<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(55,64,74);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Dear Campus Community: </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(55,64,74);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(55,64,74);font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;background-color:transparent">UCR is hosting a site visit by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) on October 28-30, 2026 in connection with our accreditation.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">WSCUC understands that not everyone who may wish to participate can be invited to or attend scheduled meetings with the visiting team and has therefore established a confidential email account to give everyone the opportunity to communicate with the team.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">The email account is created by WSCUC and only authorized WSCUC staff and team members have access to the emails submitted. The emails are not viewed by any representative of UCR.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">The email account is created for this visit only and will be closed once the interview sessions are completed. Only comments made before or during the review will be considered as part of the review process.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">Institutional stakeholders are invited to provide comments on issues of academic rigor and consistency, availability of student support services, accuracy of information provided by the institution, and other matters related to the quality of the educational experience or the operational effectiveness of the institution.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">Institutional reports, on-campus interviews, open sessions, and email comments become part of the information collected and reviewed by the team. If the team chooses to include information derived from confidential emails as a part of its findings in the team report, the information will be presented to keep the author’s identity confidential. Please note that team members will not respond individually to comments provided through the confidential email account. However, the input from comments, along with other forms of information, will be considered as the team undertakes its work and develops recommendations to the institution. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">The team is not able to meet individually with members of the campus community, so please do not use the email account to request private appointments.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)">To write to the WSCUC team, please address your email to the following confidential account supplied by WSCUC: <a href="mailto:ucr@wscuc.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-size:10.5pt;text-align:center;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:12pt">ucr@wscuc.org</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:8pt 0in 4pt;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Noto Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(55,64,74)"><span style="background-color:transparent">For more information about the visit, including links to UCR's institutional report and the times and locations for the open sessions with the visiting team, please visit: <a href="https://wasc.ucr.edu/2026-wscuc-reaffirmation-accreditation" target="_blank">https://wasc.ucr.edu/2026-wscuc-reaffirmation-accreditation</a>. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-5975334776870461093_m_2755057165833308345_m_-2941479030129696258_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray"><br></span></i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-5975334776870461093_m_2755057165833308345_m_-2941479030129696258_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Kenneth A. Baerenklau, Ph.D.</span></i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Associate Provost & Chief of Staff</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Professor, School of Public Policy</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 12pt"><i style="color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">Institutional Accreditation Liaison Officer </i></p></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
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