Recent News
Below you'll find our post category archive. Note that many titles will have , , and at the end of the text. These help identify pages, posts, and events representing our three core values: Community, Thriving, and Wellness. To learn more about this, read about our Action Plan. These also all help support our #ActForInclusion.
Toward an Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Campus
Toward an Asian American and Pacific Islander Thriving Campus The APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship Program is available to UCI students through a partnership between the Office of Inclusive Excellence and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF). “I would like to thank the APIASF foundation for providing me the opportunity to continue my formal education at the University of California Irvine,” said scholarship recipient Amy Diem Bui. “With aid from the foundation, I am one step closer to fulfilling my career goal of becoming an educator.” “I am grateful for this opportunity,” said scholarship recipient Van Kim Bui. This partnership between…
UCI Awarded the Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Education Award
UCI Awarded the Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Education Award UCI received the Dr. Juan Francisco Lara Education Award for 2018 from the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes UCI’s recent designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. This designation demonstrates UCI’s commitment to serve as an engine of social mobility for first generation and low-income students. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Enrique Lavernia accepted the award on behalf of UCI at the OCHCC’s 25th Annual Estrella Awards Ceremony, held at the Disneyland Hotel-Grand Ballroom on April 21, 2018.
Vice Provost Michael Dennin Named Principal Investigator for NSF Grant
Led by Vice Provost Michael Dennin, UCI will convene faculty and administrators from HSI high schools, colleges and universities in Southern California for a three-day conference on the theme of Pathways for Hispanic Students in STEM. The conference, sponsored by a NSF grant, aims to identify and describe challenges facing Hispanic students who intend to pursue STEM degrees. Attendees will learn the most current research about retention of Hispanic students in STEM disciplines and will generate recommendations for designing an HSI program at NSF. Learn more here.