The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved changes to the USA Election Codes and USA Election Social Media Guidelines for the upcoming election cycle. USAC also finalized changes to the Transfer Student Representative bylaws and approved a timeline for the second round of surplus fund distribution. Read more...
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February 10, 2:32 pm
USAC approves code changes to make elections more accessible, transparent
This post was updated Feb. 15 at 09:06 p.m. New procedural changes aim to make undergraduate student government elections more accessible, student officials said. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved several changes in January to the undergraduate elections code, though some council members said some of the changes may not be necessary or effective. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved changes to the elections code that aim to improve accessibility in the virtual 2021 elections season. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
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February 8, 2:32 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 2
The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution denouncing the military coup in Myanmar. An UCLA administrator pledged to provide financial, academic and mental health resources to impacted students. Read more...
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February 7, 8:55 am
TGIF committee creates fund to support students doing unpaid sustainability work
An undergraduate student government fund launched a pilot program in mid-January that will fund students focusing on sustainability on campus. The pilot student support fund will give up to $300 in either UCLA Store gift cards or honorarium payments to individual students who are working in unpaid sustainability work at UCLA, said Sachi Cooper, the Undergraduate Students Association Council facilities commissioner and the committee chair for The Green Initiative Fund. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
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February 3, 1:47 pm
GSA Recap – Jan. 20
The Graduate Student Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
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February 3, 1:25 pm
New general representative 1 wants to help ease transition back to campus in fall
A newly appointed undergraduate student representative hopes to help students transition back to campus life in the fall. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously appointed Laura Laubach, a third-year political science transfer student, as the new general representative 1 at the Tuesday council meeting. Read more...
Photo: The new general representative 1’s platform includes programs to reintroduce Bruins to campus. (Courtesy of Laura Laubach)
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February 1, 1:03 pm
USAC recap — Jan. 27
Vietnamese student leaders voiced their support for a resolution to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of former Vietnamese Student Union president Thien Minh Ly, who was killed by white supremacists. Read more...