National Student Transfer Week serves as a significant occasion to honor the unique journeys of transfer students every third week of October, organized by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students. CHASS Transfers F1RST, a student-led program in CHASS F1RST that assists transfer students in navigating their newfound journey at UCR, is gearing...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
On Friday, Aug. 18, more than 60 UCR students gathered at the Alumni and Visitors Center for the 2023 APRO Summer Research Symposium to present their research findings, engage in discussions with mentors and peers, and partake in a daylong celebration of their participation and work in the program. It was the culmination of the...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
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 |
Rickerby Hinds, a professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, was selected as a 2023 Legacy Artist for the Individual Artists Fellowship (IAC) created by the California Arts Council in partnership with Arts Orange County (ArtsOC). The Individual Artists Fellowship program recognizes and uplifts California artists practicing various art forms and provides...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside is on a mission to make opportunities for creative minds to access the arts for students across the community. Through its initiative, the program has recently collaborated with Sherman Indian High School to explore their artistic interests, from creating a photography book to touring UCR’s...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Amir Zaki, an art professor at UC Riverside, took home a gold medal for Best Photography Book at the 2022 PubWest Book Design Awards in February 2023 for his latest book, “Building+Becoming.” Published in 2022 by DoppelHouse Press and X Artists’ Books, “Building+Becoming” explores the intersection of landscapes, personal growth, and Zaki’s multi-ethnic identity work...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/Marketing and Communications |
UC Riverside’s CHASS class of 2023 closed and entered a new chapter in their lives at their commencement ceremony on June 21 held for the first time at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA. This year’s commencement celebrated Highlanders from different colleges with 50,000 attendees spanning from friends and family throughout the week at the...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
First-year and transfer students may have difficulty navigating the new world of UCR. However, the advising staff at CHASS Student Academic Affairs are here to help provide resources, from advising appointments to course planning. Located near their respective departments, CHASS Student Academic Affairs offers help and services from academic advisors, assigned to students based on...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
From a former student to now a staff member, Johnny Macias looks forward to his next step in his career as Assistant Production Manager for UC Riverside’s department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production (TFDP). “Transitioning from being in this department as a student to now a full-time staff member has been a rollercoaster of...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer, CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Described as sexy, exciting, funny, and romantic, “The Widow of Valencia” is the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s (TFDP) first showing of the winter quarter with opening night set for February 16th. UCR will stage a unique and unprecedented Spanglish adaptation of the 15th-century play, written by Félix Lope de Vega. It is...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
