Colleagues, I take this opportunity to announce the appointments, reappointments, and extensions of various chairs and directors across the College, effective July 1, 2025, unless noted otherwise. I also offer heartfelt thanks to our outgoing unit heads for their dedication to our academic mission, teaching, research, and service. The leadership appointments below have been reviewed...
CHASS faculty and staff, Following recent retirements, I am pleased to announce interim appointments to two key staff positions within the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS). Interim Chief Information Officer Ray Holguin will serve as Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) for CHASS following the retirement of James Lin. Ray is a proud...
After a pause on new appointments of various named, term, and endowed chairs, I am pleased to solicit applications for multiple opportunities to recognize and to support faculty excellence across the humanities, arts, and social sciences. New multiyear chair appointments may begin January 1, 2026, July 1, 2026, January 1, 2027, or July 1, 2027...
Dear CHASS faculty and staff: In today’s edition of Inside UCR you will find our Campus response to systemwide hiring freeze. I invite you to review the terms that will guide our hiring procedures for the foreseeable future. There is much relief in the clarity that most permanent staff and faculty recruitments that are in...
We take this opportunity to celebrate our milestones and look to the future of CHASS. The 2024 State of the College was in person and recorded on Wednesday, October 23, at The Barn. The presentation featured live music by The Octave Collectors, Shannon Brady’s award-winning 2024 Grad Slam presentation, and words by CHASS Dean Daryle...
Colleagues, With great pleasure, I announce that Covadonga “Cova” Lamar Prieto, Professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies, has been appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Her five-year term began on July 1, 2024. Cova takes on a leadership position familiar to many colleges across the University of California that have been reimagined to meet...
Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to announce a new addition to the CHASS Leadership team: Eveleen Samayoa ’06 has been appointed Assistant Dean of Development for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Eveleen assumed the role on May 1. Eveleen’s appointment is the productive outcome of a nationwide recruitment led by the...
Dear CHASS Staff and Faculty, Today, I am writing to share updates on my commitment to staff success. With the advice of the CHASS Strategic Staffing Task Force, I am pleased to announce immediate investments in a number of areas critical to our valued staff. Recruitments: CHASS Human Resources is actively recruiting several new positions...
Riding the wave of a historic incoming first-year class, CHASS has reaffirmed the college’s commitment to student achievement by creating a new Assistant Dean position entirely devoted to student success. “I am thrilled to be the first Assistant Dean of Student Success in CHASS,” Ryan Lipinski said. Lipinski, who started his professional career at UCR...
By By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
