Oct. 3 - UCI forms Latino education alliance; $2 million gift for UCI Health
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Peter the Anteater offers high-fives as UCI students set Guinness World Record for red light/green light.
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
UCI has about 7,000 Latino undergraduates, most of them first-generation college students. Photo by Steve Zylius/UCI
UCI Foundation forms alliance to support Latino students, staff and faculty
As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution for the past five years, UCI has an established tradition of advancing Latino education. UCI’s enrollment of Hispanic students has grown steadily over the past decade from about 4,000 to 7,000. In 2019, to support this population, UCI opened a Latinx Resource Center. Now, the university has announced the formation of the UCI-OC Alliance, an initiative of the trustees of the UCI Foundation board. The community alliance is a university-driven engagement strategy to advance UCI as a Latino-thriving institution with the goal of aligning its work with existing programs and structures on campus to enhance the experience of UCI students.
Nancy and Geoffrey Stack (center) at UCI Health – Irvine groundbreaking, with (from left) School of Medicine Dean Michael J. Stamos, Health Affairs Vice Chancellor Steven A.N. Goldstein, UCI Health CEO Chad T. Lefteris and Vice Chancellor of University Advancement and Alumni Relations Brian T. Hervey. Photo courtesy of UCI Health
UCI Health receives $2 million emergency room gift
UCI Health has received $2 million for the emergency department of the $1.3 billion UCI Health – Irvine medical campus being built on the corner of Jamboree Road and Birch Street in Irvine. The gift, funded by the Nancy and Geoffrey Stack Family Foundation, will name the patient welcome areas in the emergency department of the planned acute care hospital and at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Care and Ambulatory Care building. The new medical complex will include a 144-bed hospital and emergency department, the Chao Center and the Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care.
Monkeypox literature to be distributed on campus this week
Information on the transmission and stigma of the monkeypox virus will be distributed at the following campus locations this week:
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Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Ring Road in front of Student Center/Starbucks
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Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Brandywine
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Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Anteatery
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
UC expands undergraduate admissions application filing period
To better support prospective students as they weigh their higher education options, the UC system announced an expanded timeline for the submission of undergraduate applications for admission, moving the start of the submission window up by a month. Prospective students will now be able to submit their applications Oct. 1 until the deadline of Nov. 30. Previously, prospective students were only able to submit their applications for undergraduate admission during the last 30 days of the application cycle (Nov. 1–Nov. 30). The UC application for fall 2023 opened Aug. 1. The submission deadline remains Nov. 30.
UC Travel Center hosts town hall with Alaska Airlines
The UC Travel Center/Connexxus will host a Wednesday town hall for UC employees in which Alaska Airlines will provide updates on its operations, current offers and ongoing sustainability efforts. Two town hall participants have the opportunity to win a round-trip ticket anywhere Alaska flies. The airline will also give out six vouchers that allow travelers to upgrade their tickets to first class. Attendees must register before the event.
EVENTS
uciRIDEtoberfest
Wednesday, 10 a.m. (sponsored by UCI Transportation)
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