Giving
Campaign Goal: $300,000,000
Total Raised: $312,949,759
UPDATED AS OF 1/11/2021
Celebration Events
Community members, advocates, supporters, and alumni around the globe marked the successful completion of UCR’s first comprehensive campaign with a series of special events.
CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: A TOAST TO UCR
Through inspirational storytelling, beautiful imagery, and a live toast event led by Chancellor Kim Wilcox, you’ll experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of this exceptional institution that is impacting the world in extraordinary ways.
FUTURE PERFECT: A CONVERSATION WITH LEVAR BURTON
Distinguished guest speaker LeVar Burton discusses the power of imagination and the promise of creating a better educated and more inclusive world with host Nalo Hopkinson, UCR professor of creative writing.
BEYOND BRILLIANT: UCR AND THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Emceed by Chancellor Kim Wilcox, this historic, enlightening conversation on the future of American higher education shines a light on UCR’s influence as America’s fastest-rising university. A powerhouse panel of distinguished thought leaders features former chancellors of UC Riverside Timothy P. White, France Córdova, and Raymond L. Orbach.
SUNSHINE IN A GLASS! A CITRUS MIXOLOGY HAPPY HOUR
Craft, sip, and savor delicious libations that celebrate the spirit of being a Highlander.
The Campaign for UC Riverside
“Living the Promise: The Campaign for UC Riverside” publicly launched in 2016 and will conclude in 2020 having raised more than $300 million to help students, support faculty and their research and creative activities, build new infrastructure around campus, and fund endowed chairs, research, and university programs. The successful completion of the university’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign is a historic milestone as UCR continues to gain widespread recognition for the research, teaching, and public service of its faculty, students, alumni, staff, and friends.
The knowledge created at UCR is vast—from air quality to public policy, from community-based medicine to regional economic development, the arts to engineering, plant genomics to biomaterials, and humanities to management. UC Riverside is one of the leading research universities in the world, and with the help of generous supporters through this fundraising campaign, we continue to lead the nation into the future.
Endowed Chairs
At the launch of the campaign in 2016, UC Riverside had 36 chairs endowed by donors for specific purposes and academic areas, with an ambitious goal to double the number of endowed chairs by the end of the campaign.
- CHASS professor/alumnus carries on legacy as Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair
- Louie Rodríguez is UCR’s Bank of America Chair in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Practice
- The Ted and Jo Dutton Presidential Chair in Education Policy and Politics supports analysis, action, and reflection in schools
- Endowed chairs: stepping stones to higher levels of research
- Melissa M. Wilcox named Holstein Chair
- Marilyn Fogel Appointed Inaugural Wilbur W. Mayhew Endowed Chair in Geo-Ecology
- High Chairs: Endowed chairs allow professors academic freedom, help universities honor donors, recruit and retain faculty
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An endowed chair is one of the most important and honored spots in higher education, because it fosters academic excellence and recognizes superior faculty.”
- Kim A. Wilcox, chancellor