<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Dear Campus Community,</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN">The
results of the “third week census” are in: we have 27,633
students (undergraduate and graduate) enrolled at UCR, a new record for
the campus. Here is a chart by enrollment type:</span><span lang="EN"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:white"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Enrollment
Type</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><span style="color:white"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Fall 2024</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><span style="color:white"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Fall 2025</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><span style="color:white"><font face="arial, sans-serif">% Change</font></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Undergraduate</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New Frosh</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> CA Resident</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">5,169</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">6,431</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">24%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> International</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">143</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">144</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Out of State</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">109</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">111</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Total</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">5,421</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">6,686</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">23%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New Transfers</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> CA Resident</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1,212</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1,531</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">26%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> International</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">49</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">58</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">18%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Out of State</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">8</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">18</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">125%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> Total</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1,269</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1,607</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">27%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Total Undergraduate</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">22,599</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">24,034</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">6%</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Graduate</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New PhD and MFA</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">422</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">395</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-6%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New Master's</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">627</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">475</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-24%</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New Credential</font></p>
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<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">12</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">10</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-17%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.75pt">
<td valign="bottom" style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-top:none;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">New MD</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">86</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">90</font></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:14.25pt">
<td valign="bottom" style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-top:none;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Total Graduate</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">3,785</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">3,599</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:14.25pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">-5%</font></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.75pt">
<td valign="bottom" style="border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-top:none;padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt"></td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt"></td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt"></td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height:15.75pt">
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Total University</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">26,384</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">27,633</font></b></p>
</td>
<td valign="bottom" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-right:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:1.5pt 2.25pt;height:15.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;margin:0in"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">5%</font></b></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I extend my gratitude to the faculty and staff
who expanded course capacities, maximized course scheduling, connected students
with resources, provided advising and tutoring, processed financial aid,
managed classroom spaces, coordinated housing and residential services, led the
revised orientation, and did so much more to ensure a smooth start to the
academic year. As you surely know, planning is already underway for winter
term, with spring planning just around the corner. Our goal is to retain every one
of these talented students who chose to pursue their degrees at UC Riverside.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The remainder of my fall campus update focuses
on important information for and about our faculty. We welcome 73 new Senate
faculty members to UCR this academic year, the largest number since before the
start of the pandemic. I have heard questions from many faculty, both those who
are new to campus and those who have been here for a while, about the
advancement of their careers in light of the uncertainties of federal actions.
I call your attention to four initiatives to address this critical issue. First,
“<u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/the-call">The
Call</a></span></u>” now includes the opportunity for faculty to prepare
a “federal impact” statement, similar to the “covid impact” statement, and to
receive a “federally-impacted merit half-step” in circumstances where an
on-schedule merit file is deemed insufficient for a merit advance solely due to
federal actions. This addition grew out of the second initiative, a series of
faculty think tank luncheons held by Vice Provost for Academic Personnel Dan
Jeske and me in 2024-25 on the subject of “achievement relative to opportunity”
in the merit and promotion process. You can read a summary of those discussions
<a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/faculty-think-tank-luncheons">here</a>.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Third, since the evaluation of faculty for
advancement starts with the department, I ask all academic departments to
revisit their research and creative activity statements this year. The Call
provides a helpful explanation of what to include in these statements to ensure
that all faculty have maximal opportunity to demonstrate their contributions to
academic scholarship and professional productivity. </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Fourth, consideration of the new funding
environment’s impact on faculty advancement will be taken up at the systemwide
level. Earlier this week, Provost Newman announced the Joint Senate-Admin Task
Force on UC Adaptations to Disruptions (<a href="https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/committees/ucad-plus.html">UCAD Plus</a>). One of the five working groups is
dedicated to academic personnel evaluations; that workgroup will be co-chaired
by two UCR representatives (Nael Abu-Ghazaleh and me). </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lastly, mark your calendars for the first
faculty town hall of this academic year. On Friday, November 14, 1-2 pm, the
Senate will host a Q&A session with Chancellor Hu and me. I look forward to
seeing many of you there. I anticipate that the Staff Assembly will schedule a
town hall for staff, so stay tuned for details about that event.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span lang="EN"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Liz</font></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Elizabeth Watkins, PhD</b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i>Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</i><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i>Professor of History</i><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">University of California, Riverside<u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">951.827.1129 | <a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Elizabeth.Watkins@UCR.edu</a><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><img border="0" width="198" height="61" src="cid:image001.png@01DB719C.EFF85DB0" style="width:2.0625in;height:0.6354in"></font></span></p></div></div></div></div>