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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Department Benefits Representatives (DBRs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accepting Applications! UCR Retirees’ Association Undergraduate Student Scholarship for Relatives of UCR Faculty, Staff, Emeriti
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.
<b><u>Please do not reply to this email</u></b>. Please send a separate email with questions to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">The UCR Retirees’ Association (UCRRA) is excited to invite UCR students to apply for their UCRRA Undergraduate Student Scholarship in the amount of up to $5,000. Thanks to the contributions from
retired staff and faculty of UCR, the UCRRA and its members feel honored to offer this scholarship for undergraduate students to support their education goals and success at UCR. Below you will find the scholarship criteria and deadline to apply. We ask that
you kindly share this scholarship opportunity with interested students.<br>
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<b>Scholarship Criteria</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">1. The recipient(s) is a current 2026-2027 undergraduate student, who has a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher (First year UCR students or transfer students without a UCR GPA should have a cumulative
high school or transfer GPA of 3.3 or higher).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">2. The recipient(s) is the child, grandchild, or other close relative of a UCR retiree, staff member, faculty member, or emeritus/emerita faculty.</p>
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Deadline</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Eligible UCR students may submit their online application using the link below by Thursday, November 12, 2026.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>Application</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">Interested UCR students, please go to the online application at:<br>
<a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_023zG21Q3wcA1SK" target="_blank">https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_023zG21Q3wcA1SK</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">This application includes a 500 word essay explaining their accomplishments and how this award will help them realize their educational goals.</p>
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