May 23, 2018
In creating scholarships to help future generations of Bobcats succeed, UC Merced staff members and alumnae Monique de Villa (’16) and Danielle Armedilla (’12) are cementing the legacy they are leaving for campus.
De Villa and Armedilla were honored for their generous contributions at last month’s scholarship signing ceremony on Bobcat Day — a thank-you tradition that began a few years ago.
“I can’t tell you how rare it is to have alumni as young as you are and at the beginning of your careers, to step up and decide to endow a scholarship,” Chancellor Dorothy Leland said. “It is really phenomenal. It shows not only your love for this university, but your generosity of spirit.”
