Agenda: Amy Pojar, an administrative staffer from the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars, gave a special presentation about the center’s crosscultural training program, which helps facilitate communication between international and domestic students. UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said they plan to implement security for protests regarding an upcoming out-of-state tuition hike planned for the […]
Category Archives: Student Government
GSA recap – Feb. 7
Announcements: The association passed a legislation to hold cabinet members more accountable for their actions by holding nonpublic hearings with the association’s appointment board. UCLA transit manager Connie Englert said UCLA Transportation is looking at ways to inexpensively improve BruinBus to make it more efficient for students. She added UCLA Transportation is expanding bus operating […]
USAC recap – Feb. 6
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda: The council approved allocating $5,200 of its […]
GSA negotiates for lower price increase on university housing
Graduate students will have to pay 3.5 percent more on average for their university housing next year. UCLA Housing originally planned to increase average housing rates by 5, 4, 3.5 or 3 percent, but following a Jan. 26 meeting with Associate Vice Chancellor of Housing and Hospitality Services Peter Angelis and Graduate Students Association President […]
GSA discretionary fund director receives blame for funding delays
Several Graduate Students Association groups are blaming the association’s fund director for delaying funding allocations to them. Graduate student interest groups, including the Black Graduate Student Association, Hispanic Latinx Graduate Students Association and the International Graduate Students Association, said they did not receive money for their events because their funding requests were not approved on […]
USAC recap – Jan. 30
Discussion: The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed creating a new funding application process for student organizations to request funding from the council’s surplus. The council will present and vote on the process next week. Public Comment: A student said she thinks UCLA’s undocumented student population needs more support and asked the council to allocate $10,000 to $15,000 […]
USAC holds town hall to discuss allocating surplus funds to student groups
Students called on the undergraduate student government to allocate surplus funds to different campus groups Tuesday night. The Undergraduate Students Association Council held the USAC Student Fee Surplus Town Hall to hear from various student groups vying for funds. The council learned earlier this month that due to a university accounting error, it had more […]