[Ucr-sdrc] UCR SDRC Snapshot - Summer 2025 - June 23

Mon Jun 23 09:23:51 PDT 2025

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UCR SDRC Snapshot
A newsletter featuring reminders, resources, events, and opportunities.

Summer 2025!
Greetings from the UCR Student Disability Resource Center and the UCR SDRC Snapshot. The UCR SDRC Snapshot is a periodic newsletter featuring reminders, resources, events, and opportunities from the Student Disability Resource Center.

Read through for reminders, events, and a look at the next few weeks!
Follow SDRC on Instagram for information and updates!<https://www.instagram.com/ucrsdrc/>

SEND LETTERS TO INSTRUCTORS AND SCHEDULE YOUR SUMMER  EXAMS!
Remember to visit rability.ucr.edu<http://rability.ucr.edu/> to request to use your accommodations this quarter! This allows SDRC staff to review your request, identify anything that may require SDRC assistance, and provide guidance to the faculty or student. The University needs to track exams given with accommodations to ensure that accessibility is being provided.

To protect your rights, please follow the established process in accessing approved accommodations<https://sdrc.ucr.edu/steps-accessing-approved-accommodations>. The SDRC can only support official accommodation requests submitted through R'Ability<https://rability.ucr.edu/>. If arrangements are coordinated outside of the official SDRC process, you risk not receiving your SDRC-approved accommodations in a timely manner or not in a manner appropriate to your situation. Submitting your exam information allows SDRC to effectively advocate for you when
necessary.

If you are unable to send out letters of accommodation, please contact our office to make an appointment with a Disability Specialist to update your documentation!
Please see below for instructions:

Requesting exam accommodations via R'Ability:

a. Go to rability.ucr.edu<http://rability.ucr.edu/>, select "Student Portal", Send your Quarterly Letters to Faculty.

b. Select Test or Final Exam Requests must be completed at least 7 days before scheduled exams.

c. Please make sure exam times/dates match the class exam time/dates.

d. Look at "View Your Calendar" for confirmation of upcoming exam requests.

e. If you have any questions regarding test-taking arrangements or need assistance requesting to use your accommodations in R'Ability, contact sdrc-exams at ucr.edu<mailto:sdrc-exams at ucr.edu>, website for the Student Test Booking Tutorial<https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Flive-ucr-sdrc.pantheonsite.io%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2022-09%2Fmodule-student-test-booking_accessible.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK>, or stop by our office during regular business hours.

Please schedule your exams 10 days prior to the test date and 2 weeks prior to your finals via R'Ability<https://rability.ucr.edu/clockwork/custom/misc/index>. If you miss the cutoff, you may submit a late exam request and the requests are processed based on availability of resources. Late exam requests are not guaranteed.

The Late Exam Request form is available in-person only during these times: 8am-8:45am and 4pm-4:45pm, Monday through Friday.
View<https://rability.ucr.edu/clockwork/custom/misc/index>

                     OPPORTUNITIES

[nterested in being a peer mentor? Our SDRC Peer Mentor Program is expanding for the 2025-2026 school year, and we want to extend this opportunity to you!]

Our SDRC Peer Mentoring Program is expanding, and in preparation for the 2025-2026 school year, we want to extend this opportunity to you. The program's mission is to empower first-year and transfer students in understanding their disability and familiarizing themselves with the resources and services available on campus.
SDRC Peer Mentors must meet the following qualifications:

  1.  Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
  2.  Have a permanent disability
  3.  Be enrolled at UCR as a student next school year (2025-2026)

Training will consist of two-day workshops during Week 0 of the Fall 2025 quarter (Tuesday, 9/23 and Wednesday, 9/24). Mentors will also meet once a month to check-in with a lead peer mentor and/or the program's advisor.

Commitment: You would serve as a mentor to your assigned mentee(s) for at least one academic school year.

Benefits: As a volunteer mentor, you will have the chance to enhance your self-awareness and social awareness and networking skills. Additionally, you can use this experience as a valuable co-curricular activity to incorporate in your resume or academic portfolio.

Deadline to submit an application is Friday, July 31st.
APPLY TO BE A PEER MENTOR<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1g1RuizSfMSWviNNdRHdBbvkLqDPK6pJFDu4oserrPoU/viewform?edit_requested=true>

                           EVENTS

Accessibility Technology
Reminders & Evaluations

E-text/Alternate Media Accommodations

Please submit your Alternate Media Requests for Winter  2025 using the Alternate Format Textbooks module on the R'Ability website<https://rability.ucr.edu/clockwork/custom/misc/index> as soon as course materials are announced. Required course material will be prioritized. Requests may take longer than 2 weeks to fulfill. Please email sdrc-at at ucr.edu<mailto:sdrc-at at ucr.edu> if you have any questions or concerns.

Students are highly encouraged to purchase e-text versions of required textbooks. When e-text is not available, the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) works with the campus bookstore, the publishers, and other partners to provide course materials in e-text formats. To avoid delays, it is best to purchase e-versions of all available textbooks.

[Website icon]<https://sdrc.ucr.edu/>

[Instagram icon]<https://www.instagram.com/ucrsdrc/>

[Email icon]<mailto:sdrc at ucr.edu>

Our mailing address is:
UCR Student Disability Resource Center
1228 Student Services Building
Riverside, CA 92521-9800

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