A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 32 — Nell Soto – D, Ontario UC alumni in this district: 2,973
UC in Your District
The University of California’s reach
goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
about UC programs in your district
by visiting:
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
UC RIVERSIDE UCLA MEDICAL CENTER UCR’S EASTSIDE COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVE
UC Riverside is the fastest growing UCLA Medical Center provides
of the UC campuses, has an annual services throughout District 32 and
economic impact of more than $360.2 is known worldwide for its pioneering UCR’s Eastside Community
million and is the third-largest technological contributions, including Collaborative combats the effects of
employer in Riverside County. UCR advancements in organ transplantation, poverty and violence through
is a major research university with artificial insemination and ultrasound education, mentoring and arts. The
state-of-the-art facilities and a and is ranked # 1 in the West by U.S. Collaborative was formed in response
distinguished faculty that has led the News and World Report’s annual to escalating violent crime rates.
nation in faculty honorees selected survey of "America's Best Hospitals." Former UCR Chancellor Raymond
for the prestigious American More than 300,000 people – including Orbach convened civic leaders to build
Association for the Advancement of a disproportionate share of the solutions aimed at families and youth,
Science. The planned Riverside state’s poor and uninsured – come to in order to help heal a traumatized
Technology Park, a partnership UCLA Medical Center each year. community. Today, the Collaborative
between UC, government and private UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital includes the “Safe Havens” after-
industry, will be a major R & D center offers a full range of specialty health school program at several area
aimed at assisting local entrepreneurs services for children. schools, the Multicultural Arts Center
and moving UC discoveries from the (MAC) at the Cesar Chavez
lab to the marketplace. Community Center and the “Youth's
Corridor to the Future Program.”
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Senate District 32 — Nell Soto – D, Ontario UC alumni in this district: 2,973
ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Education) The Community Teaching Fellowships in Math and Science
ENLACE is a UC Santa Barbara sponsored initiative aimed at Program works to improve math and science education in the
strengthening the educational pipeline and increasing Inland Empire. Affiliated with the National Science Foundation
opportunities for Latino’s to enter and complete college. The and the UC Riverside School of Education, the program works
program is administered at several sites in Oxnard. with Riverside Unified Schools and San Bernardino Unified
http://research.ucsb.edu/ccs/enlace/ Schools. The program works directly in the classroom to
improve teacher knowledge and student achievement in
UC’s Early Academic Outreach math and science. http://www.alphacenter.ucr.edu
Program (EAOP) has provided
academic support, career The Puente Project runs
advising, college counseling and programs at 51 community
skill-building workshops to help colleges and 35 high schools
over 85,000 California students throughout California to
realize their dreams of a college increase the enrollment and
education. There are EAOP retention of educationally
programs at 14 K-12 schools in District 32, including underserved students in four-
Pomona’s Diamond Ranch High, Bloomington High, year universities. Puente
Rialto’s Frisbie Middle, Fontana High and Ontario High. works with Chaffey
http://www.eaop.org Community College. To date, Puente has provided mentoring,
teaching, and counseling for over 20,000 under-represented
The FARMS program aims to empower high school students students. Puente students graduate from 4-year universities at
about their futures through experiential learning and exposure twice the average rate. http://www.puente.net
to educational and career choices - all centered on agriculture
and the environment. UC is a participating partner at
Bloomington High School. www.farmsleaders.org California Partners for
Advanced Transit in
UC’s MESA (Mathematics, Highways (PATH), at the
Engineering & Science UC Institute of
Achievement) works to prepare Transportation Studies
educationally disadvantaged brings together faculty
students for four-year colleges. and students with private
MESA works with El Camino industry and state/local
Elementary and Rialto High in agencies to develop the research technologies that will improve
Ontario and Marshall Middle California's transport systems – including developing solutions
School in Pomona in District 32. for the state’s public transit challenges.
The MESA California Community College Program http://www.path.berkeley.edu
increases the number of math and science majors who
successfully transfer and receive degrees from 4-year UC Cooperative Extension advisors at the Los Angeles and
universities and works with CSU Pomona. San Bernardino county offices work with families in Spanish
http://mesa.ucop.edu and other languages to improve nutrition, reduce child obesity,
ease the transition from welfare to work and engage youth in
UCLA’s Regional Oncology Centers, affiliated with the world- educational 4-H activities. Advisors also help farmers deal with
renowned UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, water quality, dust and crop disease problems.
provide cancer care services and investigative clinical trials at a
satellite clinic in Pomona. Patients who come to UCLA For a complete listing of UC programs in your district, access
centers for cancer care benefit from the most advanced forms our online database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu
of therapy available, and from a variety of supportive services.
http://www.cancer.mednet.ucla.edu/clinical
UC Riverside’s CE-CERT program contributes to improved
environmental quality and energy efficiency through
interdisciplinary research and by providing educational
opportunities for the next generation of engineers, scientists
and policy-makers. http://www.cert.ucr.edu