The CHASS college overview brochure has won a bronze award in design from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Printed in summer 2019, the 30-page brochure showcases CHASS people, departments, majors, rankings and support services. It also features photos of current CHASS students, staff, distinguished faculty and notable alumni. The award was...
By Jeff Girod, Director/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
Gamespawn is a UCR club that offers members the ability to collaborate and work on the development of video games. The club meets on campus during the academic year on Tuesday evenings, 5-7 pm in Bourns A171. “[Joining Gamespawn] was intimidating at first,” said second-year psychology major and current Outreach Coordinator Yvette Chen, “but once...
By Chris Fleming, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
For Daisy Sicarios, ancient civilizations are more than stories. They’re her job and her passion. Sicarios, an anthropology and classical studies double-major and first-generation transfer student, first developed an interest in classics and classical archaeology when she arrived at UCR in 2016. After enrolling in a course on ancient Greek language, her love for classics...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
At 18, UC Riverside Professor Edward Chang immigrated to the United States. He had two goals: To learn English and get an education. Decades later, Chang has been awarded the Order of Civil Merit, one of the highest medals from the Republic of Korea, for his academic research promoting Korean culture in both the U.S...
By Melissa Sagun, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Ni’Ja Whitson, an assistant professor in UC Riverside’s Department of Dance, was part of a team that won a Bessie award for outstanding visual design. The “Bessie’s” are presented annually to artists with exceptional choreography, performance, music composition or visual design, and are considered one of the highest honors in the field of dance. This...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Milagros "Milly" Peña has always loved basketball, going back to her playing days as a shared point guard in high school and college. As a former scholar-athlete, her experiences with teamwork, discipline and determination have extended far beyond the hardwood. Now as a professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies, and the Dean of the College...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Looking for an unlikely way to see the world? The Model United Nations (MUN) has you covered. UC Riverside’s MUN is an internationally recognized student organization that studies current world politics, providing students a space to learn while offering opportunities to travel to participate in conferences. The club has about 40 student members. Members average...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
66th Commencement CHASS Ceremonies: June 13-14, 2020 Student Speaker Application Every year, CHASS invites students to speak to their fellow graduates. This year, the College invites students to speak on the following topic: We in CHASS say that “At Home in the World” is more than just a saying or a slogan. It really represents...
Jonathan Friedman, PEN America’s Project Director for Campus Free Speech, will lecture as part of Writers Week on Thursday, Feb. 13, at noon in the InterDisciplinary South Building screening room, 1128. He will discuss why free speech and self-expression are important to college campuses. “I will be running a forum on free speech as part...
By Hannah Croft, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
Summer is a time for most students to slow down, take a vacation, or even enroll in a couple of summer classes. But UC Riverside Political Science Professor Ronald O. Loveridge believes the best way to spend the summer is gaining internship experience. That was exactly how I spent my 2019 summer - learning new...
By Melissa Sagun, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
