The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. During summer, council meetings take place biweekly on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council approved contingency programming allocations […]
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USAC accepting Election Board chair applications
The undergraduate student government is looking for a student to run a special election for two councilmember positions in the fall. The application for the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board chair, who is responsible for overseeing USAC elections, is due online Friday. The Election Board chair is responsible for appointing other members of the […]
USAC stipends increase to match raised minimum wage
Undergraduate student government officials plan to set this year’s budget Tuesday and discuss a bylaw change that would tie future councilmember stipend rates to California’s recently raised minimum wage.
Q&A: UCSA board member Morris Sarafian speaks on goals for student lobbying
UCLA’s undergraduate student government appointed Morris Sarafian, a third-year political science student, to the University of California Student Association Board of Directors late last month. Sarafian serves as a director at Bruin Lobby Corps, which encourages students to lobby for higher education issues. He will serve as a non-voting member on the UCSA board, which […]
New course aims to help students transition into UCLA
A new course meant to help students transition into life at UCLA and provide information about university resources will be offered during Summer Session C and fall quarter. University Studies 10, a two-unit pass or no pass class, is part of a non-sequential three-course series aimed at helping students learn how to better structure their […]
UCLA to put up gender-inclusive signs for certain campus restrooms
UCLA will change the signs on about 20 single-stall restrooms over the summer to make them gender-inclusive. The initiative, which some students in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community started pushing for more than three years ago, is meant to make some students feel more comfortable using campus restrooms. The Undergraduate Students Association Council […]
Former professor and noted economist Michael Intriligator dies at 76
Michael Intriligator, a noted UCLA economics and public policy professor emeritus who helped build the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations during his career, died on June 23 after a long battle with leukemia. He was 76 years old. Intriligator came to UCLA in 1963 as a member of the economics department, but colleagues said […]