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Honors Convocation
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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.
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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.
Two UCDC students win Career Center's WIN-tern-ships Contest
April 30, 2012
Two UCDC alumni, James Tedjasaputra and Marissa Walters, were honored with first and second place awards from the Career Center’s WIN-tern-ships contest. Students were asked to submit an essay of 300 words or less outlining how their internship impacted their career goals. Four students were honored with small cash awards. Other winners were Amirmansour Rustamzadeh and Ana Salgado.
Freddy Lopez awarded a $10,000 grant from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation
April 30, 2012
Freddy Lopez is a third year Ethnic Studies student with a minor in Creative Writing, who was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation . The Foundation annually awards $10,000 scholarships to no fewer than 14 California college juniors who demonstrate commitment to public service. Freddy's proposal, Art of the P.O.O.R (People Orchestrating Optimistic Renditions), seeks to provide underprivileged/at risk local middle, high school and college students interested in arts a place where they can congregate to share, build, empower and expand their artistic skills, their self-esteem and their imagination.
Honors Convocation 2012
April 30, 2012
Chancellor Timothy P. White and the Faculty of the University of California, Riverside invite you to attend the annual Honors Convocation on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the University Theatre. Light refreshments and check-in will begin at 6:30PM and end at 7:30PM. Program begins at 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. More information can be found at the Honors Convocation Information Page. Please register for the convocation by May 7, 2012.
Honors students excelling abroad
April 25, 2012
Whether they are situated in Riverside or as far away as Lyon, Honors students are always able to have a positive impact on their communities. This will certainly be the case when Honors student Reginald Arevalo will travel to France after being awarded the Dan Wise Memorial Scholarship.
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Programmer/Analyst II
Office of Undergraduate Education (UE) under the Vice Provost is composed of 5 departments, 57 full time staff, 49 lecturers, and 110 student assistants. Under general supervision of UE Director of Information Technology, this position is an integral part of UE. The incumbent will perform 1) website development and maintenance, 2) application development and support, 3) user training and technical support.
Webmaster 40%
Perform as the webmaster and provide general and professional assistance to UE departments in web technology and maintenance of websites. Participate in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, testing and documenting web-based applications by consulting with UE members and supervisors as well as provide customer-oriented user technical support and training for applications and systems used by UE.
System Administrator 25%
Perform as system administrator maintaining file, terminal servers and database servers, network security and connectivity, data integrity and security, and user account management.
Application Development and Support 25%
Provide day to day assistance to UE in the proper and effective use of available hardware, software, network services, and administrative computing applications. Provide consultation for use of a wide and dynamic variety of software and enterprise systems requested by UE staff. Be responsible for UE's computing equipment and software record keeping.
Supervision 5%
Mentor student interns in development and maintenance of website, application, digital graphic and image processing. Other Duties As Assigned 5% Other duties as assigned.
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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