It is with great excitement that I write to share the appointment of the next Associate Dean/Honors Director, Dr. Begona Echeverria. Dr. Echeverria is a long time Professor in UCR’s School of Education and has served in various leadership roles over the last 20+ years. Dr. Echeverria’s academic work addresses the sociology of language and...

Rewind four years ago when most of this graduating class of collegians were seniors in high school and you’ll be reminded of bittersweet Zoom commencement ceremonies where graduates huddled around a screen to not get their diplomas or shake hands with their principals or hug their classmates. Instead, they sat dressed in their caps and...

Highlanders began their commencement celebrations with a week of festivities including Senior Sendoff at UC Riverside’s Rivera Lawn on Thursday, May 21. 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. Senior Sendoff was sponsored by the Office of...

Sonja Lyubomirsky has received the highest honor bestowed on faculty by the UCR Academic Senate, the 2023-24 Faculty Research Lecturer Award. Lyubomirsky is a distinguished professor of psychology and a world-renowned researcher on happiness. Lyubomirsky, who was recently named a AAAS fellow, “is considered as perhaps the top researcher in the field of well-being science,”...

Co-hosted by the Academy of Distinguished Teaching and XCITE, in partnership with the Academic Senate, and the Office of the Provost, the Celebration of Teaching is an annual event which signifies the gold standard of excellence in learning engagement at UCR. The event highlights accomplishments in teaching by faculty as well as showcases work being...

UC Riverside’s Division of Undergraduate Education is putting together plans to expand the types of courses offered to students now that it has academic status. The department became an academic division following the Feb. 27 approval by the UCR Academic Senate of its bylaws. The new status represents a significant achievement for the division, allowing...

Cosplaying Snow White as a six-year-old is one of Jennifer Ibarra’s first Disneyland memories. Her parents got her a reservation at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique, a Magic Kingdom role-playing experience where “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices will pamper and primp your child until they look storybook-stunning.” Ibarra chose to dress up as Snow White because she had...

This summer, Jacqueline Aguirre De La O will begin a five-year Department of State fellowship that will pave the way for a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Soon after, Kathy Chacon will head to the United Kingdom to start a master’s in film studies as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. While the two UCR alums...

We know that it seems early to be thinking about summer already, but now is a great time to start figuring out your plans and considering if you should take Summer Sessions or not. Here’s what you can do now! Ask your academic advisor about courses usually offered during summer Figure out if you’ll be...

UC Riverside is one of 46 Hispanic-Serving Institutions, or HSIs, recognized by the U.S. Department of State as Fulbright HSI Leaders. The recognition, announced Monday, Oct. 30, acknowledges noteworthy support for Fulbright exchange participants and promotion of Fulbright program opportunities on campus in the previous year. The Fulbright program is the U.S. government's flagship international...

The artwork created with chalk on sidewalks across UC Riverside is more than just pretty pictures. The drawings are symbolic of big achievements: students becoming the first in their family to go to a university. The artistic activity is part of First Gen Week, which marks the First-Generation College Celebration taking place this week at...

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, the Division of Undergraduate Education hosted its second UE Speaker Series on Student Success, highlighting the importance of high-impact practices for UCR undergraduate students. The XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning in the Rivera Library hosted the event to continue promoting a space for dialogue and cross-collaboration for UCR staff...

Members of UC Riverside's first cohort of Undergraduate Education's Kessler Scholars will start their higher education journey, like other first-years, this fall. But what sets them apart from most students is they will have some of their UC tuition covered by the Kessler Scholar Collaborative, which is funded by the Fred & Judy Wilpon Foundation...

With a touch of the screen, new interactive video technology at UC Riverside’s XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning allows students to explore countless learning opportunities. The giant 27-foot diagonal screen occupies a central location in front of couches and desks at the center, located at Tomás Rivera Library. The Immersive Design for Educational Advancement...

On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, the Division of Undergraduate Education launched its first chapter of the Undergraduate Education Speaker Series on Student Success in the XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning. The first topic of the UE Speaker Series was titled, "Black Student Success... A Collective Effort" led by Black Student Success Coordinator Victor Moreira...

On Wednesday June 28, 2023, the UCR Summer STEM Camp concluded with a final ceremony hosted at UCR’s Student Success Center. The camp, run during the month of June and funded by a grant from NASA, was for local area high school students to explore cutting-edge topics in science. The camp covered a range of...

Academic Preparation, Recruitment and Outreach Office in Grad Division. Our office works to demystify the graduate school application process and provide guidance to students considering a graduate degree. Our primary way of doing this is through paid summer research internships designed specifically for undergraduates who are underrepresented, under-resourced, first-generation and/or first-time researchers. However, we also...

Academic Newsletter Issue 1 (Week 7) Spring Quarter 2023 Academic Newsletter Welcome & Purpose Greetings! The purpose of the Black Student Success Newsletter is to share and highlight the important people, places, information, accomplishments, upcoming events, critical deadlines/dates, and other content that promotes Black Student Success at UCR! Newsletter Contents Upcoming Dates & Deadlines Community...

The 2023 Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities Symposium successfully concluded with the participation of 267 presenters across the Completed, Emerging, Creative, and Poster categories. Among the presenters, 49% delivered Oral Presentations in the Completed, Emerging, and Creative Activities categories, while 51% participated in the Poster Sessions. It is noteworthy that over 260 guests joined the...

A new undergraduate education division, which includes student success as one of its four programs, is being led by an associate dean who believes that trust, collaborative community and professional responsibility are all crucial for achieving student success.