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Cheech Marin (of “Cheech and Chong”) honored by UCR
On April 6, Cheech Marin, the popular actor, cultural icon, and arts advocate, received UC Riverside’s highest honor at the university’s new annual Gala Celebration.
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📍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.
🏆 Parent of the Year Award: Recognize a parent/guardian for being an impactful role model and show gratitude for their sacrifices or influence by nominating them by May 10.
🚌 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 into 2024 with its Student Adventure Pass. Explore fun destinations or get a ride to/from home, work, and school.
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🙋🏽♀️ 🙋🏼♂️ UC Undergraduate Experience Survey
Help us improve the UCR student experience not only during the time you're here but also for years to come. Hearing from as many students as possible ensures we have diverse perspectives as we support and create an inclusive environment for our UCR community.
Complete the survey and be eligible to win:
- iPad
- AirPods Max
- AirPods Pro
- Nintendo Switch
- $50 Amazon Gift Card
- $25 Uber/UberEats Gift Card
💰 Addressing Bias and Bigotry Proposals
We're accepting proposals for $175,000 in funds to students, staff, and faculty to address and combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of bias, bigotry, and discrimination at the university.
Application deadline: May 10
💰 Paid Student Health Study
Participate in a paid student health study, 3E by School of Education, and earn $20-35 per visit/study.
🎶 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.
🤑 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.
📚😎 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)
🍎 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.
🤑 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.
🤝 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.
Good Press
Highlanders give back with community projects
The projects included picking up 65 bags of trash in Riverside, building a patio at a Seattle homeless shelter, packing 4,592 food kits for the LA Food Bank, and planting 100 dahlia bulbs at a community garden in London.
NOODS offers a late-night campus dining choice
Diners can customize their bowls with options including ramen, udon, and rice noodles; sauces such as goachujang, spicy ramen, black bean, and yellow curry; and ground pork, ground halal chicken, and ground tofu as a protein choice.
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Undergrad earns California State Assembly Resolution Award
Rayhan Khan, a second-year political science student at UC Riverside, is the first recipient of the California State Assembly Resolution Award, a new accolade that recognizes a constituent’s impact on the district.
Students offered a forum to improve campus dining
There’s no formal membership. Students can sign up and join a meeting if they’re interested in offering input. They receive a free lunch for attending.
Highlander Pride
UCR is celebrating Earth Month with an ode to the Office of Sustainability, whose vision is to improve the quality of life through enhancing the culture of sustainability on campus and in the community. Follow @ucr_sustainability on Instagram to learn about their events and programs.
Student
“My interest in sustainability stems from my yearning to help my community, especially those living under the poverty line, and create a space where they don’t have to suffer through uncertainty about climate change. I enjoy watching random movies and going on hikes.”
Sam is currently working on the UCR Bike Count and is looking for volunteers.
Samuel Ramos Lopez (Materials Science and Engineering, Class of 2024)
Staff
“Currently, I am organizing Earth Month events and activities and working on the 2024 Climate Resilience Project to develop campus climate vulnerability assessments with particular attention to climate equity and inclusivity. When not in the office, I find fulfillment in contributing to the greenery of Riverside, Perris, and Colton communities through tree planting and maintenance.”
Francis Mitalo (Sustainability Program Specialist)
Academic Calendar
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