The main campus of the University of California, Riverside (UCR) is located within the city of Riverside in western Riverside County, three miles (5 km) east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres (4.50 km2) bisected by the Interstate 215/State Route 60 freeway. Nearly half of the total area is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway.
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UC Riverside Campus Tour 2012
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University of California, Riverside
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This is UC Riverside - Tour
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Hi! My name is Mor, and I'm a second year pre-business student here at UC Riverside looking to minor in Anthropology. We're going to go take a look at some of our newest buildings here on campus. Our first stop is our Highlander One-stop Shop, or our HOS. This is our student services building. This is where all of our students can pay their tuitions and fees, add or withdraw a class, and talk to their financial aid counselor. Throughout UC riverside we have an average of eighteen students to one faculty member ratio. This allows us to have a personal touch throughout campus. Personally, I've been able to talk to my financial aid counselor because she's helped me out tremendously this year filling out my FAFSA and understanding financial aid better. Right behind me is our arts building. This building is architecturally designed to look like all of our surrounding mountains. Do you guys see it? I don't. But it is our arts building , so it is abstract. This building houses all of our art history, art studio, dance and music majors. We are one of the only schools in the nation to offer a PHD in dance, here at UC Riverside. In this building we also have one out of our four libraries, our music library. Our music library is where you guys can find CDs, compilations from different composers, records if you want to go old school and record players so you can hear the records. We also have a recording studio, so if you want to get in touch with your inner rock star you can go ahead and record a song with your friends. We also have five private soundproof rooms for you to practice your instrument if you're interested in that. Our new psychology building is located just south of Olmsted Hall. Our psychology majors are our largest majors here on campus. We have a lot of research done with psychology. Some of our faculty oversee research in new ways to treat depression, doctor to patient relationships and how person's personality plays a role in longevity. Anderson Hall is our first building here on campus. Even though it is our original building here on campus, we do offer new programs here for our students. One of the programs that we offer is our bachelor's program and we have new executive MBA and PHD programs for our students. Another program that we have offered here is our UCDC program which allows our students to go to Washington DC and intern and take classes in Washington DC. Coming out of graduation, a lot of students were able to secure those jobs that they interned for in Washington DC. Our faculty has international reputations for research in e-commerce, product innovation and international business, so there's many great opportunities here for our students with business. Next is one of our newest buildings, the School of Medicine research building, which opened March of this year. Protected to enroll its first incoming class in August 2013, the School of Medicine will train a diverse physician workforce, and develop research and health care programs to improve the health of medically underserved populations. The building is also equipped with some of the best sustainability features. This school of medicine is going to be the first school of medicine to be built in the last 50 years on the west coast. Our engineering building 2 is our next building. This building is going to be named The Winston Chung Hall in November because Winston Chung donated ten million dollars to our Bourns College of Engineering. We have nine engineering majors here on campus. Our engineers have more resources because they have more access to funding. We also have a Bytes Bistro Cafe located right downstairs. It's so good! Great coffee, you guys should try it. Our engineering building 2 also has two out of the ten nano cleanrooms in the nation. Some of the research that our professors are actively working on is motion capture technology. This research is going to be valuable to the movie and video game design industry. Work like this has pushed our video game design program into the top fifty in the nation. Our last and final stop is the HUB, our Highlander Union Building. As you can see, UC riverside is very big on its acronyms. On our first what we have our dining area. We have a lot of different food over here. Anywhere from Japanese food, to Chinese food, to American food, to Italian food, because UC Riverside is ranked number one in California with our cultural diversity. Currently we're ranked number four in the nation, so we're really excited about that and we try to keep that theme going on throughout campus right over here. If you guys would like to get a bite to eat, you guys should go ahead and try our hub and sit down and hang out with some friends. This is one of our most social areas here on campus. On our second floor we have meeting rooms for all of our different clubs and organizations. Here at UC Riverside, we have over three hundred different clubs and organizations on campus. On our third floor we have our lounge. This is where you guys can go ahead and study, sit down, and you know, try not to fall asleep on our comfortable couches. Our whole campus is wifi equipped as well so you don't have to scramble to find any internet activity. Also we do overlook all of our social life here on campus, we have three major concerts put on here for our students. We have Block Party in the fall, Heat in the winter, and Spring Splash in the spring. many different artists have come here to perform for our students, ranging anywhere from Kid Cudi, J. Cole, Estelle, Taking Back Sunday, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and tickets are free, which is the best part here at UC Riverside. So come over here and hang out at the HUB. And here we are right back where we started. Thank you guys very much for joining me on this tour, and if you guys have any further questions, be sure to schedule a tour at www.visit.ucr.edu, and be sure to check out our virtual campus tour.
Development history
The original buildings that formed the earliest kernel of the campus included the UC Citrus Experiment Station laboratory, residential buildings, and barn, all of which are still in use today, although for different purposes. They were designed by Lester H. Hibbard of Los Angeles, a graduate of the University of California School of Architecture, in association with a colleague, H.B. Cody. Built at a cost of $165,000, the architecture of the major buildings followed the Mission Revival style suggesting the Spanish colonial heritage of Southern California. The site eventually opened in 1917. A third building, the North Wing, now known as Chapman Hall, was attached to the CES in 1931.[1]
Further major construction largely ceased on the site until the groundbreaking for the new College of Letters and Science in April 1951. A group of five buildings in decidedly more Modern styles were completed by 1954: the Tomás Rivera Library, Webber Hall, Geology Building, Physical Education Building and Watkins Hall. These buildings were all constructed out of reinforced concrete and brick and designed by different architects paid for by state appropriation. The 38,871 ft (11,848 m) library was designed by the firm of Latta & Denny and constructed at a cost of $625,829. The 49,794 ft (15,177 m) Webber hall was designed by Chambers & Hibbard and cost $1,135,960, partially paid by State Fair and Exposition funds. The 43,794 ft (13,348 m) Geology Building cost $857,800 and was designed by Bennett & Bennett. The 45,830 ft (13,970 m) Physical Education building cost $983,000 and was designed by Arthur Froehlic. The 60,257 ft (18,366 m) Social Sciences Building, later renamed Watkins Hall, was designed by the firm of Clark & Frey and cost $1,051,000. In 1955, UCR purchased the 275 unit Canyon Crest housing complex, previously used by personnel stationed at nearby March Air Force Base, for use as student family housing. After five years of construction, UCR's first residence hall, the 18,000 ft (5,500 m) Aberdeen-Inverness, was completed in 1959. It was designed by the firm of Allison and Rible at a cost of $3,839,000 paid for by Federal loan funds.[1][2]
After the Regent's designation of UCR as "general campus" of UC system in 1958, many new buildings and additions were laid out over the following decade. Following an east-west axis, new student residence halls and athletic facilities were developed along the southeastern quadrant of the main campus, while academic and research facilities were built up along the central campus area closer to the freeway. The Carillon Tower, the only ornamental structure on campus, was built in this period. Past the freeway, over 500 acres (2.0 km2) of agricultural fields extended northwest to the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Le Conte Drive, forming the borders of "West Campus."
After the drop in enrollment and subsequent restructuring of academic programs in the 1970s, little capacity construction was undertaken over the next two decades, except as required by the developing research interests of CNAS. Boyce Hall, completed in 1974, was the only major addition in the period, although several greenhouses and agricultural support units continued to be built. However, in the mid-80s, enrollment started to grow significantly, by 76% over six years (from 4,655 students in 1983 to 8,220 students in 1989). This growth justified considerable further campus expansion over the 1990s. Major additions built in the 90s include the Entomology Research Museum completed in 1993, Bourns Hall completed in 1995, the Humanities & Social Science building in 1996, the Science Library in 1998, Pentland and Stonehaven residence halls in 2000, and the Arts building in 2001.[1]
Since 1999, to accommodate a further wave of enrollment growth, more than $730 million have been invested in new construction projects.[3] Active construction projects include: Phase II of the Campus Commons expansion, Engineering Unit 3 and Materials Science Building, Psychology Research Building, Genomics Building, CHASS Instructional and Research Center, and a new Students Academic Support Services Building. The Campus Commons (Phase I), 'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student Housing Apartments, and Alumni & Visitors Center were recently completed.[4]
East campus notable features
East Campus, comprising approximately 600.8 acres (2.431 km2), provides the core cluster of academic buildings and services. Student housing and recreational facilities are provided in its northern and easternmost portion near the Box Spring Mountains. Wide grassy pedestrian malls run throughout the campus.
In the center of the main campus stands the UCR Carillon Bell Tower, one of only four in California. It was given as a gift by former UC regent Philip L. Boyd and his wife Dorothy. The dedication of the carillon and tower took place on October 2, 1966. Designed by A. Quincy Jones - Jones & Emmons of Los Angeles, the tower is 161 feet (49 m) tall and contains 48 bells, cast in France. The bells cover four chromatic octaves and weigh from 28 to 5,091 pounds.[5] Live performances generally occur Wednesdays at noon during the academic year, with occasional performances scheduled on the weekends.[6]
The Commons student center was previously located directly northwest of the Bell tower. The four-decade old building was demolished at the end of 2005, and construction is under way to more than double the size of the center from 65,000 to 142,000 square feet (13,200 m2). The first phase of the new $50 million Commons was recently completed, and includes meeting rooms, dining areas, places to study, and office space for student programs.[7][8] And in March 2009, the Commons officially changed its name to the Highlander Union Building, or "The HUB" for short.[9]
Southeast of the Bell tower is the Tomás Rivera Library, the main library. Further southeast past the intersection of Citrus and Eucalyptus Avenues are the buildings that make up the instruction halls and research centers of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, including some of the original 1917 buildings.
Forming the southeastern border of the Riverside campus are the Botanic Gardens, which occupy 40 acres (160,000 m2) of rugged terrain in the Box Springs foothills. Prominent natural features include two arroyos and a variety of plants native to the site. More than four miles (6 km) of hiking trails traverse the grounds.[10]
The 215/60 freeway's University Avenue underpass separates the city and the university. Painted on the support walls of the underpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190-foot (58 m) mural of Riverside and UCR history from the days before the Citrus Experiment Station through 2000, the year the mural was painted.[11]
West campus notable features
Of the 511 acres (2.07 km2) of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres (1.19 km2) are citrus groves and row crops used primarily by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small no are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a mixed-use development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day.[1] Future capital expansion plans will convert dormant agricultural fields into new UCR infrastructure.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005" (PDF). University of California, Riverside, Office of Academic Planning & Budget, Capital & Physical Planning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ Stadtman, Verne A. (1967). "The Centennial Record of the University of California". Office of the Regents of the University of California, Office of the Secretary. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "UCR Facts and Impacts 2007". University of California, Riverside, Office of Governmental and Community Relations & Technology Collaboration. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ a b "University of California, Riverside, Office of Design and Construction". University of California, Riverside, Vice Chancellor Administration. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "History of the Bell tower". UCR Bell Tower Fund. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ "Performances". UCR Bell Tower Fund. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ Forgey, Mary (May 2004). "UC Riverside Plays 'Catch-Up'". California Construction. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "Commons". University of California, Riverside. Archived from the original on 1998-12-05. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ^ "Home". hub.ucr.edu.
- ^ "University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens". University of California, Riverside, Center for Visual Computing. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
- ^ "The Story Behind the Gateway Mural". UCR Fiat Lux. September 2000. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
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