa Vang, Senior Academic Advisor, Career Support Coordinator (pvang48@ucmerced.edu)             

  • Advises non-first year, non-transfer Students Last Names A, B, C, Za-Zg

Christina Mayo,  Senior Academic Advisor, Publication and Digital Media Coordinator (cmayo@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year, non-transfer Students Last Names D, E, F, G, H

Chi Yi Leng Yang, Academic Advisor (cyang88@ucmerced.edu) 

  • Advises non-first year, non-transfer Students Last Names I, J, K, L, V, W, Y

Phung Colvin, Senior Academic Advisor, Special Program and Communications Coordinator (pcolvin@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year, non-transfer Students Last Names M, N, O, P, Q, Zh-Zz

Arturo Avila, Academic Advisor (arturoavila@ucmerced.edu) 

  • Advises non-first year, non-transfer Students Last Names R, S, T, U, X

 

     

    SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES, SE1 270

    Academic advising caseload:

    • All declared lower division transfers in SNS

    • All declared transfer students in SNS

    • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SNS
       

    Erica Robbins, Director of Student Services, (erobbins2@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises all Natural Sciences transfer students

    Chelsea Flannery, Undergraduate Academic Advisor & Career Support Coordinator, (cflannery@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name A-G)

    Cynthia Granados, Undergraduate Academic Advisor & Student Transition Coordinator, (cgranados10@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name H-O)

    Maricela Melendrez, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, (mmelendrez2@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name P-Z)

    Jenn Souza, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, (jsouza5@ucmerced.edu)

    • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Environmental Systems Science, Physics, Undeclared NS, affiliated Minors

      Abel Hernandez, CalTeach Student Services Advisor, (abelhernandez2@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises Natural Sciences Education minor, Natural Sciences Education with Teaching Credential minor

      SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUMANITIES AND ARTS, COB-1 204

      Academic advising caseload:

      • All declared lower division transfers in SSHA

      • All declared transfer students in SSHA

      • Second/Third/Fourth+ year declared students in SSHA

      Brenda Maldonado-Rosas, Director of Student Services (bmaldonado-rosas@ucmerced.edu)

      Lauren Brackett, Senior Academic Advisor (lbrackett@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Global Arts Studies, History, Philosophy, Writing Studies, affiliated Minors

      Linda Safer, Academic Advisor, Transfer Coordinator (lsafer@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises all School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) transfer students

      Carolyn Barranco, Academic Advisor, Student Engagement Coordinator (cbarranco@ucmerceded.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer English, Literatures in English, Public Health, Spanish, American Studies minor, Chicano/a Studies minor, affiliated Minors

      Evelyn Cardona, Academic Advisor (ecardona2@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Economics, Management and Business Economics, affiliated Minors

      Valeria Salcedo Lomeli, Academic Advisor (vsalcedolomeli@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Psychology and affiliated Minor

      Elizabeth Whitmyre, Academic Advisor, Degree Completion Program (ewhitmyre@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Cognitive Science, Undeclared SSHA, affiliated Minors
      • All Degree Completion Program students last name M-Z
      • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Anthropology, Community Research and Service minor, Geospatial Technology minor, World Heritage minor, affiliated Minors

      Maria Sifuentes, Academic Advisor, Degree Completion Program (msifuentes@ucmerced.edu)

      • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Political Science, affiliated Minors
      • All Degree Completion Program students last name A-L
      • Temporary: Advises non-first year/non-transfer Sociology, affiliated Minors