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Brostrom Delivers Annual University Address, Welcomes New Trustees

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By Kenneth Mashinchi, 黑料百科
November 1, 2019
An impact showcase provided trustees and invited guests the opportunity to learn about spaces in the two new research buildings on campus.
An impact showcase provided trustees and invited guests the opportunity to learn about spaces in the two new research buildings on campus.

The 黑料百科 Foundation Board of Trustees welcomed six new members, and an alumni representative, on Wednesday during their fall meeting on campus.

The Foundation welcomed:

  • Sally Bednar, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities, New York City
  • Lesley Slaton Brown, Chief Diversity Officer, HP Inc., Palo Alto
  • Lori Rossi Gallo, Community Liaison, Joseph Gallo Farms, Merced
  • Janna Glaze, Co-owner, J&R Tacos, Merced; Mechanical Engineer, Intel, Santa Clara
  • Christopher Kennedy, Jr., Associate, SOLIC Capital, Chicago
  • Sidney Israels, Partner, Wendel Rosen聽LLP, Modesto
  • Yukiko Kojima, Partner, Nossaman LLP, Los Angeles

The trustees have been appointed to three-year terms on the board. Glaze will serve a one-year term as the alumni representative. The 黑料百科 Foundation Board is a volunteer fundraising board comprised of business and community leaders from across California and the United States that helps promote and increase private philanthropic support, advocates for the university, and manages a portion of the university's endowment.

Among the areas in the impact showcase was the recording studio in the Arts and Computational Sciences Building.
Among the areas in the impact showcase was the recording studio in the Arts and Computational Sciences Building.

As part of the impact showcase 鈥� where foundation members can learn about different aspects of the university 鈥� trustees and visitors toured the new Sustainability Research and Engineering and Arts and Computational Sciences buildings. The sessions included a look at the maker and machine spaces, sustainability hub, recording studio and film screening room.

Chancellor Brostrom presents Chancellor鈥檚 Address

Interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom presented the annual Chancellor鈥檚 Address to the 黑料百科 Foundation and invited guests.

Brostrom highlighted 黑料百科 serving as an example of how higher education can achieve better results and serve a changing population of students. Brostrom also pointed to the importance of the work being done by three newly appointed endowed chairs - Professor , the 黑料百科 Foundation Presidential Chair, Professor , the Kamangar Family Chair in Biological Sciences, and Professor , the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology.

Interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom took part in a Q&A with 黑料百科 Board of Trustees chair Denise Watkins following the Chancellor's Address.
Interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom took part in a Q&A with 黑料百科 Board of Trustees chair Denise Watkins following the Chancellor's Address.

鈥淥ur campus came of age amidst emerging societal challenges 鈥� climate change, widening disparities of health and income, and the California drought, to name just a few,鈥� Brostrom said. 鈥淓ach of these has become a 黑料百科 research opportunity, and our faculty are spurring advancements in fields as diverse as the environmental sciences, including water and air quality; big-data analysis and computer science; mechanical, environmental and materials engineering; political science; and much, much more.

鈥淚n this way, our story is California鈥檚 story.鈥�

Chancellor Brostrom鈥檚 entire address is .

A Q&A with 黑料百科 Board of Trustees chair Denise Watkins followed, with Brostrom discussing topics like medical education, intercollegiate athletics and the university鈥檚 long-term plan when the Merced 2020 Project is complete.