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Happy Holidays, Highlanders!
🎄Highlanders looking for opportunities to enjoy the holidays with the campus and community can choose from on- and off-campus events. Find "HappyHolidays2025" events.
🎁 If you are in a position to donate money, time, or supplies, consider bringing joy to those in need this holiday season by supporting the R'Pantry. And if you're a student in need, check out the Basic Needs Instagram for their distribution schedule.
🩺 For medical attention during winter break, call the 24/7 NurseLine at (877) 351-3457 or call 911 for emergencies.
Announcements
‼️ Dec. 17 Campus wireless network maintenance: This is part of a series of network infrastructure improvements that ITS is making to enhance the security, resilience, and reliability of our IT infrastructure. As a result, all users of the EDUROAM and UCR-GUEST WiFi network will need to take specific steps to maintain access.
📆 Use the Slate Student Success Platform to schedule academic advising appointments.
🤝 Find/join one of UCR's recognized student organizations on HighlanderLink. Dismissed/unrecognized orgs can be found here.
🛴 Scooters are not permitted inside libraries, the HUB, and other campus buildings.
📵 UCRPD does not enforce immigration law and does not participate in immigration enforcement efforts. Learn about the latest phone scam and how to report it.
🔍 If you have recently misplaced an item, check the online Lost Returns Log and claim your items at UCPD (near Lot 24). Found items can be returned to UCPD or the HUB kiosk.
🚉 Students get 50% off Metrolink fares starting July 1. Explore fun destinations or get a ride to/from home, work, and school.
🚨 Ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency by downloading the new UCR Safe App.
⚠️ 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 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.
Events
Videos
Opportunities
🤝 CORO Fellowship
This fellowship trains ethical, diverse civic leaders nationwide. Coro fellows engage in government, business, labor, and not-for-profit community organizations, and participate in special community and political problem-solving processes. (For 4th years and alumni only.
Deadline: Jan. 9
📚 Tutorial Assistance Program
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) hosts a Tutorial Assistance Program (TAP), which provides tutoring in a variety of subjects and disciplines, and offers broad-based study skills strategies and techniques to promote critical thinking. Students are seen on a walk-in or appointment basis, and 50-minute sessions are provided in small groups.
Make an appointment on Accudemia or call the ARC at (951) 827-3721
🧍🏻♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿♂️ 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.
Learn more about ASUCR and its upcoming events
🍴 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
🍎 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.
🤑 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.
💰 Give Day
Help raise funds for your department or program while highlighting your area’s priorities and rallying support from the Highlander community.
- Multi-Project Page Participants: Submit a separate form if planning to create more than one project page.
- Returning Participants: If you’d like to repurpose last year’s content, we can send you a copy of your 2025 project page materials to help you get started.
Important dates:
- Application deadline: Feb. 3
- Project Page deadline: March 13
- Give Day: April 7-8
📕 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:
- April 20 (for next year’s winter instruction)
- Oct. 20 (for next year’s spring instruction)
- Jan. 20 (for next year’s fall instruction)
🎶 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.
🌎 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
✈️ 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.
🤝 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
Campus ramps up scooter safety education w/ rewards
“We are actually incentivizing and celebrating students who we see observing the rules, such as wearing helmets and moving along properly,” said Kritika Gupta, an institutional research analyst and project investigator with Health, Well-being & Safety.
Eleven-year-old studies computer science at UCR
She transferred to UCR after completing two associate degrees at Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, where she became a student at the age of 8. After more than a month as a Highlander, Alisa is getting to know the campus while staying on top of her studies.
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A tale of two campuses and the Big “C"
Fifty years after UC Berkeley's "C" was constructed, UC Riverside established its own “C,” asserting the letter stood for “Cal.” This decision sparked controversy among Berkeley students and alumni, who argued that because "Cal" originated from their campus — the first in the UC system — the nickname belonged to them...
UCR launches site to match students with scholarships
UCR recently launched Scholarship Universe, a platform that analyzes a student’s academic history and interests to match them with relevant awards....
Highlander Pride
Mascot
"I started at UCR in 1954 and haven't left since. So I guess you could say I have the most school spirit. You can find me at many on-campus events, like open houses, concerts, fairs, athletics games, and I might even lead you down the commencement procession when your time comes. Don't hesitate to say hello, slap a high-five, or ask for a hug and photo. (I heard a photo with Scotty is on the 54 Highlander Tradition checklist.) Good luck with the new school year. I'll see you around!"
Scotty "Bear" Highlander | UCR | Est. 1954
Staff
"As a UCR alum and lifelong Riversider, I want to make sure every student is exposed to all the opportunities our campus and city has to offer them. I'll cover the social, academic, and personal aspects of college life through emails, videos, articles, and more. I hope to meet a lot of you throughout the year and invite you contact me if you ever want to enhance your campus experience by starring in a video or sharing your story and accomplishments. Sending you good vibes throughout all your UCR years."
Malinn Loeung | Digital Content Manager, University Relations
Academic Calendar
December 2025
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First pass ends for winter registration
Last day to mail winter payment for tuition/fees to allow for processing time
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Second pass begins (and ends Jan. 16) for winter registration
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5
Last day of fall classes
Last day to withdraw from UCR for the full term
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Fall finals (good luck!)
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Fall finals (good luck!)
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8
Fall finals (good luck!)
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Fall finals (good luck!)
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Fall finals (good luck!)
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Fall finals (good luck!)
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12
Fall finals (good luck!)
Last day to complete fall work to remove an incomplete grade from the prior quarter
Last day of fall quarter
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13
Student winter break
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Student winter break
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15
Student winter break
Winter fee payment due
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
Grace period ends to pay outstanding winter fees
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Student winter break
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Student winter break
Campus winter closure
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Student winter break
Campus winter closure
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Student winter break
Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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Campus winter closure
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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.
Resources
- Academic Advising (degree plans, major info, etc.)
- Arts & Culture (public arts, writing, dance & music)
- Athletics
- Associated Students Program Board (student entertainment)
- Associated Students of UCR (student government)
- Campus Map
- Career Center
- Chancellor & Leadership
- Dining
- Ethnic & Gender Centers
- Emergency Notification System
- Health, Well-being & Safety
- Highlander One-Stop-Shop (Registrar, Financial Aid, Student Business Services & Admissions)
- Housing
- Libraries
- R'Web (email, grades, transcripts, schedules, etc.)
- Student Affairs
- Student Life
- Student Recreation Center
- Transportation
- Undergraduate Education (Research, Academic Resource Center, University Writing Program)