Meet Our Team

PPAC Advisors

Pre-Professional advisors assist UCR students and alumni with career exploration specific to health and law, pre-requisite course selection, how to prepare for professional entrance exams (i.e., MCAT, DAT, LSAT, etc.) assistance with primary and secondary application writing as well other areas surrounding preparing for a career in the health and law professions.

To Meet With a Pre-Health Advisor
  • You must be assigned to a Pre-Professional Advising Center Cohort (e.g. pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-pharmacy, etc.). PPAC Cohort Management. Being a member of a PPAC Cohort will allow you to schedule an advising appointment with a pre-professional advisor based on your last-name. *Note: Once selecting a cohort, it takes 24 hours to schedule your first appointment.

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When selecting an advisor in the R'Web Portal, please select the following menu options:
 

  • "I'm not sure, show me all options"
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    "Graduate School"
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    "PPAC Advisor"
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In preparation for meeting with your pre-professional advisor, please look over the Introduction to Health Professions Workshop (in-person, Zoom or watch via our YouTube channel) and then schedule a 30-minute appointment via the link below.

 

To Meet With a Pre-Law Advisor

Please call (951) 827-6233 or email PPAC@ucr.edu to schedule a 30-minute appointment. (Note: In July, cohorted pre-law students will have the option to schedule their advising appointment with a pre-law advisor via the R'Web Portal.)


PPAC Ambassadors

Ambassadors also considered peers and mentors are academically high-achieving third and fourth year students who also have a strong resume of involvement in academic coursework, clubs/orgs., clinical experiences (shadowing, volunteering, working) research and service opportunities. Ambassadors support first year students (and beyond) to explore and discover engagement opportunities.  First year students are encouraged to meet with any ambassador at least once per quarter.

Additionally, ambassadors represent PPAC at admissions and student engagement events such as Discover Day, Highlander Day, Wednesday Nooners, events held by the Division of Undergraduate Education as well as other events that foster student exploration, involvement and learning.  

No appointment is needed to meet with an ambassador.

'Ask-An-Ambassador'- Hours will resume July 2025

Meeting Registration - Zoom 

 

Pre-Health Ask An Ambassador Schedule
Time Monday
(In-person, Rivera B03)
Tuesday
(In-person, Rivera B03)
Wednesday
(Virtual)
Thursday
(In-person, Rivera B03)
Friday
9:00am-10:00am          
10:00AM - 11:00AM           
11:00AM-12:00PM          
12:00PM-1:00PM CLOSED CLOSED   CLOSED   
1:00PM-2:00PM          
2:00-3:00PM          
3:00PM-4:00PM          
4:00PM-5:00PM          
5:00PM-6:00PM          

Front Desk Student Staff

Student assistants support the PPAC front desk by being the first line of contact in answering and responding to email, phone calls, scheduling appointments, monitoring PPAC social media platforms and welcoming guests into the Center.

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