During a visit to Sunnyside High School in Fresno the morning of Friday, October 23, University of California President Mark G. Yudof will announce two initiatives to ensure that UC campuses remain accessible to students with financial need. Yudof will speak at 10:45 a.m. to an assembly of hundreds of Sunnyside High School students. Many are participants in the UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy – a highly successful program founded by Dr. Katherine A. Flores to help prepare promising students to pursue healthrelated careers. UC representatives will be available for media questions immediately after the event.
WHEN: 10:45 a.m. (Check-in at 10:30 a.m.) Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
WHERE: Sunnyside High School Performing Arts building 1019 Peach Ave. (near East Kings Canyon Road) Fresno, CA 93727-4889
RSVP: Media representatives planning to attend are asked to RSVP by Thursday noon to Brandy Nikaido by email, [email protected], or phone, (559) 241-7512, or to the UCOP media relations office, (510) 987-9200.
CHECK-IN: Lobby of the Performing Arts building. It’s recommended that media representatives check in no later than 10:30 a.m.
PARKING: Please park in available spaces in the campus lots, but not in the roundabout at the front of the campus
