Author Archives: Vanda Suvansilpakit

Taking care of two young kids would keep any mother’s hands full and away from other activities. But throw in two jobs, a thesis to work on, films to edit and screen ““ and you’ll get a glimpse of Victoria Irigoyen’s life. As a graduate student in the School of Theater, Film and Television and […]

Entering graduate students may not be overwhelmed by the myriad of departmental and university policies if the Graduate Student Association succeeds in getting a stamp of approval for its draft of student academic rights and responsibilities. The draft condenses graduate student policies of various administrative bodies, such as the Graduate Division and the Academic Senate, […]

Winners of the Graduate Student Association election ““ Marilyn Gray, Victoria Irigoyen, Hanish Rathod, and Laura Sanchez ““ said they are prepared to hit the ground running on graduate student issues come the next academic year. The results of the election, including referenda voting, were made available Tuesday night after certification by the Elections Board. […]

Congressman Rush Holt, D-N.J., and Congressman Phil English, R-Pa., have agreed to sponsor a bill that would make graduate fellowships and scholarships tax-exempt. Since the last lobby day on Feb. 20 in Washington, D.C., representatives from universities across the nation have been going back to the Capitol to continue working on getting final sponsors for […]

The Graduate Students Association discussed a wide range of issues at its first forum meeting of the quarter, passing resolutions recognizing the Armenian Genocide and establishing the Graduate Student Resource Center. Proposed by the Armenian Graduate Students Association, passage of the resolution commemorates the genocide and condemns efforts by the Republic of Turkey to deny […]

Graduate students can log on to the MyUCLA Web site and start voting for next year’s Graduate Student Association officers today. The GSA election begins at noon, and students will be able to vote 24 hours a day for a week until noon on April 22. Director of Elections Melanie Ho urged graduate students to […]

For the fourth consecutive year, the presidential candidate of the Graduate Student Association is running uncontested, despite efforts by the elections board to encourage graduate and professional school students to run for offices. Director of Elections Melanie Ho said the focus of the board was in recruiting students to run in general, as none of […]