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President Yudof to Step Down
Mark G. Yudof is stepping down as
president of the University of California
system; his five-year tenure will end
on Aug. 31. “The moment comes with
a mixture of emotions,” he said in a
statement. “UC remains the premier
public university system in the world,
and I was both honored and humbled to
serve as its president.”
Yudof cited taxing health issues as the
reason for his decision, and he plans to
return to the Berkeley campus to teach
law. “I will leave it to others to judge
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what difference my leadership made, if
any, but I will say that I entered each day
with a laser focus on preserving this great
public treasure, not just in the present
day, but for generations of Californians to
come. And in the end, what matters most
is what still remains: a vibrant public
university system, the envy of the world,
providing California with the beacon of
hope and steady infusion of new thinking
that are necessary for any society to
flourish.”
Milestones in 2013
Application Pool
More than 30,000 potential freshmen
were part of a record-breaking 42,178
applications received by UCR during
the application period for the 2013-14
academic year.
UCR exceeded the 40,000 mark in
total applications and the 30,000 mark
in freshman applications for the first time
in school history. The pool of 42,178 was
composed of 33,809 freshmen, a 13.2
percent increase from 2012, and 8,369
transfers, an 8.3 percent increase from
2012.
“The numbers show that UCR
continues to grow as a campus of choice,”
said Emily Engelschall, director of undergraduate
admissions.