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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)

Kenya Alas, Senior Academic Advisor and Coordinator of Peer Advising, (kalas2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name Mia-Miz, P, S, Y
  • Advises non-transfer second and third year undeclared A-Z  

Maria Ceja, Academic Advisor, (mcejalopez@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name E, F, G, Moa-Moz, O, Z

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

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name A, I, J, Mua-Muz, Q, R, X
  • Advises undeclared lower division transfers with last name A-Z

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

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name H, L, N, W

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

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name C, D, Maa-Maz, U

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

  • Advises 2023-24 first years with last name B, K, McA-Mez, T, V

 

 

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 Engineering transfer students
  • Advises all non-first year Bioengineering
  • MSE and MAD Minor Advisor

Pa Vang, Academic Advisor, Public Relations and Student Success Coordinator (pvang48@ucmerced.edu)             

  • Advises Continuing Non-Transfer CE, CSE, EnvE, ME, MSE, and UENGR Students Last Names A-E & S

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

  • Advises Continuing Non-Transfer CE, CSE, EnvE, ME, MSE, and UENGR Students Last Names F-L & R

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

  • Advises Continuing Non-Transfer CE, CSE, EnvE, ME, MSE, and UENGR Students Last Names M-Q & T-Z

Vacant Position, Academic Advisor, Transition and Retention Coordinator  

 

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 & Pre-health Advisor, (erobbins2@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises all Natural Sciences transfer students
  • Temporarily advises non-first year Biological Sciences students (Last names To-Z)

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

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name A-G)
  • Temporarily advises non-first year Biological Sciences students (Last names P-Rom)

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

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name H-O)
  • Temporarily advises non-first year Biological Sciences students (Last names Ros-Th)

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

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Biological Sciences (last name P-Z)
  • Away from work on parental leave.  Please refer to advisee listing for Erica Robbins, Chelsea Flannery and Cynthia Granados to find your temporary academic advisor.

Jenn Souza, Undergraduate Academic and Pre-Health Advisor, (jsouza5@ucmerced.edu)

  • Advises non-first year/non-transfer Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, Environmental Systems Science (Since Fall 2019), Physics, Undeclared NS, affiliated Minors

    Chelsea Arnold, CalTeach Director, (carnold4@ucmerced.edu)

    • Temporarily 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