Author: Jenny P., ‘23 Interested in continuing or learning about new ways to get involved with giving back to the community in Houston? Thankfully, Rice offers numerous opportunities to volunteer and have hands-on experience with organizations in the Houston community! Urban Immersion Urban Immersion is an annual summer program in Houston by the Center […]
Category: Service/Volunteering
Social Science Owl: Claire Noel
Most people think of Rice as a STEM focused school with most students majoring in natural science or engineering. I used to think the same thing and came into this university wanting to pursue a degree in natural science. However, I quickly found out that the people around me were not all studying science and […]
Diversity Facilitators at Rice
This past O-Week, I served as a Diversity Facilitator for the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Diversity and inclusion have long served as two core aspects of my life. During high school, I was involved in a variety of activities related to social justice activism and inclusion. When I came to Rice, I knew that I […]
Dipping a Toe Into Rice? Immerse Yourself in Rice.
For most Rice students, their Rice careers begin during O-Week. For mine, it was a hot and sweaty week in the middle of July, filled with sleepless nights and some of the best memories I’ve ever made. Elated after my admission into Rice, it wasn’t long until I got an email about a cryptic summer […]
A Very Rice Spring Break
The ins-and-outs of Rice life are kind of what you’d expect: on weekdays, we go to class, on weekends, we don’t go to class, and at times when we’re not in class, you can find us hanging out and studying – or hanging-out-and-studying, which is also very popular. But what do us Rice students do […]
Rice in South Carolina!
I’ve had a whirlwind end of school year and summer! At the end of the school year I participated in a fundraising event for an organization called St. Baldricks focused on raising money to support research towards the cure to children’s cancer. In order to raise money, I pledged to shaved my head on April […]