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Flo Rida performs at UCR Homecoming
Flo Rida performs at UCR's Alumni Homecoming

Performing before a packed crowd on Saturday, Nov. 2, Flo Rida encouraged fans to get “Low” and spread “Good Feelings” with an energetic set that included those and other signature hits. Wearing a UCR jersey at one point, he invited people to the stage to dance with him and went down onto the lawn for part of the performance. He sprayed champagne and passed out roses and his autographed Nikes to fans. Although this concert was only for alumni and their guests, these are the types of exclusively alumni events all students can look forward to once they've graduated.

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Announcements

🚨 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.


🗣 Meet Provost Elizabeth Watkins during her office hours and discuss questions and concerns.


☎️ Make a physical/mental health appointment, meet with a case manager, make a report with UC Police Department, and more by visiting Health, Well-being & Safety.


🕵🏻‍♀️ 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.


✈️ Passport services are now on campus.


📚 New library study room reservation system & Rivera Library renovation impacts.


📍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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Videos

🎬 Featured Video

Good luck with the new school year!

 

Chancellor Wilcox welcomes you to the 2024-25 school year in a video that features a breakdancing Scotty Highlander!

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Opportunities

🍽 Highlanders Ending Hunger

If you're able to, gift a meal through Highlanders Ending Hunger. A $10 donation can provide up to six nutritious meals. Help keep R'Pantry shelves stocked so students don’t have to worry about their next meal.

Learn more about donating to R'Pantry

🍴 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

Learn more about the Dining Committee

💰 3E Student Health Study (Paid)

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

Learn more about 3E

🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿‍♂️ 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:

Learn more about ASUCR

🌎 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

Learn more about sustainable agricultural initiatives

🍎 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 about CalFresh

🎶 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.  

Learn more about Pipe Band

🤑 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. 

Learn more about Behavioral Lab

🌎 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.

Learn more about Study Abroad

🤝 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.

Learn more

👩🏽‍🔬👨‍🔬 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.

Learn more

👥 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.

Learn more

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News

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Student veteran starts career with NAVSEA

Undergrad Jacob Bradfield reflects on his journey from private citizen to petty officer and back... 

Read more about Jacob

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New book tells stories of undocumented students

Ethnic studies professor Jennifer R. Nájera captures narratives of UC Riverside students in “Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education”...

Read more about the author

2024 McNair Scholars

UCR's inaugural McNair Scholars complete first research program

Exploring Mexican mental health, the role of epigenetics in cell identity, and historical immigration policies...

Read more about McNair Scholars 

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Undergrad provides a voice for Spanish-language families

Camila Acosta found success at UCR after being forced to flee Venezuela...

Read more about Camila

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Highlander Pride

This November, we are celebrating Highlander students and staff who are also military veterans.

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Student

“The Veterans Resource Center has been my go-to place to do any schoolwork that I need to do. It’s filled with fellow veterans and military-affiliated students, and I know if anyone could relate to me in any way, it would be the members of this center.” 

Jacob Bradfield, U.S. Navy Veteran

BCOE, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2025

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"I have been at UCR since 2017 working with our military connected student population.  It has been such a fun career getting to help students conquer their goals in life. We like to say that the Veterans Resource Center is here for our students from application to graduation." 

Tami Thacker, U.S. Navy Veteran

Director, UCR Veterans Resource Center

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Academic Calendar

November 2024

 
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Last day to withdraw from a fall course w/ $4 fee.

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Holiday: Veterans Day

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Statement of account for winter available on R’Web.

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Last day to change fall grading basis or variable units w/ $4 fee.

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Holiday: Thanksgiving (Campus Closed)

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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.

Submit One Student

Submit One Award w/ Multiple Recipients

Elissa Monteiro, School Psychology, winner of the 2023 Grad Slam Finals

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