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Commencement 2025 Season Starts Now
Details are out, and deadlines have been set. Visit commencement.ucr.edu to prepare for your commencement journey. If you aren't graduating this year, sign the Class of 2025 Yearbook to share your memories or congratulate friends.
Announcements
🚨 Ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency by downloading the new UCR Safe App.
🎣 Beware of phishing scams targeting the UCR community.
💉 Learn the facts about Human Papillomavirus and get vaccinated for HPV.
🌙 Dining is supporting students observing Ramadan from Feb. 28-March 29 with convenient and nourishing dining options.
😷 Although COVID-19 reporting/testing is no longer required, the campus is still encouraged to follow best practice to prevent spreading upper respiratory illnesses.
⚠️ Get Naloxone/NARCAN training and receive a FREE opioid overdose safety kit, containing a pouch with two Naloxone nasal sprays, two fentanyl test strips, instructions, and an educational brochure.
🕵🏻♀️ Watch out for sketchy job offers in your texts and emails. Spot the scams and stick to Handshake for all legit job searches. Be aware and stay safe.
📚 New library study room reservation system.
📍New Campus Map: Get around campus easier with features such as step-by-step directions and a category menu for different types of resources.
🚌 Get Free RTA Bus Rides w/ R'Card: Just swipe your R’Card for free bus rides on routes that directly connect UCR to many western Riverside County neighboring communities.
🍕😷 Get Texts About Free Stuff on Campus: Join "Scotty's Last Call" on HighlanderLink and get notified via text or email when FREE food and health supplies are available.
🤖 How to Appropriately Use Artificial Intelligence: Discover tips on how to use new Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and OpenAI’s DALL-E appropriately in your academic work.
📢 Free Speech Resources: Student action is vital and this Campus Demonstrations video discusses how students can make the most of a demonstration and do so without infringing on anyone else’s rights.
🚉 Free Metrolink Rides: Metrolink is offering UCR students free rides with its Student Adventure Pass. Explore fun destinations or get a ride to/from home, work, and school.
Events
Videos
Opportunities
🤝 Give Day (March 4-5)
Become a Give Day Advocate and help the campus raise funds by sharing a personal donation link. Every gift you inspire brings your cause closer to unlocking bonus funds and amplifying its impact.
- The top two advocates who bring in the most donors on Give Day will receive two (2) roundtrip tickets on Breeze Airways from San Bernardino International Airport to San Francisco.
Other ways to get involved:
- On March 4, show this digital flyer to Sub Station, and 20% of your purchase will be donated.
- On March 4, visit Carbon Nation Brewing for a night of fun, food, and philanthropy. Registration includes a drink ticket, food, and a $10 donation.
🧍🏻♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿♂️ Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR)
ASUCR is our student government in charge of representing the interests and needs of 22,000+ of UCR's undergraduates. Through the work of our student-elected officials and our hardworking volunteers, we advocate for students. ASUCR is focused on community-based services, programs, and events that engage and encourage students to unlock their full potential at their time here and beyond UCR.
International Student Coordinator (Deadline: March 14)
🍴 Dining Advisory Committee
Shape the future of our campus dining services. Meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month at Glasgow Restaurant and offer free food.
- Dive into the delicious discussions of food forums and menu tastings
- Spice things up by suggesting service upgrades in our dining locations
- Act as focus groups on various topics and menu development
🎶 UCR Pipe Band
UCR's Pipe Band is recruiting student musicians year-round who play or want to learn to play the Great Highland Bagpipes or Scottish-style drumming.
🤑 Behavioral Lab Studies (Paid)
Participate in research studies, conducted by School of Business faculty, about decision-making, consumer behavior, organizational behavior, negotiations, and group work. Compensation for in-person studies ranges from $5 to $100 in cash or Amazon gift cards, depending on the study you are chosen for. Sign up ASAP to be considered for this quarter's studies.
🍎 CalFresh
CalFresh provides qualifying students with up to $250 a month to buy healthy, nutritious foods. These benefits can be used at various local grocery and convenience stores, most farmers markets, and Scotty's convenience stores.
💰 3E Student Health Study
Participate in a paid student health study, 3E by School of Education, and earn up to $55 per study and an additional $5 per referral.
Deadline: Ongoing until March 7, 2025
🙋🏽♀️🙋🏼♂️ UC Student Regent
Benefits of serving:
- Have all tuition and fees waived and receiving a stipend during the two-year term
- Represent UC’s 294,000 students as a voting member of the Board of Regents
- Influence UC policy and the decisions that shape the student experience
- Champion the student point of view on issues related to access, affordability, and student success
- Hone leadership and governance skills
Deadline: March 10
📕 Teach an R'Course
Undergrads are invited to design and teach a 1-unit class. Think of a unique topic, work with a faculty mentor to develop a course plan, submit the proposal for review, and prepare to teach fellow undergrads.
Deadlines:
- Oct. 20 (for next year’s spring instruction)
- Jan. 20 (for next year’s fall instruction)
- April 20 (for next year’s winter instruction)
✈️ Study Abroad
Join the 5,000-plus UC students who go abroad each year through the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP).
Find easy and affordable ways to get a global education through programs to keep your options flexible and your credits easy to transfer. As a UCR student, you have this extensive network of participating UC education abroad opportunities at your disposal.
🌎 Sustainable Agricultural Projects
UCR has $1.5 million in grants from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to lead three interconnected projects aimed at transforming California’s specialty crop farming. The projects are open to students and focus on youth engagement, sustainable waste management, and advanced agricultural technologies.
Deadline: Ongoing
🤝 Browse Job Postings
Whether you are looking for summer gigs, internships, or part/full-time positions, the Career Center's online job search platform, Handshake, will get you connected with the right employer.
👩🏽🔬👨🔬 Find Undergrad Research
The uResearch Portal is a one-stop shop for students to find opportunities, across all disciplines, to participate in faculty-mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities.
👥 Join/Start Student Organizations
HighlanderLink is a searchable database of all of our 450+ student organizations. Categories include: Academic/Professional/Honor Organizations; Arts and Expressions; Cultural; Fraternity/Sorority; Action & Awareness; Recreational; Service; Spiritual/Religious/Atheist, and others.
News
Alum creates endowment for students experiencing tragedy
Preference will be given to those who have experienced the loss of one or both parents or legal guardians, but students who have experienced another great loss or tragedy may also apply...
African Student Programs wins Center of the Year
ASP was awarded Center of the Year by the Association of Black Culture Centers (ABCC), an organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting the diverse cultures of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans...
Campus bus ridership goes us
TAPS has partnered with RTA to offer students and employees free unlimited rides through the RTA UPASS program...
National Society of Black Engineers
After a busy year of accomplishments, UCR's chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers, or NSBE, was voted Outstanding Student Organization of the Year and Social Justice Activists of the Year...
Highlander Pride
This February, we are honoring Black History Month by celebrating UCR's Black brilliance through a scholarship gala, presentation by vascular surgeon Dr. Edwin Kendrick, Lotería Afrolatina, and more. Check out this collection of BHM2025 events and connect with African Student Programs on Instagram to get live updates on new events.
African Student Programs Student
"Being a Highlander means embracing community, growth, and resilience. Through my journey at UCR, I've had the privilege of connecting with fellow Black scholars, fostering meaningful conversations, and creating spaces where we uplift and support one another. This experience has shaped me into a leader, committed to building a stronger, more engaged campus community."
Jahni McGee | CHASS, Business Economics, Class of 2026
African Student Programs Staff
"My time with African Student Programs has been amazing! My skills are being used to impact scholars, be of service to them, and support them in their professional and personal development. I am blessed to be of service to the community."
Aurea Thomas | Assistant Director, UCR African Student Programs
Academic Calendar
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⭐️ Share Student Stories
Seeking Highlanders with Bold Hearts & Brilliant Minds
Tell us about a student (yourself or someone you know) who has received a recent award/accolade, has accomplished something major, or just exudes Highlander spirit — and we'll feature them on our official UCR platforms.
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