Student Affairs

UCR student perform using Taiko drums
UCR student perform using Taiko drums

The UCR offices of the Vice Chancellor Student Affairs are dedicated to advancing a community that promulgates student diversity in all its aspects.  Besides interacting with more than 17,000 students from around the globe (43 percent Asian, 25 percent Latino, 18 percent white, 7 percent African American, .3 percent Native American, and 6.7 percent other ethnicity/decline to state), the offices forward students and diversity in a university selected alongside a highly touted few such diverse institutions nationwide. 

According to U.S. News and World Report, the campus has the fifth most ethnically diverse student body in America, per an index that factors the preponderance of American Indians and Native Alaskans, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, African-Americans who are non-Hispanic, whites who are non-Hispanic, and Hispanics. Add to that the fact that the institution is deemed the campus of choice in The Chronicle of Higher Education (more details ), Los Angeles Times, KTLA, topix.net, and The New York Sun (more details ), and you have a campus that is a giant among its peers.  In addition to its many offerings, its students engage the plethora of diversity-oriented venues provided through the Division of Student Affairs:  

  1. Departments for Ethnic, International, Gender, and Disability Services – African Student Programs (http://asp.ucr.edu/), Asian Pacific Student Programs (http://www.apsp.ucr.edu/), Chicano Student Programs (http://csp.ucr.edu/), International Education Center (http://internationalcenter.ucr.edu/), Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Resource Center (http://out.ucr.edu/), Native American Student Programs (http://nasp.ucr.edu/), Student Special Services (http://specialservices.ucr.edu/), and Women’s Resource Center (http://wrc.ucr.edu/) 
  2. Minority and International Student Clubs and Organizations (http://www.sllc.ucr.edu/solar/index.html) - Afrikan Student Alliance, African Americans United in Science, Arab Student Union, Hong Kong Student Association, International Multicultural Club, Katipunan, Khmer Organization for Students (KOS), Korean American Student Association (KASA), Mexican Student Association at UCR, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA), Native American Student Association (NASA), Nichibei Bunka Kai (Nikkei Student Union), Nigerian Student Association, Pakistani Student Organization, Persian Culture Club, Riverside Indonesian American Students (RIASA), Senryu Taiko, Shernia Di Shaan, Taiwan Culture Club, Taiwanese Student Association, Armenian Student Association, Asian Indian Student Association (AISA), Chinese American Alliance, Riverside (CAAR), Chinese Student Association (CSA), Hillel-Jewish Student Union, Indian Student Association, International Chinese Association, Iranian Student Association, Korean Graduate Students Association (KGSA), Vietnamese Student Association (VSA), African Americans in Humanities (AAH), African Americans United in Science (AAUS), Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), Latino Business Student Association (LBSA), Latinos in Science, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Nuestra Cosa, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Asian Community Times, Ballet Folklorico At UCR, Teatro Quinto Sol, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), Raza Assembly, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Tang Soo Do Congress, Afrikan Unity Day Coalition, Chicano/Latino for Community Medicine (CCM), Multicultural Organization, Highlanders For Israel (HFI), Mujeres Unidas, Musicicos Unidos de Latino America (MULA), Organizacion Estudiantil Universitaria de Espanol (OEUE), Womyn of Color
  3. Religious Clubs (http://www.sllc.ucr.edu/solar/index.html) - Asian American Christian Fellowship; (AACF), Campus Crusade for Christ, Christians on Campus, Coptic Club, Empire Campus Ministry, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Korean; American Campus Mission (KCM), Korean Campus Crusade for Christ, Kyrie-Catholic Student Fellowship, Latter-Day Saint Student Association, Muslim Student Union, Sikh Student Association (SSA), Studies in the; Bible, United Campus Ministry, Asian Baptist Student Koinonia    (ABSK), CFC Youth for Christ Campus Based, Bahai Campus Association at UCR, Buddhist Student Association, University Christian Fellowship (UCF), Living It for The Eternity Bible Study, Hindu Students Council, Etcetera, Interfaith Dialogue Student Association, College Remnant; Regional Church in Riverside, and Riverside Regional Community
  4. Commuter Group (http://www.sllc.ucr.edu/involvement/commuter.html)
  5. Transfer and Reentry Services (http://my.ucr.edu/prospective/contacts.aspx)
  6. Hate/Bias Response Team (http://www.sllc.ucr.edu/involvement/commuter.html)
  7. REACH (Reaching for Education, Affirmation, Community, and Harmony) Volunteer Peer Education Program (http://deanofstudents.ucr.edu/REACH/), which sponsors, for example, sexual violence/violation and hate/bias prevention training. 

    However, the venues do not stop there. The First-Year Success Series, first-year learning communities (partnership between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs - http://www.success.ucr.edu/), themed residence hall living (http://www.50reasons.ucr.edu/), internships, community service (http://deanofstudents.ucr.edu/Community+Service/), and others all make up the division that aids the campus in thwarting racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism. 

    In advancing the whole of diversity, Student Affairs through its programs, activities, and services fosters, and encourages you to do likewise, a commitment to diversity in its various forms.  This commitment speaks to pluralism, inclusion, and equity in both students’ personal development and academic growth. 

    The offices of the Vice Chancellor Student Affairs look at diversity from a holistic view.  Explore this page to find out more.