The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge. Agenda The forum agreed to pay a UCLA extension student for his interim term as […]
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USAC, UCLA Career Center aim to increase student access to DC jobs
UCLA students can now access a new website that offers government-related jobs and internships primarily centered around Washington, D.C. The USAC Office of the President and UCLA Career Center purchased subscriptions to Brad Traverse Job Listings, a website that lists government-related internships and jobs. Currently, it contains more than 3,000 job listings. USAC President Heather […]
USAC recap – April 5
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Hall 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda Election signboards will […]
Q&A: Project coordinator discusses Cross-Campus Enrollment, online courses
BY ELISA LEE Bruin contributor Three years ago, UCLA offered three online classes, but more than 30 will be available next quarter. Undergraduate student government council members said they think the increase in online classes could offset the growing enrollment across all University of California campuses. Over the next three years, the UC plans to […]
UCLA may offset increasing enrollment with added online classes
Increases in student enrollment is one of the factors that contributed to a 35-class increase in online courses offered over the past three years, said an undergraduate student government council member. The increase in online classes from three offered in 2013 to 38 offered now is a response to the growing number of students enrolled […]
USAC recap — Dec. 1
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda Items The council unanimously […]
Q&A: UCLA professor talks new study on LA’s minimum wage increase
A research foundation granted UCLA professors $570,000 to study the effects of raising the minimum wage in Los Angeles over the next five years. The team will study changes in wage and employment, product prices and health. Dr. Edward Leamer, chair in management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will lead the Anderson team […]