ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
The president and vice president of campus internal affairs address on-campus issues, the vice president of external affairs interacts with the other UC campuses on state and national issues, and the vice president of finance manages the financial branch of student government.
ASUCR is supported by the ASUCR Fee, which is $15.50. The breakdown of the fee is as follows: $2.00 for funding clubs and organizations; $3.00 for KUCR, the on-campus radio station; and $10.50 for projects such as free legal aid, student-owned and operated businesses, and various campus publications.
ASUCR is a member of the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and of the United States Student Association (USSA). Both of these bodies address issues of higher education and financial aid in relation to students in general.
On campus, ASUCR, in conjunction with the personnel chair, appoints undergraduates in several important committees that play a role in campus governance, including the Commons Board of Governors, the Recreation Facility Board of Governors, the Registration Fee Advisory Committee, Student Conduct, and the Parking Committee.
In addition to serving the students in the form of advocacy, representation and participation in current issues, ASUCR operates two student-owned and -operated businesses: Ditto Note Taking Service and The Exchange.
Ditto -- next to the Bank of America ATM, (909) 787-3630 -- is the on-campus note-taking service. It employs professional note takers in several large lecture and general education courses and makes the notes available to students. Students may purchase quarterly subscriptions or weekly sets of class notes. The service also sells résumé paper and provides self-serve photocopying, discounted 24-hour photo processing (both Kodak and Standard), and convenient mail services, including U.S. Mail, UPS, Airborne, and Fed Ex.
The Exchange -- next to the East Food Court, (909) 787-2689 -- offers discounted tickets to major theater chains in the area and to recreation venues including Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Sea World, and Universal Studios; and seasonal venues such as Bear Mountain and Mountain High ski resorts, Raging Waters, and the Renaissance Faire. The store sells balloon bouquets, cards, and UCR gift items, as well as class rings, graduation announcements, and diploma frames. It features the Greek Corner, where students can purchase gifts, create paddles, design custom letters, and special order jewelry.
GSA is a member of the University of California Student Association which represents all University of California students and has a separate lobby program in Sacramento. GSA is heavily involved in campus governance and appoints students to serve on various committees.
New Student Orientation Program --Bear Facts
Each quarter the Transfer and Reentry Services Center -- H-101 Bannockburn Village, (909) 787-5307 -- hosts a one-day session for incoming transfer and reentry students. Transfer and Reentry Orientation helps ensure a successful transition to the University. During orientation students meet with peer mentors and find out about student services and campus life.
UCR offers five teams for men interested in participating on the collegiate level: basketball, baseball, cross country, tennis, and track and field. Women's sports offer six teams: basketball, cross country, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. As part of the move to Division I, golf and soccer will be added for both men and women in the 2001-2002 academic year.
Athletic programs are supported by student fees and by private gifts developed through the work of the UCR Athletic Association and the UCR Athletic Development Office.
More than 35 noncredit leisure classes are offered each quarter at a low cost to students. Some of these classes include ballroom dancing, belly dancing, guitar, tennis, and windsurfing. Twice a year (fall and spring quarters) Market Day -- an all-day sale of handcrafted items -- is held on the Tower Mall.
The Leisure Line recreation newspaper is published once each quarter and contains times, dates, places and course descriptions of the classes, plus information about clubs, intramurals, and special activities.
The Student Recreation Center also offers camping equipment and windsurfer rentals.
The Recreation Outdoor Excursions Program offers rock climbing, camping, whitewater rafting, and other activities every quarter.
For particulars of optional or mandatory student health insurance coverage, contact the Campus Health Center's Insurance Department at (909) 787-5683. It is important to note that there are limitations to the coverage of the student health insurance. These include, but are not limited to, care of pre-existing and chronic conditions.
Resident Undergraduate Students and Dependents. In addition to outpatient services available to all registered students through the Campus Health Center, an optional health insurance plan for undergraduate students and dependents is available during the first 30 days of each quarter.
Information regarding policy benefits, brochures, lists of contracted providers, petitions for exemption from GSHIP, and optional dependent coverage is available through the Campus Student Health Insurance Office, Veitch Student Center, (909) 787-5683, fax (909) 787-4374, campushealth@ucr.edu.
(Undergraduate Student Government)
213 Commons
(909) 787-3621; http://www.asucr.ucr.edu
The Associated Students (ASUCR) represents all campus undergraduate students. The governing body is a 20-member student senate with its membership elected by students from each of the three colleges: Engineering, 2 members; Natural and Agricultural Sciences, 6 members; and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, 12 members. The Senate chooses from its own membership a president, a chairperson, a vice president of external affairs, and a vice president of campus internal affairs. Additionally, the senate fills five positions from the general student body: a vice president of finance, a personnel chair, an outreach director, an academic affairs director, and an elections chair. Together, these officers comprise the cabinet, which serves as the decision-making body when senate is not in session.
(909) 787-3740; gsaucr@citrus.ucr.edu
http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/Home/home.html
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) represents all of the campus graduate students, including credential and fourth-year biomedical students. It is a University unit governed by the Graduate Student Council which comprises representatives from each of UCR's graduate programs. Officers, elected at large, are president (responsible for overseeing the operations of GSA and acts as liaison with the administration); executive vice president (responsible for representing GSA on and informing GSA regarding systemwide and statewide issues); health insurance chairperson (responsible for reviewing health care and insurance coverage); and public relations officer (in charge of public relations and publication of the monthly newsletter). GSA is supported by a separate $14 per quarter student fee which it administers and allocates annually for various graduate services. It also administers the minigrant program, to provide travel grants to graduate students who attend or present research at professional conferences. In addition, GSA has a fund for graduate students to use for hosting speakers or conferences at UCR.
(909) 787-7344; http://www.studentlife.ucr.edu
The Student Life and Leadership Center helps enhance the educational mission of the University through student leadership and development.
Special Events/Activities
Activities include Welcome Back Week, UCR Block Party, the Leadership Program, Activities Honor Society, Student Recognition and Awards, Scot's Week, Music on the Patio, International Food Faire, Activities Faire, and Wednesday Nooners (weekly free concerts and activities on the Tower Mall).
UCR Varsity Band
The UCR Varsity Band is made up of student musicians and performs for men's and women's varsity home games. Students may also perform in the University Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble. (See listing under MUS 165, Concert Band, and MUS 164, Jazz Ensemble, in Music.)
Campus and Community Service Program
The Community Service Program, located in the Student Life and Leadership Center, consists of two main services which provide volunteers for the community and tutors for local schools. UCR students may gain valuable work experience, academic credit, and/or pay while in service to their community. The campus and community service program connects UCR students and student groups with nonprofit agencies in the community that need volunteers. The tutorial program offers assistance to K-12 students, both on an individual basis and in the classroom.
Student Life and Leadership Center
145 Costo Hall
(909) 787-2789; http://www.studentlife.ucr.edu
The new student orientation program, called Bear Facts, is designed to familiarize a new student with many aspects of campus life such as placement exams, class selection, enrollment information, registration, and issues like time management and adjusting to the quarter system. Freshman students and their parents can choose from six two-day summer programs or two one-day events.
120 Physical Education Building
(909) 787-4292; http://www.ucr.edu/athletics
UCR is a Division I university of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and will participate in the Big West Conference in 15 sports, beginning Fall 2001. UCR has produced 5 national champion teams, 17 individual national champions, 175 All-Americans, and numerous conference and regional champions while participating at the Division II level prior to 2000. Additionally, 41 student-athletes have received Academic All-American status at the regional and national levels since 1985. Although not an NCAA affiliate, the UCR karate program is one of the finest in the nation, with seven team national championships to its credit.
(909) 787-5731; http://clifs.ucr.edu/src
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m.-11 p.m.
Friday, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sunday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m.
The Student Recreation Center offers students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to exercise at their convenience. The 80,000-square-foot Center houses a large fitness center; three multipurpose rooms; racquetball, wallyball, and squash courts; a lower-level gym filled with three full-size basketball courts lined for volleyball and badminton; and an upper-level gym with one full-size basketball court also marked for volleyball and badminton. The fitness center includes a weight room and exercise equipment such as stationary bikes, treadmills, and stair climbers. The multipurpose rooms can be used for aerobics, martial arts, and dance classes. The sport courts are devoted to open, drop-in recreation except during intramural sports hours, when at least one court is always set aside for open recreation. New this year are facilities outside of the center for basketball, volleyball, tennis, jogging, and rollerskating.
Intramurals and Recreation
The UCR Student Recreation Center offers intramural sports for men, women, and coed groups each quarter. This program sponsors as many as 20 sports and recreation clubs that focus on activities such as skiing, snowboarding, outdoor activities, cycling, soccer, rugby, lacrosse, and water polo.
Veitch Student Center
(909) 787-3031
The Veitch Student Center building, which is located in the northeast area of campus between the residence halls, contains a complete outpatient health center, including laboratory and X-ray services. It is open Monday through Friday during scheduled hours when school is in regular session. Students should make an appointment, unless in an emergency. Appointments are necessary for the specialty clinics. Most care is funded by registration fees, but there are charges for laboratory work, medications, dental care, vision care, and certain other procedures.
Director: Deborah J. McCoy, M.A.
Veitch Student Center (Northwest wing)
(909) 787-3631;
http://www.careers.ucr.edu
The Career Services Center (CSC) provides
assistance to undergraduates and graduate students in career decision
making, internship/cooperative education placement, graduate and
professional school application, and the job search process. It is
open year-round.
Students are encouraged to use the CSC throughout their years at
UCR. For a modest fee,
alumni may also take advantage of these services.
Career Planning
Career Library. The Center's library contains general career information, reports of wage and labor trends, employment forecasts, job search materials, directories of employers, company literature, and current job openings.
Career Seminars and Workshops. Workshops are held throughout the year on topics that include career planning, skills/interests analysis, résumé writing, interviewing techniques, and job search strategies. A quarterly series of career seminars offers students the opportunity to meet and talk with professionals from a variety of occupations.
Individual and Group Counseling. Counselors assist students in the process of determining career possibilities most suited to their interests, education, and talents.
Major Decision Program. Those who have not declared their academic major are encouraged to attend the Major Decision Seminar series. This series is designed to acquaint students with the variety of majors available at UCR. Several different disciplines are presented each quarter. It is also recommended that undeclared students take advantage of vocational testing and career counseling.
Vocational Testing. Combined with counseling and other career services, vocational tests can be valuable in making academic choices and identifying career options.
Alumni Career Network. More than 500 UCR alumni have volunteered to assist students in their career development by providing informational interviews and on-campus presentations. Notebooks containing the alumni network information are available for student use at the Center.
Underrepresented Students' Career Development Program
The Career Services Center offers extensive programming to promote the professional development of underrepresented students. The services include skills-building workshops, field trips, and special career forums which bring employment representatives from business, industry, and government to campus. Underrepresented and disadvantaged students of all academic disciplines and levels are encouraged to take part in these activities.
Student Employment Office
Throughout the year hundreds of part-time, temporary, and summer jobs are posted in the Student Employment Office and at http://www.careers.ucr.edu. Summer job workshops and camp job fairs are held annually.
Placement Assistance
Current Job Openings. Job vacancies are posted at http://www.careers.ucr.edu and in the Career Library.
Interview Preparation. Practice interviews are offered with the use of video tape.
On-Campus Interviews. This program brings employment recruiters to campus to interview graduating students for professional positions. The 2000-2001 schedule attracted such diverse corporations as Automated Data Processing, Inc.; Anheuser-Busch Co, Inc.; Arthur Anderson, LLP; Deloitte & Touche; Ford Motor Co.; Gallo Wine Co.; GTE; Ingram Micro, Inc.; Logicon, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Nestle USA; New York Life Insurance Co.; PacifiCare Health Systems; and TRW, Inc.
Résumé Writing. Brochures give instruction on résumé preparation. Workshops are offered and counselors provide résumé critiquing by appointment or during daily "Drop-In Hours."
Graduate/Professional School Application
Graduate/Professional School Catalog Collection. An extensive collection of graduate and professional school catalogs, directories, and program rankings is available in the Career Library.
Letters of Reference Files. Students can establish a confidential letters of reference file for graduate or professional school. The Career Services Center will send the file to the various schools and programs to which the student is applying.
Statement of Purpose. Brochures on how to write the statement of purpose are available. Counselors review statement drafts and provide feedback and suggestions.
MBA/Business Administration Career Services
MBA/Business Administration Career Services, a satellite office located in room 146 of The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, provides career guidance, job search assistance, and internship/cooperative education placement to graduate students in Management and to undergraduates in Business Administration. Contact (909) 787-7276.
Careers in Education
The Careers in Education program -- in the Career Services Center -- serves undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in a teaching career in public or private schools, colleges, or universities. The program offers career counseling as well as instruction and assistance in the academic job search.
Students may open a placement file of reference letters for academic positions or for admission to graduate or professional schools. The career library contains academic job listings from throughout the United States and overseas. UCR alumni, faculty, and staff may also use these services for a fee.
Salary and Employment Information
See appendix E: Salary and Employment Information for statistics on UCR graduates.
Academic Internship Program
Veitch Student Center (Northwest wing)
Off-campus learning experiences are a significant
academic option in many degree plans at UCR. More than 90 percent of
UCR graduates engage in some career-related work experience before
graduation. The
Academic Internship Program offers placement services to students
seeking this type of experience and serves as the coordinating unit
for such activities.
Internships may be part-time volunteer experiences
or may offer a salary or stipend. Students can earn credit for an
internship if an academic component is completed on campus. This
requires a faculty sponsor from an appropriate department.
Internships are available on an ongoing basis or
may be developed to meet the student's particular career interest.
Juniors, seniors, and graduate students are
eligible for placement.
Interns work in settings such as community
services, government offices, banks, manufacturing firms, retail
establishments, research labs, newspapers, radio and television
stations, museums, hospitals, law offices, and other agencies.
Recently, UCR interns have worked for such diverse employers as
American Airlines; Argonne National Laboratory; Disney Consumer
Products; Dodgers Inc.; Ernst & Young, LLP; GTE; Hughes Research
Laboratories; KNBC-TV; Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; Los Angeles
Times; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; The Perrier Group;
Price Waterhouse, LLP; Thomas Bros. Maps; and Wells Fargo Bank.COUNSELING CENTER
Director: Catherine M. Steel, Ph.D.
Individual or couple therapy is available to students on a short-term basis. The goals of counseling include facilitating the student's personal growth and self-esteem, development of satisfying relationships, effective communication, educational and career decision making, and the establishment of personal values.
Group therapy involves people meeting face-to-face with one or more trained group therapists and talking about what's troubling them. Members also give feedback to each other by expressing their own feelings about what someone says or does. This interaction gives group members an opportunity to try out new ways of behaving and to learn more about the way they interact with others. Both general and specialized groups are offered.
Psychological and career-interest tests are used as part of the counseling process to facilitate self-understanding and decision making.
Referrals are made to appropriate resources on campus and in the community.
Biofeedback training is used, usually as an adjunct to personal counseling, for stress-related symptoms such as tension and migraine headaches, test anxiety, and sleep disorders.
Workshops address developmental issues and teach preventive mental health techniques (e.g., assertiveness training, overcoming procrastination, and stress management).
Consultation and training services include face-to-face meetings and telephone contacts with faculty, staff, or students to discuss concerns about students or student life.
Outreach presentations are primarily informational in nature, on topics such as how to help a distressed student and orientation to Center services.
National and state qualifying examinations are administered by the Center and include the GRE, MCAT, LSAT, PRAXIS, and MAT.
Services to registered students are free and confidential. Appointments can be scheduled by calling (909) 787-5531. If the need is urgent, a staff member is available for consultation immediately. After-hours emergency help can be obtained by calling UCR Police (909) 787-5222 or the Riverside Helpline (909) 686-4357.
(909) 787-3631
Veitch Student Center
(909) 787-5531; http://www.students.ucr.edu/counseling/cc.htm
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Counseling Center exists to help students acquire the personal skills, self-knowledge, and psychological resources that will enhance their university experience in terms of developing their full potential as students and as emotionally healthy people. The Center seeks to achieve these goals by counseling students individually or in groups; by contributing to the university environment through consultation, training, and outreach; and by studying the environment and recommending changes based upon research data and clinical judgement. In addition, national and state qualifying examinations are administered by the Counseling Center. Services include the following: