Students can rent portable phone chargers for free on campus starting Friday. The chargers, which don’t have to be plugged into an outlet, can be rented for up to four hours from the College Library Instructional Computing Commons Labs at Powell Library and Young Research Library, said Ariel Rafalian, the outgoing Undergraduate Students Association Council […]
Category Archives: Student Government
USAC recap – May 16
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents 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. Special presentations Members from the Office Space […]
MyUCLA scholarship portal to centralize resources for students
Students can now find a list of available scholarships through a new portal on MyUCLA. Undergraduate and graduate students can access the scholarship portal under the Finances tab, which opened Monday. It includes links to donor scholarships, merit scholarships and alumni- and UCLA-specific scholarships. The Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 created the program with […]
USAC members discuss upcoming year with independent majority
Some current and past council members believe an independent-dominated council will give the Undergraduate Students Association Council a fresh start. Next year’s elected council has four Bruins United members, one Defend Affirmative Action Party member and nine independent members. In the past few years, Bruins United members have held the majority of USAC council seats. […]
USAC election sees increased international student involvement
Some candidates in this year’s undergraduate student government election said they think international students participated more actively compared to past elections. Newly elected General Representative 2 Kayla He said she thinks international students who were previously unaware of the Undergraduate Students Association Council participated in this year’s election by campaigning and voting. “There was definitely […]
GSA recap – May 10
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Global Viewpoint Lounge in Ackerman Union. Agenda GSA President Michael Skiles said he will reallocate a $20,000 budget […]
USAC recap – May 9
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. Special presentations General Representative 2 Ruchit Majmudar and […]