Author Archives: Samantha Tomilowitz

USAC to release USSA, UCSA student delegate applications

Students can apply to be UCLA delegates for upcoming statewide and nationwide conferences starting Tuesday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President’s office will release two applications for the delegate positions on its Facebook page this week. The applications are due at 11:59 p.m. on July 15. The conferences will take place in California […]

Flexible programs at UCLA Extension help enhance grads’ academic skills

Going back to school at age 51, Jim Schiefelbein found juggling his time between work, class and family a “whole different kettle of fish.” When Schiefelbein enrolled at UCLA Extension to improve his consulting skills and learn more about the practice, about three decades had passed since his undergraduate years at Georgetown University. “I was […]

Robert Naples to retire as dean of students, focus on teaching at UCLA

In his almost 20 years of administrative service at UCLA, Dean of Students Robert Naples said he has worked to follow the philosophy that students learn from each other outside the classroom as much as they do inside it. “I was one of the people at the table saying, ‘Students learn from other students,’” Naples […]

USAC General Representative 2 Nihal Satyadev resigns from office

This post was updated at 2 p.m. Undergraduate student government councilmember Nihal Satyadev resigned from the General Representative 2 position on June 12 for personal reasons, less than two weeks after being sworn into office. Satyadev, a member of the Bruins United slate and a former bioengineering student, was elected to the Undergraduate Students Association […]

Bruins host book drive to promote literacy in Uganda

A recently created student group is holding a book drive this week to help raise money for donations to libraries in Uganda. The Literate Earth Project at UCLA plans to work with Books For Africa, which ships donated textbooks and library books to Africa, to combat global illiteracy and help local primary and secondary schools […]

Committee to present proposed bylaws for USAC transfer seat

Undergraduate student government officers and transfer student advocates finished outlining the responsibilities for a newly created transfer representative council position Thursday night. Under the proposed bylaws change, the transfer student representative would work with student groups and the vice chancellor of student affairs to improve student retention. The representative would also address issues related to […]