The Access, Opportunity & Inclusion Gift Fund supports discretionary funding requests that can include (but are not limited to) diversity and cultural programming, or financial support for low-resourced students (for example, internship related expenses, test preparation, travel to advanced degree interviews, textbooks, course fees, financial emergencies, commencement regalia, tickets to Rice events, medical co-pays). Many of the student requests supported by this gift fund are submitted through the Access & Opportunity Portal.
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides pedagogical resources for faculty to expand and enhance the teaching and learning experience at Rice, to build community around teaching excellence, and provides pedagogical training to graduate students as future faculty.
The Rice Emerging Scholars Program combines a rigorous six-week academic summer bridge program with personalized and comprehensive mentoring and support during at least the freshman and sophomore years. The mission of RESP is to ensure that low-income and first-generation students in STEM persist, thrive, and graduate at the same rate as their peers, and that these students achieve their academic and professional aspirations as scientists and engineers.
The Student Wellbeing, Rice Counseling Center, and the SAFE Office provide critical prevention and awareness programming to students at Rice. The offices also attend student programming, groups, social events, College specific meetings, Student Association town halls, and much more.
The Civic Immersion program is a one-week pre-orientation opportunity for incoming first year and transfer students to learn about Houston through a critical-service and civic engagement lens. The program is run by student coordinators who, after substantial training, plan and implement the week of workshops, community partner engagement, and reflection grounded in core social issues and overarching concepts of social justice.