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University of California, Riverside
File:UCR seal.png
MottoFiat Lux ("Let There Be Light")
TypePublic, land & space grant
Established1954
Endowment$95.6 million[1][2]
ChancellorRobert D. Grey (acting)[3]
ProvostEllen A. Wartella[4]
Academic staff
2,595[5]
Undergraduates14,973[5]
Postgraduates2,214[5]
Address
900 University Avenue. Riverside, Ca. 92521[6]
,
Riverside and Palm Desert
,
California
,
United States
CampusSuburban, 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) in Riverside; rural in Palm Desert
Fight songBrave Scots[7]
ColorsSky Blue and Gold   
NicknameThe Highlanders
AffiliationsUniversity of California<br\> Big West Conference
MascotFile:UCRbearmountain.gif<br\>Scotty the bear
Websitewww.ucr.edu
UCR logo

The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,200 acres (5 km2) in a suburban district of Riverside, California, with a branch campus in Palm Desert. Founded in 1907 as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside research pioneered biological control, the use of natural predators to reduce pest populations, and the use of growth regulators responsible for extending the citrus growing season in California from 4 months to 9 months.[9] Significant science collections at Riverside include its famous Citrus Variety Collection, Herbarium and one of the largest entomological museums in the United States.

UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The campus was declared a general campus by the UC Regents in 1959, and started accepting graduate students in 1961. The campus is currently projected to grow by 6% annually through 2010, the fastest rate in the U.C. system.[10] To accommodate this growth, more than $730 million dollars have been invested in new construction projects since 1999.[11] UCR operated under a $435 million dollar budget in 2006, and plans are currently underway to open California's first new medical school in 40 years at UCR by 2012.[12]

UCR provides 81 majors and 52 minors, 48 Master's degree programs, and 42 Ph.D. programs, and is currently ranked 96th among national universities and 45th among public institutions by US News and World Report.[13] In 2007, the Washington Monthly ranked UCR 15th among National Universities based on social mobility, academic quality, and community service.[14] UCR is currently the most ethnically and economically diverse of all the UC campuses.[15] This diversity is reflected in a wide variety of special interest housing options and student organizations on campus.

UCR's athletic teams are in the NCAA Division I of the Big West Conference, and are known as the Highlanders for the elevation of the campus on the foothills of the Box Springs Mountain. For the past two years, the UCR Women's basketball team represented the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament, but only made the first round of playoffs. In 2007, the men's baseball team won its first Big West conference championship and made it to the regionals for the second time since the university moved to the Division 1 level in 2001.

History

Main article: History of the University of California, Riverside

At the turn of the 20th century, Riverside was home to a multi-million dollar citrus industry, Southern California's primary agricultural export. The industry developed from the first navel oranges grown in the United States, which were planted in Riverside in 1873. On February 14, 1907, the University of California Board of Regents, in response to heavy lobbying from the Southern California citrus industry, established the UC Citrus Experiment Station on 23 acres (9 ha) of land on the east slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside. The purpose of the new station was to support the burgeoning citrus industry by conducting experiments in fertilization, irrigation and crop improvement. In 1917, the expanded laboratory was moved to the west slope of the Box Springs Mountains.[16]

In the late 1940s, the UC system was experiencing a massive influx of students as former servicemen took advantage of the 1945 GI Bill, and a state education committee was scouting out locations for a new campus. A local group of citrus growers and civic and business leaders lobbied the state legislature for the establishment of a small liberal arts college in Riverside. In 1949, California Governor Earl Warren signed legislation approving the establishment of a College of Letters and Science attached to the Citrus Experiment Station.[17]

Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, organized the new college at Riverside. The school officially opened on February 15, 1954, with 127 students and 65 professors beginning the first day of classes.[18] The first buildings of the new campus included: the library, Webber Hall, Physical Sciences, Physical Education, and Social Sciences.[19]

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University of California, Riverside

In 1958, the Regents designated Riverside as a general UC campus. Herman Theodore Spieth, UCR's first chancellor, oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to full university status in accordance with the developing California Master Plan for Higher Education.[20]

In 1994, the UC campuses began receiving more applications than anticipated.[21] This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II" (the first "tidal wave" of students having been the Baby Boom generation born in the post-World War II era). To help the UC system accommodate this growth, planners targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3%, the fastest in the UC system, and anticipated 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010.[22]

Proposals to establish a law school, a medical school, and a school of public policy at UCR have been in development since the 90s.[23] The Regents formally approved UCR’s medical school proposal in November 2006.[24]

Campus

Main article: University of California, Riverside main campus
The Carillon Bell Tower is the dominant landmark in the center of the main campus.

The UCR main campus is located within the City of Riverside in western Riverside County, 3 miles (5 km) east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres (5 km2) divided into eastern and western boundaries by the State Route 60 freeway. Nearly half of the total area is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway.

East Campus, comprising approximately 6,000 acres (24 km2), provides the core cluster of academic buildings and services. Student housing and recreational facilities are provided in its easternmost portion near the Box Springs Mountain. In the center of the main campus stands the UCR Carillon Bell Tower, one of only four in California. Designed by A. Quincy Jones, the tower is Template:Ft to m tall and contains 48 bells covering 4 chromatic octaves, each weighing from Template:Lb to kg to Template:Lb to kg.[25] The first phase of a new $50 million Commons student center recently opened directly northwest of the Bell tower.[26][27] Southeast of the Bell tower is the Tomás Rivera Library, the main library. Forming the southeastern border of the Riverside campus along the foothills are the Botanic Gardens, which occupy 40 acres (16 ha) of rugged terrain covered with 3,500 plant species from around the world. More than 4 miles (6 km) of hiking trails traverse the grounds. The campus grounds are also considered part of the Gardens, and are landscaped with plants that thrive in Riverside's arid climate.[28]

Of the 511 acres (2 km2) acres of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres (1 km2) are citrus groves and row crops. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small facilities are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a mixed use development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students to and from campus every 15 minutes.[29] Future capital expansion plans will convert dormant agricultural fields into new UCR infrastructure.[30]

In downtown Riverside, the UCR/California Museum of Photography and Sweeney Art Gallery occupy adjacent historical buildings along the Main Street pedestrian mall. In 2009, a third institution, the Culver Center for the Arts, is expected to round out the UCR/ARTSblock, an exhibition and studio space collaboration with the city.[31][32]

Arid landscaping in front of the Biological Sciences Building on the UCR campus

Since 1999, more than $730 million dollars have been invested in construction projects.[11] Active construction projects include: Phase II of the Campus Commons expansion, Engineering Unit 3 and Materials Science Building, Psychology Research Building, Genomics Building, CHASS Instructional and Research Center, and a new Students Academic Support Services Building.[30]

UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center

The Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management was founded in Palm Desert in 2001. After the 540 acres (2 km2) Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station, it is UCR's second institutional presence in the Coachella Valley. Initially funded by a $6 million gift from Richard J. Heckmann, a water treatment entrepreneur, the institution was planned as a teaching and research center of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management. The center encourages local entrepreneurship through an angel investment network, called the Coachella Valley Angel Network.[33] A further investment of $10 million from the State of California and a donation of 20 acres (8 ha) of land from the City of Palm Desert allowed for the opening of an expanded graduate center on April 15, 2005, adjacent to the Cal State San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus. The Center is also now home to university researchers in conservation biology, technology transfer and Native American studies. The campus provides master's level instruction in business management and creative writing.[34]

Administration and finances

As a campus of the University of California system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is Robert C. Dynes and the administrative head of UCR is Acting Chancellor Robert D. Grey. Academic policies are set by the Academic Senate, a legislative body composed of all UCR faculty members.[35]

UCR operated under a $435 million dollar budget in fiscal year 2005–2006. The state government provided $153 million, student fees accounted for $111 million, the federal government financed $84 million, and $45 million was provided by university sales and services. Private support and other sources accounted for the remaining $18 million. All in all, monies spent at UCR have an economic impact of nearly $1 billion in California, more than 70% of which directly and indirectly affects Inland Southern California.[11]

Academics

Main article: University of California, Riverside academics
Bourns Hall

UCR is organized into three academic colleges, two professional schools, and several interdisciplinary divisions. Academic colleges are the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Bourns College of Engineering. Professional schools are the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management and the Graduate School of Education. These units provide 81  majors and 52 minors, 48 master's degree programs, and 42 PhD programs.[36] It is the only UC campus to offer undergraduate degrees in Creative Writing and Public Policy, and one of only three UCs (along with Berkeley and Irvine) to offer an undergraduate degree in Business Administration.[37] Through the Division of Biomedical Sciences, UCR also offers a highly competitive joint medical degree program with UCLA, the Thomas Haider program. Additionally, UCR's doctoral program in the emerging field of dance theory, founded in 1992, was the first program of its kind in the United States.[38]

Research

UCR hosts over 40 distinct research centers, groups and projects spanning the fields of the humanities, social sciences, management, education, engineering, and natural sciences.[39] UCR faculty received nearly $87 million in research funding in 2005–06, mostly from federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.[40] Total research expenditures at Riverside are significantly concentrated in agricultural science. Over the course of UCR's history, Riverside researchers have developed more than 40 new citrus varieties and invented new techniques to help the $960 million-a-year California citrus industry fight pests and diseases.[11] In 1927, entomologists at the CES introduced two wasps from Australia as natural enemies of a major citrus pest, the citrophilus mealybug, saving growers in Orange County $1 million in annual losses. This event was pivotal in establishing biological control as a practical means of reducing pest populations. In 1944, the Air Pollution Research Center published its breakthrough findings that smog damages plants and decreases crop yields. In 1963, plant physiologist Charles Coggins proved that application of gibberellic acid allows fruit to remain on citrus trees for extended periods. The ultimate result of his work, which continued through the 1980s, was the extension of the citrus-growing season in California to nine months from four months. In 1980, UC Riverside released the Oroblanco grapefruit, its first patented citrus variety. Since then, the citrus breeding program has released other varieties such as the Melogold grapefruit, the Gold Nugget mandarin (or tangerine), and others that have yet to be given trademark names. In 2002, Riverside research had a $329 million upper limit in economic and fiscal impacts in the state, and supported 10,828 jobs in the area. Top research centers at Riverside by expenditure, as measured in 2002, include the Agricultural Experiment Station, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Center for Bibliographical Studies, Air Pollution Research Center, and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.[9]

The National Science Foundation ranked UCR as 115 out of 601 universities in terms of research and development expenditures in 2004. $110,627 thousand dollars was spent on science and engineering applications in 2004. While this was lower than the amount spent at most UCs, with the exception of Santa Cruz, it was still significantly higher than the other universities in the Inland Empire region, its closest competitor being Loma Linda University (ranked 198).[41]

UCR is a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which includes the City of Riverside and the County of Riverside. The park is intended to assist entrepreneurs in developing new products. It also administers six reserves of the University of California Natural Reserve System. UCR recently announced a partnership with China Agricultural University to launch a new center in Beijing to study ways to stem the country's growing environmental issues.[42]

Libraries and collections

The Tomás Rivera Library.
The Science Library.

UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, science, and a newly developed branch library at the Palm Desert campus. General collections are housed in the main library, named after Tomás Rivera. The four story Rivera Library hosts the 110,000-volume Eaton collection of science fiction, horror, fantasy, and utopian literature, the world's largest such compilation available to the general public, as well as a U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository, the only such depository based on a UC campus.[43][44] The 533,000-volume Science Library includes collections in the physical, natural, agricultural, biomedical, engineering and computer sciences, with special strengths in the areas of citrus and sub-tropical horticulture, entomology, arid lands agriculture and soil sciences.[45] The Music Library, located in the basement of the Arts Building, holds over 4,000 compact discs, ~10,000 long-playing records, and over 34,500 scores, including notable collections of Scottish folk music, operas, and carillon music.[46] Total collections at UCR comprise more than 2,000,000 volumes, 14,017 electronic journals, 23,000 serial subscriptions, and 1.7 million microformats.[47] The UCR Library is one of 116 members of the prestigious Association of Research Libraries, and is ranked 93rd within this group.[47]

More specialized museum collections not administered by the library but by individual academic colleges include a herbarium, one of the world's most important citrus variety collections, and one of the largest entomological museums in the United States.[48][49][50] Significant art collections include the UCR/California Museum of Photography, which holds more than 500,000 photographic images. The museum constitutes the most comprehensive photographic collection in the West; its website receives 3.5 million visitors a year and is the most visited photography museum website in the world.[51] Located adjacent to the UCR/CMP, the Sweeney Art Gallery holds approximately 650 unique works on paper, specifically prints, including abstract and figurative works from the modern to contemporary art periods.[52]

Rankings

Institutional rankings of UCR vary widely, depending on the criteria of the publication. For instance, in the 2008 issue of US News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges," which emphasizes opinion surveys, student selectivity and retention, as well as faculty and financial resources, UC Riverside was ranked 96th among national universities and 45th among public institutions.[13] In the 2007 edition of the Washington Monthly college rankings, which assess the quality of schools based on social mobility (e.g., percentage of Pell Grant recipients who graduate), academic quality (e.g., percentage of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.s), and community service, UCR ranks 15th among national universities.[14] The Princeton Review's "2008 Best 366 Colleges Rankings" listed UCR as one of the "Best Western Colleges" and one of "America's Best Value Colleges." However, it also ranked UCR students 11th in terms of low interest in political participation and 11th in terms of low student happiness due to quality of life issues.[53] According to the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index published by Academic Analytics in 2006, UCR as an institution ranked 46th among top research universities due to such criteria as faculty publications, citations, research funding and other honors.[54] Since 1997, more than 110 UCR faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over the course of UCR's history, seven current or former faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and over 50 have received Guggenheim Fellowships.[11]

Admissions, enrollment and retention

Main article: Diversity at the University of California, Riverside

One of the more accessible UCs, UCR admitted 75.9% of 20,370 freshman applicants in 2007.[55] Its overall yield rate of admitted students was 17.4%, for an entering class of 4,025 freshmen.[56] About 4,100 UC-eligible students who were not offered admission to their campus of choice were referred to UCR and UC Merced in 2007.[57] Historically, UCR has accepted all students who qualify for admission to the UC system based on grade-point average and scores on college-entrance exams.[57] Of freshman admits for the Fall of 2007, high school GPAs averaged 3.59, SAT scores averaged 1673, and ACT Composite scores averaged 23.[55] In 2006, 43.4% of admits were first generation college students, 38.7% from low family income backgrounds, and 24% graduated from low performing high schools as measured by API scores.[58]

Enrollment by
ethnicity, 2007[59] 		Undergrads
 Male
 Female
 Grads
 Male
 Female
 Undergrads
& Grads
African American 1,108 403 705 47 22 24 1,155
American Indian 55 17 38 14 8 6 69
Hispanic American 3,903 1,503 2,400 182 94 88 4,085
Asian American 6,428 3,430 2,998 227 119 108 6,655
White 2694 1401 1293 792 397 375 3,466
Other Ethnic 296 131 165 98 44 54 394
Not stated/Unknown 557 297 260 807 429 378 1,364

Enrollment in the Fall of 2007 totaled 17,817 students, 14,973 undergraduates and 2,214 postgraduates. The campus is projected to grow to 21,000 students by 2015.[60] In 2007, U.S. News ranked UCR as the third most ethnically diverse and, by the number of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants (42%), the fifteenth most economically diverse student body in the nation.[61][62]

According to statistics released by the Education Trust, a national nonprofit, in 2005 UC Riverside graduated 65.3% of its students in six years, a figure consistent with national averages, but behind the average set by the top five public research universities by as much as 22%.[63][64] However, UCR's consistency with the national average is well above the median of 39% for low-income-serving institutions as calculated in 2006 by the National Center for Education Statistics, making the campus a model for successful approaches to diversity in higher education.[65]

Student life

University Village and Village Bookstore. The movie theater doubles as a classroom in the morning.

Student life on campus is supported by a vast array of student-focused administrative departments and programs, headed by a Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, who is further supported by a Dean of Students. These programs include: health services, financial aid, technology services, and various academic and social support units.[66] In particular, UC Riverside's information technology employees were recent finalists in Computerworld's "Best Practices in Business Intelligence" award for creating a system that tracks academic records to match students with appropriate advisers.[67] Following the Virginia Tech shootings, UC Riverside plans to begin using mass notification systems to contact students and staff more quickly in case of an emergency.[68]

Housing

UCR's residence halls consist of three structures—Aberdeen-Inverness, Lothian, and Pentland Hills—which as of 2002 housed 2,930 students in triple, double and single rooms. UCR also features several on-campus apartment complexes such as Stonehaven, Bannockburn and Village Plaza, and International Village, which together house 959 students. UCR also offers student family housing at the Canyon Crest Family Student Housing community, which however only serves 268 and is expected to be demolished to make room for new residence halls.[29] Recently constructed apartment units include 'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student housing, an upscale housing complex adjacent to Pentland Hills. Also in 2007, the University purchased a nearby apartment complex for student housing. Approximately half of the student population lives in off-campus apartments, a quarter commute, and a quarter live on campus.[69] Thirty percent of students remain on campus for the weekend.[70]

Reflecting UCR's diversity, a number of social, cultural and academically-oriented residence halls have been established. Ethnic and gender-oriented theme halls include Unete a Mundo, for students seeking to support Latino or Chicano students in acclimating to life at UCR; a Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of African culture in relation to other cultures of the world; and Stonewall Hall, dedicated to students of all gender identities and sexual orientations who wish to live in a gender-neutral community. UCR's three academic humanities, sciences and engineering colleges are represented by respective theme halls; there are also respective halls for honors and transfer students.[71]

Student organizations and activities

The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) represents undergraduates on administrative and policy issues. It is guided by a Senate composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment. Membership is composed of all UCR students who pay mandatory activity fees. ASUCR assesses these fees and distributes funds to various student groups on campus.[72]

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In August 1955, students constructed a Template:Ft to m by Template:Ft to m concrete “C“ on the eastern slope of the Box Springs Mountain with cement and equipment donated by the E.L. Yeager Construction Company. That year's freshman class gave it its first golden coat of paint.[73]

As of 2007–2008, UCR has 281 registered student groups.[74] Of these, 40 are fraternities and sororities belonging to various national organizations. Ten men's fraternities belong to the North-American Interfraternity Conference, six women's sororities belong to the National Panhellenic Conference, seven men's fraternities and ten women's sororities represent the National Multicultural Greek Council, and two others fall under the campus Raza Assembly and are unique to UCR.[75] 13% of the undergraduate student body participates in Greek life, although chapter houses are not permitted.[76] Including the Greek letter organizations, over 60 student volunteer service organizations at UCR contribute to more than 100,000 hours of collective and individual service done in the community each year.[77]

Student media organizations include The Highlander student newspaper, currently published weekly during the academic year. First published in 1954, it was a completely independent student news publication until 2001, when ASUCR passed a funding referendum for it.[78] Since then, The Highlander's reporting has brought it into conflict with certain representatives of student government, leading to an unsuccessful proposal in 2003 to redistribute the referendum funds to other student publications.[79] Other student news publications on campus include the Asian Community Times, Indian Time, Nuestra Cosa, Queeriosity, and the X-Factor Student Newspaper.[76] Campus literary magazines include Mosaic, published at UCR since 1959, and Crate, published by graduate students in UCR's Creative Writing MFA program since 2005.[80][81]

UCR broadcasts over radio as KUCR at 88.3 FM.[82] KUCR is an educational, noncommercial station managed and operated by UCR students, faculty, and staff. The station programs a variety of independent music, news and commentary.

On campus entertainment events are planned by a 14 member Associated Students Program Board (ASPB), comprised of six student-run divisions which include: concerts, films and lectures, cultural events, special events as well as a marketing and leadership division. ASPB's major events include the Block Party Concert, Student Film Festival, International Film Festival, World Fest, Welcome Week, Homecoming and Spring Splash.[83]

The Graduate Student Association of the University of California, Riverside (GSAUCR) is the counterpart to ASUCR on the graduate level. It is guided by a Graduate Student Council consisting of representatives from every department on campus. GSAUCR assesses mandatory fees required of all graduate students and uses them to fund various activities of interest to graduate students, such as research awards and colloquium, conference travel grants, and speaker funds.[84]

Athletics

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UCR's school mascot, known as Scotty the bear.

UCR is in the NCAA Division I of the Big West Conference. Programs include volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf, all for both men and women except for volleyball. Football was played until 1975, and won two state championships before it was discontinued due to the economic impact of Proposition 13 and Title IX on the school.[85] For the past two years, the UCR Women's basketball team has represented the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament but was only able to make it to the first round of playoffs.[86] In 2005 the women's soccer team also made it to the first round of the NCAA tournament. Furthermore in 2007 the baseball team won its first Big West conference championship and made it to the regionals for the second time since moving to the Division 1 level in 2001.

The school's only NCAA titles came while at the Division II level; baseball in 1977 and 1982 and women's volleyball in 1982 and 1986. Also two athletes have won individual championships in men's golf at the DII level; Gary McCord in 1970 and Matt Bloom in 1974.

UCR athletes are involved in the local community through a pilot program aimed at preventing childhood obesity.[87]

The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the Student Recreation Center, which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the Riverside Sports Complex, just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. Baseball alum Troy Percival personally built UCR's baseball clubhouse to major league quality standards.[88] Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, adjacent to the UCR Soccer Stadium on the Lower Fields.

UCR's intramural Karate Club is internationally known and organized under the auspices of the AJKA-I, an independent, national karate organization also hosted at UCR. It annually holds the Shotokan Karate Championships competition in the SRC.[89]

UCR's Cross Country team had its best season ever since moving to D I in 2007 by sending its first to athletes to the national championships: Ulices Pina and Brenda Martinez.[90]

Spirit

UCR's founding class adopted the name "Highlanders" in 1954. The name imparts a Scottish identity to the campus reflecting its location as the highest elevation of all the UCs. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, student athletes demanded a redesigned mascot. UCR partnered with New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company, to develop the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to William Wallace, the Scottish hero and subject of the movie Braveheart.[91] The mascot's name is Scotty the bear, and the tartan he wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California.[92]

Early in the history of the school, UC Riverside fielded a traditional student-run pep band in support of athletic events (playing for football games before the program was dropped), but the athletic director dissolved it in 2002 in favor of a "little rock band." In early 2007, the rock band broke up and student pep band re-formed. It now performs for the men's and women's home basketball games and Big West Tournament and NCAA game appearances. UCR also fields a traditional cheer team, a "Highlander Girls" dance team,[93] and also a dedicated bagpipe band made up of students and staff which plays at graduation and other campus events. For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to support the team and play at halftime due to the lack of a pep band at the time.[94] More recently with the reformation of the pep band, nine members of the pipe band team supplemented the UCR pep band for the women's second appearance at the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament at the Galen Center.

Alumni

Main article: List of University of California, Riverside people

Over 65,000 alumni have graduated from UCR over the course of its history.[8] Famous alumni include Charles E. Young, the first UCR student body president and former chancellor at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Richard R. Schrock, MIT professor and winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Billy Collins, the eleventh U.S. Poet Laureate. More recently graduated alumni include Troy Percival, all time saves leader of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Stefani Schaeffer, defense attorney and recent winner of Donald Trump's reality show The Apprentice.[95]

See also

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