University of California, Riverside

© University of California, Riverside
Motto	Let There Be Light
Chancellor	France A. Córdova
School type	Public
Religious affiliation	NONE
Founded	1954
Location	Riverside, California
Enrollment	15,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduates
Faculty	680
Campus surroundings	Suburban
Campus size	1200 acres (4.8 )
Mascot	Highlander

The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UCRiverside) is one of the University of California (UC) campuses, situated in Riverside, California next to Box Springs Mountin and overlooks the Inland Empire. As of Fall 2003 there are over 17,000 students enrolled and 680 faculty. UCR is the fastest growing UC campus in enrollment and endowments.

Table of contents

1 Organization 1.1 Chancellors 1.2 Colleges and Schools 2 Notable faculty 3 Notable alumni 4 Notable student 5 Interesting Facts 6 External links

Organization

Chancellors

1. Gordon Watkins (1949-1956)
2. Herman Spieth (1956-1964)
3. Ivan Hinderaker (1964-1979)
4. Tomás Rivera (1979 - 1984) First Minority UC Chancellor
5. Daniel Aldrich (1984 acting)
6. Ted Hullar (1985 to 1987)
7. Rosemary Schraer (1987 - 1992) First Woman UC CHancellor
8. Raymond Orbach (1992 to 2002)
9. David H. Warren (2002, acting)
10. France Córdova (2002 to present)

Colleges and Schools

UCR's academic departments and programs are organized into 5 colleges and schools:

1. UC Riverside College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences;
2. UC Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences;
3. UC Riverside Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering;
4. UC Riverside A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management;
5. UC Riverside Graduate School of Education.

UCR offers various bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as teaching and other credentials. There is also a University Extension program to provide continuing education to community members in the Inland Empire.

Notable faculty

• John V. Tunney - Professor of Business Law, former U.S. Senator and Representative
• George Edgar Slusser - Professor of Comparative Literature
• Umar Mohideen - Professor of Pysics, measured the Casimir Effect

Notable alumni

• Charles Young - (1954) First UCR sudent body president and former UCLA chancellor
• Billy Collins - (Ph.D. 1971) The eleventh Poet Laureate of the United States
• Troy Percival - (?) Professional Baseball Picher

Notable student

• Mike Char - Played the piano teacher's illegitimate nephew in The Joy Luck Club. Was the body double to Jackie Chan in Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2
• Jamie Chung - Cast of the Real World San Diego
• Lindsay Ridgeway - Played Morgan Matthews of Boy Meets World

Interesting Facts

• The largest academic collection of Star Trek material.
• The UCR Citrus Experiment Station, which introduced the navel orange to the United States.
• The California Museum of Photography.
• A major in nematology, the study of roundworms.
• Every building at UCR is made with bricks.

External links

• Main UCR site

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