Sunday, June 15

Student leaders call on UCLA to increase funds for transfer student admit weekends

Student leaders are calling upon UCLA to provide improved funding for transfer students, particularly through admit weekends for marginalized student communities. Welcome weekends are aimed at increasing the number of students who accept UCLA offers of admission. Read more...

Photo: Student hand out UCLA merchandise and flyers at a 2022 transfer student welcome event. Student leaders voiced concern about the amount of university funding available for transfer student admit events, particularly for marginalized student communities. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Q&A: Erin Sanders O’Leary talks new role as vice provost for teaching and learning

This post was updated April 19 at 4:32 p.m. Erin Sanders O’Leary, the inaugural vice provost for teaching and learning at UCLA, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her experiences, qualifications and plans for her new role. Read more...

Photo: The incoming vice provost for teaching and learning Erin Sanders O’Leary, pictured. (Courtesy of Erin Sanders O’Leary)




USAC partially approves requests for funding for Bruin Bash

The Undergraduate Students Association Council partially approved a request from the Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission to use surplus funding to cover costs associated with Bruin Bash. Read more...

Photo: A performer at Bruin Bash 2022 is pictured. The Campus Events Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission, who co-host the event, requested more than $100,00 of surplus funding to cover expenses. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


UC employees rally for $25 minimum wage outside Board of Regents meeting

Dozens of UC employees gathered outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to call for higher wages. The rally, put on by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents more than 30,000 UC service workers and skilled craft workers – called for minimum wages of $25 per hour, said Frank Valdez, the strategic communications director for AFSCME Local 3299. Read more...

Photo: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union members protest outside Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting. They called for a $25 an hour minimum wage for University employees. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)



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