<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Campus Community,</div><div> <br>From October 28-30, UCR will host a visiting team from the WASC Senior College and University Commission as part of our institutional reaccreditation. This visit will include open sessions for students, faculty, and staff, and an exit meeting when the visiting team will share their findings. The meeting times and locations for these sessions are below:</div><div><ul><li>Open session for students: Wednesday, October 28, 1:00pm – 1:50pm, HUB 269</li><li>Open session for faculty: Thursday, October 29, 9:00am – 9:50am, HUB 269</li><li>Open session for staff: Thursday, October 29, 1:00pm – 1:50pm, HUB 269</li><li>Exit meeting (open to all students, faculty, and staff): Friday, October 30, 11:30am – 12:00pm, Student Success Center Multi-Purpose Room (first floor)</li></ul></div><div>If your schedule permits, please plan to attend an appropriate session where you will have the opportunity to respond to questions from the visiting team and contribute to UCR’s reaccreditation effort. Everyone is encouraged to engage candidly and constructively with the visiting team and to allow time for other open session attendees to speak as well.</div><div> <br>For more information about the reaccreditation process and visit, refer to this website: <a href="https://wasc.ucr.edu/2026-wscuc-reaffirmation-accreditation" target="_blank">https://wasc.ucr.edu/2026-wscuc-reaffirmation-accreditation</a>. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_6379506248378628395_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray"><br></span></i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_6379506248378628395_SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray">Kenneth A.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray">Professor, School of Public Policy </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font color="#808080" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><i>Institutional Accreditation Liaison Officer </i></span></font></p>
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