UC Merced Magazine | Volume XVI, Issue I

Scott/Jewett Gift Will be Transformative

Chancellor Muñoz speaks to the foundation board and supporters at the State of the University address.

Philanthropist and authorMacKenzie Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett, made the most significant gift to the University of California, Merced, in the university’s 16-year history.

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