University of California Irvine Parent Guide
Welcome University of California, Irvine Parents and Families!
Greetings,
On behalf of my colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, the students we teach, counsel, and provide for, and the broader community whom we serve, I would like to thank you for your interest in our campus. This is a magnificent place to nurture the dreams and aspirations of your sons and daughters, and we will provide them with academic and co-curricular experiences that will stimulate their intellect, ignite their passions and quench their thirst for knowledge and information.
To truly appreciate the UCI experience, I hope you and your student are as excited as I am about our world-class faculty. From the sciences to the fine arts, UCI boasts a faculty that is always on the cutting edge of new technologies, information and research. Their hands-on work with students is impressive. Indeed, their lives and professional artistry are measured across the landscape of academic classrooms, clinical and counseling treatment rooms, research labs, administrative offices, and professional conferences.
UC Irvine has also maintained the ambiance of a small college campus with a strong mutual support network among students, faculty and staff. Although we are a medium-size dynamic university, the campus culture is that of a nurturing and caring environment. This “small college feel” is an aspect of our distinctive legacy in which we take great pride. Through interaction with faculty and staff, quality of instruction, mentoring, encouragement to study abroad, campus diversity and much more, UCI students experience the value we place on ensuring the environment supports the achievement of their education and life-preparation goals.
Come discover UCI and you too can know the promise that a UC Irvine education offers. We welcome you!
Sincerely,
Thomas A. Parham, Ph.D. ’77
Interim Vice Chancellor Student Affairs
