[Orgvpdue] July 2024 UE Spotlight

Mon Jul 22 12:46:59 PDT 2024

Undergraduate Education Monthly Spotlights
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The UE Monthly Spotlight Series aims to highlight important advances across the Division of Undergraduate Education. The goal is to ensure that our fellow UE members stay in the know as we collectively work toward UE’s strategic goals, including boosting graduation rates and reducing equity gaps, among others.

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18th Edition of UCR Undergraduate Research Journal
The 18th edition of the UCR Undergraduate Research Journal was published on June 7. It features articles by 11 students from a range of disciplines at UCR. Publishing the Journal is a team effort that involves a Faculty Advisory Board, a Student Editorial Board, and an Editorial Team.

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The success of the Journal begins with the Student Editorial Board, which is the machine that drives this effort. The Student Editors were involved in every aspect of the publication of this issue, including marketing the Journal, diligently reviewing the 13 articles that were submitted this year, and coordinating with their teams to select the top 8 articles for publication. The Journal’s publication was celebrated at the Unveiling on June 7. Members of the Student Editorial Board, faculty, and student authors were in attendance and had their contributions recognized.

View Full Journal<https://engage.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024-journal-final.pdf>

Capital internship programs are lookin’ HOT this summer!

UC Washington Center (UCDC) participants have reached pre-pandemic numbers, sending 16 UCR students to DC this summer! The last time UCR sent this many was in 2016. Since then, UCR averaged 9 students during the summer term.

UCR students this summer are interning with the:

  *   Osgood Center for International Studies
  *   Weiner Public News
  *   Federal Trade Commission (Office of General Counsel)
  *   American Bar Association
  *   O Museum
  *   Office of Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (CA-38)
  *   Embassy of Cambodia
  *   Office of Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (CA-31)
  *   Coastal Healthcare Services
  *   Office of Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32)
  *   Political Violence Lab (PVL)
  *   Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
  *   Office of Congressman Mark Takano (CA-39).

A third of the students are political science majors, the other third are public policy majors, and the rest are business, economics, history, or psychology majors.

Students who are involved in any UE opportunity, like the ARC, Honors, HPAC, UWP, etc. will receive priority consideration!
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UE Student Innovation Fellows
Through the leadership of Israel Fletes and Nelly Cruz, the VPDUE’s office is launching the Student Innovation Fellows. This group of students and UE staff will conceptualize the UE Visioning Space in the Student Services Building, along with innovative student success initiatives for UCR.

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UE Appoints New Associate Dean
Dr. Begona Echeverria has been appointed the new Associate Dean/Honors Director for University Honors. Dr. Echeverria is a long time professor in UCR’s School of Education and has served in various leadership roles over the last 20+ years.

As part of her role, Dr. Echeverria will also join the UE Senior Leadership and VPDUE Cabinet and will bring her experience and ideas to elevate UE’s campus wide efforts to meet our strategic goals including boosting graduating and reducing equity gaps, among others.

Learn More<https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2024/06/12/undergraduate-education-appoints-new-associate-dean>

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UE's First Course To Open Spring 2025
The VPDUE’s office continues to collaborate with Academic Senate, the Registrar, other campus partners, and the UE staff to build the infrastructure for UE course offerings now that we secured academic status. UE’s first course will be offered in the Spring 2025.

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Charlie Scruggs Joins NAAHP National Board
Congratulations to Charlie Scruggs, director of Health Professions Advising Center (HPAC), who was elected to the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (NAAHP) national board! Scruggs was previously elected president of the Western Association of Advisors for the Health Professions (WAAHP) in April 2023. He will serve as both president of WAAHP and a member of the Board of Directors for NAAHP until April 2025.

Mission of NAAHP:
The National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions serves as a resource for the professional development of health professions advisors.

It is a representative voice with health professions schools and their professional associations, undergraduate institutions, and other health professions organizations. The Association promotes high standards for health professions advising at universities and colleges. It assists advisors in fostering the intellectual, personal, and humanistic development of students as they prepare for careers in health professions.
(Taken from About Us - NAAHP<https://www.naahp.org/about-naahp>)

NAAHP is divided into four regions across the country (northeast, central, south, and west) and each region has their own board of directors. Of those regional boards, two members – the regional president and the regional representative to the board – sit on the national board of NAAHP. This is to ensure there is representation should the president or regional representative be absent or need to step down. More about the NAAHP Board of Directors<Board%20of%20Directors%20-%20NAAHP>.

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