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Finals Week Stress Relief is Here!
Unwind at the UCR Library Week 10 and Finals Week!
Staff at the UCR Library understand how stressful final exams can be, so we're excited to announce our Winter 2024 Finals Week Stress Relief (FWSR) event series, scheduled Monday, March 11 - Thursday, March 21. These events are a great opportunity for us at the UCR Library to engage with students and for students to unwind and enjoy a relaxed and engaging atmosphere. Only currently enrolled UCR students are able to participate in Finals Week Stress Relief events.
Winter 2024 Finals Week Stress Relief Event Series
Instagram Contests
- Mon., March 11 - Fri., March 15 | Follow us on Instagram and comment on our daily contest posts for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. Winners will be chosen at random.
MONDAY, MARCH 11
- Need a Hand (Warmer)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Rivera | *Make a handwarmer while supplies last
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
- Rock Painting
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | *While supplies last
- Surprise Snack Giveaway with ASUCR Internal Affairs
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | *While supplies last
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
- Therapy Fluffies with The Well's Active Minds
- Noon - 2 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | Hang out with dogs in Orbach, cats and dogs in Rivera
- Bingo
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | *Winners receive an Amazon gift card
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
- Pi(e) Day Giveaway
- 3:14 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | *While supplies last
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
- Good Luck on Finals (Giveaway)
- 2 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | *Grab a green Ring Pop and Lucky Charms Cereal Bar while supplies last
SUNDAY, MARCH 17
- R'Finals Study Jam (Tutoring) with The Academic Resource Center (The ARC)
- 4 - 8 p.m. | Orbach
MONDAY, MARCH 18
- Healthy Snacks + Gift Card Giveaway with Basic Needs
- Noon | Orbach | *While supplies last
- Soup's On (Soup Giveaway)
- 2 p.m. | Orbach | *While supplies last
TUESDAY, MARCH 19
- Spin It to Win It
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Rivera | *Win prizes like small succulents, candy bars, and dining gift cards while supplies last
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
- Virtual Kahoot!
- 2 p.m. & 6 p.m. | RSVP on Eventbrite to save your seat. Play via Zoom to win an Amazon gift card.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
- Surprise Snack Giveaway
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | *While supplies last
Virtual Stress Relief Activities
Need virtual stress-reducing activities now? Our FWSR committee has curated a list of activities and services available remotely through online platforms that you can enjoy all quarter long! Visit our Virtual Stress Relief Activities page for more information.
Professor Paul Chou Collection
Located in: Tomás Rivera Library
Paul Chou (1914-2000), chemist, teacher, and book collector, was born in Qingdao, educated at Peking University, and had a life-long love of Chinese literature and history. His collection of 2,455 volumes was given to the UCR Library in 2004 by his daughter, Huiping Cheng.
Highlights of the collection:
UCR Yearbooks Available Online
UCR Library had a timely contribution to this year's Homecoming activities: UC Riverside yearbooks are now available online via Calisphere.
The yearbooks were prepared and digitized by staff of the Library’s Special Collections & University Archives, Preservation, and Metadata and Technical Services departments.
“UCR’s student yearbooks are a significant historical resource that provides the campus community with an important link to its past,” said Eric Milenkiewicz, Manuscripts Curator in Special Collections & University Archives. “Past, current, and future Highlanders will now be able to access this rich resource online in digital form to learn more about the people and history of UCR.”
UCR’s yearbook was titled “The Tartan” from 1954 to 1976, and “The Scotsman” from 1979 to 1992.
Milenkiewicz added, “The yearbooks capture campus life at UCR for nearly four decades, showcasing the growth and evolution of the campus from its beginning as a small liberal arts college to the large research university that it is today.”
Viewers might notice some significant gaps present between years. “Unfortunately, there is no official record of the yearbooks produced,” Milenkiewicz explained. He said that yearbooks may not have been published every year. It also appears that 1992 was the last year that a yearbook was released.
Alumni that would be interested in donating a yearbook are encouraged to contact Special Collections & University Archives. Milenkiewicz added, “While we would like an original print copy, we would be open to scanning and putting it online, if the donor wanted to hang on to the original.”
To date, Milenkiewicz has not seen a potential donation of yearbooks for any years the library does not already own. “Only time will tell if other yearbooks surface,” he said, “but for now we consider our holdings to be complete.”