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Welcome back to the blog Highlanders! Happy first week of Spring Quarter! We hope that you’ve enjoyed your Spring Break and are ready for the last quarter of this academic year. Today, we’ll be talking about R’Courses!  What are R’Courses? R’Courses are UCR courses designed and initiated by UCR undergraduate students. They are often created to highlight more recent topics and studies that other UCR courses may not touch on. Students in these courses are seen as all equals and are able to talk more about recent topics such as social justice and respect. These courses are 1 academic unit and offer SN/C grading.  What are some of the R’Courses offered? For this upcoming Spring 2021 quarter, some of the courses being offered are ( full list :):   SYC 198: A Psychological Perspective into the Popular World of Social Media  EDUC 198: Healthy Living as a College Student  EDUC 198: Practicing the Art of Self-Care  EDUC 198: HIV and Public Health (in co...

Hello, everyone! I hope everyone's end of winter quarter is going well. In today's blog, we will be discussing about the UCR Botanic Gardens, a living plant museum. The UCR Botanic Gardens holds 40-acres of live plants that include thousands of plant species as well as many from around the world. The landscape of these Gardens are focused the Mediterranean climate and how that is representative throughout California. Approximately one-third of the Gardens is kept untouched with various native plant communities like coastal sage scrub and California sagebrush. Overall, the Gardens provide as a valuable place to conduct research, teach, enjoy, and use for demonstrations. More information on the UCR Botanic Gardens can be found here . Currently, the UCR Botanic Gardens has been reopened with reduced hours. It is open Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 12 PM and the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month from 8 AM to 12 PM. However, please note, the Gardens will be closed on March 26, 2021 a...

  Hello everyone! Welcome to Week 9. This blog post will discuss the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) , an office on-campus dedicated to providing free and equal accessibility needs to those temporarily and permanently disabled. For over 50 years, the office has strived to not only help those lacking the fundamental abilities of average students but to empower them and promote their stories, impacts, and abilities.  If you believe that the accommodations that the SDRC provides may aid your experience at UCR, this blog may be for you. The SDRC is available for students needing extra assistance and provides accommodations such as extra time on exams for those with mental disabilities and transportation between classes for those with physical disabilities affecting their mobility. To obtain this free aid, a student must have an interactive, case-by-case meeting with an SDRC representative to be evaluated on SDRC needs. Paperwork/evidence is required to obtain these reso...