Jasleen Bains thought that student voices were not being heard on international issues, so she teamed up with Alseena Thomas to try to create a niche organization to help students volunteer for causes related to international politics. The United Nations Youth Association at UCLA, founded by Bains, a fourth-year political science student, and Thomas, a […]
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UCLA to offer Cuba study abroad summer program
UCLA will add Havana, Cuba to the list of destinations students can visit starting in summer 2015. UCLA is the second University of California campus to offer a study abroad program in Cuba after UC Davis. Preparations for a travel study program in Cuba began four years ago when the Obama administration eased regulations for […]
Gov. Brown appoints Gareth Elliott to UC Board of Regents
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed his legislative affairs secretary to the University of California Board of Regents Friday. Gareth Elliott has served as Brown’s legislative affairs secretary since 2011. Elliott worked as a policy director for state Sen. Alex Padilla from 2008 to 2011 and for former state Senate President Pro Tempore Don Perata. The regents […]
UC nursing programs to face 20 percent increase in supplemental tuition
Officials said a recent 20 percent fee increase across University of California nursing schools will improve the programs’ quality and student enrollment, but some students said the added costs may prevent them from participating in the graduate programs altogether. The University of California Board of Regents approved the student fee increase on Nov. 19 for […]
Workshop to give students primer on LinkedIn
Students will have a chance to learn how to use the professional networking site LinkedIn during a free workshop Wednesday hosted by the undergraduate student government’s General Representative 1 office. “Teach Me How to LinkedIn” will be run by Chris Vo, a fourth-year economics student and former LinkedIn intern, said Undergraduate Students Association Council General […]
Newly appointed regents bring diversity, experience in education
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed the California Assembly speaker and the president of Long Beach City College to the University of California Board of Regents Monday. The regents board is the governing body for the UC. The board appoints the UC president, sets tuition and decides how to invest the University’s money. Brown appointed California State […]
UCLA student veteran creates Drago Data app for IBM SmartCamp contest
Fourth-year anthropology student Shann Dornhecker remembers standing in her apartment sobbing because she couldn’t find her keys. Other days, she would have sudden angry outbursts or be startled by loud noises.