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Commencement season is a wrap!
"Following another successful graduation season, I am filled with gratitude at all you do to help students achieve their educational dreams. Over the last three weeks, approximately 6,000 students received their baccalaureate or graduate degrees from UC Riverside. More than 40,000 guests celebrated in person at ceremonies while another 40,000 streamed events online." Check out what else Chancellor Wilcox had to say in his latest update...
Announcements
📚 New library study room reservation system & Rivera Library renovation impacts.
🍽 Special summer dining hours start June 24.
📍New Campus Map: Get around campus easier with features such as step-by-step directions and a category menu for different types of resources.
💻 Virtual Computer Lab Services: VLab will enable Highlanders to complete their coursework without needing to obtain a software license or use a specific computer operating system.
🚌 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 Health, Well-being & Safety on HighlanderLink and get notified via text or email when FREE food and health promotion 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.
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📚😎 Enroll for Summer Sessions
- Financial aid is available to qualifying students who meet all the deadlines to apply for aid.
- Housing is available and potentially payment-free for currently enrolled students.
- Small classes from world-class faculty.
- Campus perks include special events and use of the Student Rec Center during the summer.
- Eight-unit fee cap means taking 12 or even 16 units results in huge savings.
Enrollment deadline: June 28 (Session A), July 5 (Session F) & Aug. 2 (Session B)
💰 Paid 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.
🤑 Behavorial 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.
🤑 Close Your Financial Aid Gap
Third and fourth-year STEM majors can borrow up to $20K annually for school without co-signers or credit checks through the Student Freedom Agreement.
🧍🏻♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿♂️ 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.
Join ASUCR:
🎶 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.
🍎 Apply for 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.
Apply now or learn more.
🧠 Brain Game (Paid)
Register for one of the several paid studies with UCR Brain Game. Or apply to be involved in various aspects of experiments including participant recruitment, assessment administration, data entry and analysis, software development, and in some cases, the design and management of their own studies.
🤝 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
Celebrating UCR's Class of 2024
Graduating Highlanders and the special supporters who helped them reach Commencement.
UCR’s ‘Dragalicious Drag Ball XX’ features iconic gender-bending celebrities
Leading the pack of student performers was RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar and native Riversider Mayhem Miller.
Senior Sendoff 2024
More than 700 seniors attended the event, which included free food and swag, photobooths, celebratory stations, a graduation cap decoration station, and music from KUCR.
Highlander Pride
We're kicking off July by featuring members of the Summer Sessions community.
Visit summer.ucr.edu to learn more about how taking summer quarter classes can enhance your undergrad experience. Deadlines to register for Summer Sessions classes are July 2 (Session A w/ Adjustment Form), July 5 (Session F), and Aug. 2 (Session B).
Student
"I chose doing Summer Sessions to avoid overloading my class schedule during the normal academic year. Class selections were simple and had little to no trouble applying for my classes. With Summer Sessions, I hope to expand my knowledge on different subjects and educate myself! ."
Faith Jimenez Garcia (Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, Class of 2027)
Staff
"Working for Summer Sessions gives me the opportunity to work with students from all unique backgrounds and at different points of their educational journey. It's amazing to be a part of a team that prides itself on helping students succeed in their educational goals!"
Ramon Rivera (Student Records Assistant, Summer Sessions)
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.
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)