UCLA student groups will be offering physical and mental health education and consultations at a health fair for refugees in the area. The fair, hosted by the University Muslim Medical Association Volunteer Project, the Students Organize for Syria at UCLA and the Tiyya Foundation, will be held Saturday in South Los Angeles. Fariha Hameed, a […]
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UCLA program offers seminars developed, facilitated by undergraduate students
Alejandra Cervantes is teaching fellow undergraduate students how to improve STEM teaching in higher education through her own credit-bearing class. Cervantes, a fourth-year mathematics and computer science student, created a seminar called “Lifelong Kindergarten: Reimagining STEM Higher Education Pedagogy” through the Undergraduate Student Initiated Education program. Under the USIE program, third- and fourth-year students can […]
Students learn to cultivate community through cooperative housing
When Scott Mulligan and two other UCLA students moved into their room, they noticed the room’s window was surprisingly dirty. “When we got to our room, the window was super dirty, and then (Andrew), Jared and I just cleaned … and then it was super clean by the end of it,” said Mulligan, a fourth-year […]
Native American scholarship helps boost social worker student at UCLA
For Donald Salcedo, a member of the Quechan Indian tribe, pursuing a spot at UCLA meant choosing between personal achievement and serving his community. Salcedo, a fourth-year American Indian studies student, is one of four California Native American students to win the Rodney T. Mathews, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, a $10,000 prize the Morongo Band of […]