• Honors Convocation

  Honors Convocation is an awards ceremony that recognizes high-achieving students in University Honors.

• Student Success

  Student Success houses a variety of initiatives and activities. It provides support for the First Year Learning Communities, the ARC Supplemental Instruction and Early Warning Programs, the research activities within the Undergraduate Research in the Community Program, the Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Undergraduate Research Journal, and has contributed to UE’s success in receiving outside grant support with the subsequent grant management for the several campus programs (e.g., STEM Pathway CCRAA grant, CHASS Connect Evaluation FIPSE grant, and California Campus Compact Students In Service grant).

• WASC Re-accreditation

  WASC Re-accreditation provides a range of support services intended to maximize UCR students' competitiveness for prestigious awards. The office works with students at all academic levels to create effective strategies for securing scholarships, fellowships, and awards.

• Innovative Teaching Awards

  The Innovative Teaching Award is presented to faculty who demonstrate exceptional effort and achievement in teaching innovation. Nominations are submitted to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, who are charged with selecting one or two teachers to honor each year.

   

• iTeach

  iTeach provides instructional tools, techniques, and services to faculty and instructors whether they are teaching for the first time or 1000th.

• New Chancellor's Research Fellowship announced

  January 17, 2012

  Encouraging and promoting undergraduate research and creative activity projects is the goal of the new Chancellor's Research Fellowship (CRF) program at the University of California, Riverside. Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Education at UCR, the program will award up to 12 fellowships to undergraduate students in amounts as much as $5,000 for the 2012-13 academic year.

• Clark Kerr Lecture

  January 15, 2012

  The Office of Undergraduate Education will be co-hosting the Clark Kerr lecture at UC Riverside on February 14. The lecture, "Contemporary Trends: Diagnoses and Conditional Predictions," will be given by Neil Smelser, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Smelser's lecture will explore the factors contributing to the current crisis in public higher education and the likely changes resulting from the crisis. One of the most distinguished and accomplished leaders in American higher education, Professor Smelser is also recognized as a profound observer of university life.

  

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

  January 12, 2012

  The first meeting of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Colloquium in 2012 will explore methods to "make the large classroom small." Professor Goldberry Long of the Department of Creative Writing, and Leo Schouest, a learning and technology expert in the Office of Computing and Communications, will be describing how to make the lecture hall experience more personal and to engage students in classroom discussion.

  
• Archived News

• Assistant Vice Provost

  The University of California, Riverside is seeking candidates for the position of Assistant Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education. The Assistant Vice-Provost (AVP) will be responsible for three primary activities: (1) leadership and strategic direction of a campus-wide Office of Undergraduate Research, (2) development and management of continuing and new projects to increase undergraduate academic engagement, and (3) analytic support on policy related to increasing undergraduate student retention and opportunity to graduate in four years. This is a full-time career staff position, reports to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and plays a key role in the Vice Provost's senior management team.
  
  Qualifications for this position include an advanced degree, preferably an Ed.D. or Ph.D., and experience as an advocate for and manager in undergraduate education. Successful candidates will have skills in data analysis and statistics, as well as management. They will have demonstrated the capacity to work well with colleagues and students from a variety of backgrounds. They will have an outstanding work ethic and a demonstrated record of effectiveness. Salary will depend on the successful candidate's qualifications and experience.
  
  UC Riverside is one of the 10 University of California campuses. The top 12.5 percent of California high school students are eligible for admission to the University of California. Many of UCR's departments rank in the top third of graduate programs, according to the most recent National Research Council rankings. The campus enrolls more than 20,000 students and is one of the most diverse campuses in the country. Riverside is located 60 miles east of Los Angeles and is within a one-hour drive of mountain, beach and desert recreation and resort locations. UC Riverside is an equal opportunity employer.
  
  The Office of Undergraduate Education (UE) at UC Riverside was established in 2003. It currently consists of more than 60 FTE employees. In addition to the Office of Undergraduate Research, UE is responsible for the Academic Resources Center, Student Success Programs, Summer Sessions, Summer Study Abroad, the UCDC Program, University Honors, and the University Writing Program.
  
  The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on January 15, 2012. Finalists will be invited for campus interviews in February and March. The successful candidate may begin as early as May 1, 2012 and will begin no later than July 1, 2012.
  
  Applicants should submit an application, resume, and names and contact information for at least three references through the campus recruitment site: http://jobs.ucr.edu. Questions about the position should be addressed to Vice Provost Steven Brint (steven.brint@ucr.edu).

  
  
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• Director of Academic Success Initiatives

  
  The Director of Academic Success Initiatives provides leadership and campus-level coordination to university partners involved in the development and implementation of programs, courses, grants and activities created to foster and support undergraduate student academic success. The Director will collaborate with the colleges' associate deans, student affairs managers, academic advisors, and various college program coordinators, as well as colleagues from Student Affairs, the Academic Resource Center and other university partners, to develop high-impact academic experiences and student success initiatives for continuing students, and campus wide, comprehensive transition programs for pre-matriculant, new first year, transfer and re-entry/change of major students. 
  
  
  The Director will assist with the work of the Office of Undergraduate Research, enhancing undergraduate student engagement in research and creative activity opportunities and programs. He/She will work to build campus-wide awareness, create locally and nationally recognized programs, and provide consultation for campus partners regarding central issues affecting undergraduate student success, persistence and time to degree. The Director will be instrumental in designing and utilizing research and evaluation to guide decision making about program development and resource allocation. In addition, he/she will identify appropriate grant opportunities, help to write and submit proposals, and administer grants that are awarded. The Director will report to the Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education.
  
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To view all open positions at UCR, visit jobs.ucr.edu