In light of COVID-19, UCR has opted to host the 2020 Highlander Orientation completely online for incoming students.
One way UCR is adjusting to the change is to promote their tool known as the “Involvement Calculator.” In an interview with The Highlander, Senior Coordinator of Student Life Adam Daniels stated that the Involvement Calculator is a survey incoming students can...
Last month, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued guidelines detailing how colleges should distribute the $6.2 billion they were given through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act meant to ease the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students. The guidelines notably exclude most international students and all DACA recipients from receiving any emergency...
UCR’s campus closure due to COVID-19 means that all instruction will be delivered remotely for the entirety of spring quarter. This has left many students with questions regarding what will happen to their tuition and fees now that they will not have access to many on-campus resources including labs, studios, libraries and the student recreation center (SRC).