During week seven, Jaime Perez was appointed as the new CNAS senator by Executive Vice President Abigail Cortes. The second CNAS alternate, Perez is a fourth-year biology major who says he is finally in a position where he can address concerns he has been having in regards to student life on campus. He expressed his gratitude and excitement in...
In the early fall quarter, UCR’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) added a new feature on their website called “My Commute.” This feature is designed to keep commuting students aware of road closures, traffic conditions, parking, construction activity and other factors that might affect them on their way to campus.
The feature recognizes the many construction operations happening on campus...
On Wednesday, Nov. 20, ASUCR held their second State of the Association Meeting of the quarter. ASUCR executive cabinet members discussed what projects they have been working on or completed so far this quarter.
During Committee Reports, the finance hearing minutes for Nov. 18 and Nov. 20 were both approved 12-0-1 and 13-0-0.
The meeting then moved on to the Legislative...
On Thursday, Nov. 21, Chancellor Kim. A Wilcox held a fall campus update at 12 p.m. The update included presentations by the chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brian Haynes, with opportunities for questions afterward.
At the beginning of the meeting, Wilcox provided a land acknowledgement. The beginning of the acknowledgement stated, “In the spirit of Rupert and Jeanette...
UCR Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has recently partnered with Waze Carpool to help students and staff at UCR find someone to carpool with on their drive to campus.
In an interview with The Highlander, Transportation Demand Management Specialist Tara Elizabeth Pueschel stated that most people already know Waze as a GPS navigation system that provides real time information on...
This past Veterans Day, UCR’s Veterans Resource Center (VRC) launched their official website for student veterans. The VRC is a UCR service center meant to provide veteran and military-affiliated students with a support system, community resources and networking opportunities.
In an interview with The Highlander, Veteran Services Coordinator Tami Thacker said that the website is important because it is the...
Drew Hecht, co-director of management of UCR’s Office of Planning, Design & Construction and principal architect for the HUB Mobility Project, gave an update on the Mobility HUB on Wednesday, Nov. 20.
The Mobility HUB project, which would have been a joint effort with the Riverside Transit Agency, was focused on developing a central transit center on campus. It would...
Cristina Rosetti, a doctoral student specializing in religious studies who graduated from UCR in June 2019 has recently been interviewed by news organizations, including CNN, ABC and CBS News in regards to the massacre of nine American fundamentalist Mormons in Sonora, Mexico approximately two weeks ago by a Mexican drug cartel. Rosetti has been studying fundamentalist Mormonism for several...
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, ASUCR held a special election to fill the undergraduate sustainability director vacancy. Olenka Graham-Castaneda, the previous undergraduate sustainability director, stepped down for reasons unknown.
During Public Forum, BCOE Senator Maurice Armstrong, who was running for the position, stated, “I personally believe that someone who has sat on the Green Campus Action Plan committee in the past...
As part of her senator project, ASUCR School of Public Policy Senator and President Pro Tempore Preeti Juturu is working with CALPIRG Zero Hunger Initiative Director Kate Castillo to establish a collaboration with the Riverside Farmers Market to donate excess food from the farmers market to the R’Pantry. Castillo and Juturu are working to create a food recovery program...