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The Senior Class Gift is your first opportunity to give back to UCR. The money raised through the Senior Gift campaign is designed to provide funding for the needs of the campus that are not generally supported by tuition or by state funds.

This year, your elected ASUCR representatives have chosen to launch a  “Career Builder” campaign in order to help raise funds for a resource room in the new Career Center. The Career Center will be moving to the lower plaza of the Campus Bookstore and is expected to open in the summer of 2012. There will be a plaque outside the resource room that will read “Funded with help from the Class of 2011.” Your gift will serve as a legacy and benefit future generations of students who will be able to utilize the resource room to find gainful employment.

Seniors are encouraged to show their Highlander pride by contributing $20.11 in honor of the Class of 2011. If every senior participates at this level, the campaign will raise over $80,000 that may also go towards books, computers, online databases, electronic bulletin boards, and/or smart classrooms for seminars. This will serve as an additional resource for all current and future students. Make your gift of $20.11 today and you will also receive a UCR Class of 2011 key chain!

Any gift, regardless of size, is welcome and will be recognized in the Honor Roll of Donors in the Commencement Program. (Gifts must be made by May 6, 2011).

To participate in the 2011 Senior Class Gift, visit our giving page.

Why We Give...

Whether or not you received financial aid while you are at UCR, your education has been partially financed by private support. Tuition and state funding makes up less than two-thirds of the actual cost of UCR education — gifts from alumni, parents and friends make up the rest.

The Class of 2011 and future classes have been fortunate to receive support from those who came before us. It is now our turn to continue the tradition for current and future students.

Carrying on the Tradition

The big "C" on Box Springs Mountain is considered the first gift from students to UCR in 1955. Since that time, seniors have made gifts to the campus that include:

• Scholarship support for future students.
• Support for the Learning Center.
• Funds to re-plant trees lost during construction.
• Reserve books for the UCR Libraries
• Funds for recycling efforts on campus