Native American Student Programs

Katianna Warren, UCR's former Pow Wow Princess, answers questions for Native American youth during an activity in Bear Cave as part of Gathering of the Tribes Summer Residential Program on Thursday, June 27, 2022 at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Native American students experience college life during a one-week summer program

For 17 years Native American Student Programs has been hosting Gathering of the Tribes, the longest running Native American youth summer program in the UC system.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | July 5, 2022 | University

Mentoring by text message

UCR’s Campus Collective has more than 2,000 mentees in four months.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 2, 2021 | University, Students

Doctoral student William Madrigal Jr., member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians, has been teaching three of the four classes since their inception in winter 2018. (UCR/Stan Lim)

UCR offers the first Cahuilla language course in UC system

Students in the four-class series also study Cahuilla society and culture.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | September 18, 2020 | Students

Roseanne Carmen Rosenthal at UC Riverside on July 31, 2019. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Roseanne Carmen Rosenthal’s latest achievements have come by chance — or at least that’s what she thinks. But luck alone doesn’t account for the seven courses she took during spring quarter in order to complete her bachelor’s degree — and the 3.36 GPA she earned doing it — while also...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | August 9, 2019 | Students