MESC is Your Place for Community!

Welcome to the Middle Eastern Student Center, your Markaz (center) for Education, Support, & Community. From its humble beginnings as a student-founded ethnic and gender program, MESC has developed into a student center that works to educate, support, and build community for those interested in the Middle Eastern, Southwest Asian North African (SWANA), and Muslim experiences at UC Riverside. We offers a variety of resources that include!

• MESCafe - Weekly student-led discussions every Tuesday at 11am
• Internships - working within the MESC and with other community organizations
• Support for the MARKAZ Living Learning Community
• Student Organization funding
• Student Conference funding
• Free coffee & tea
• Free printing
• Computer services
• Many other programs and events throughout the year!