Tuesday, April 7

GSA expands graduate student employment opportunities with TA Marketplace

The Graduate Students Association at UCLA is expanding its presence as a resource center for employment opportunities with new initiatives this year. The agenda includes revamping student outreach and launching an interdepartmental employment program called the TA Marketplace, said GSA President Michael Skiles. Read more...

Photo: The TA Marketplace, launched by the Graduate Students Association, will permit faculty to recruit teaching assistants from any department at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)




ASAP Clinic provides care for students with urgent medical needs

An Ashe Center urgent care clinic that opened in spring has received positive feedback from students. Since its opening in late March, the ASAP Clinic has had more than 4,000 visits from students, said June Hu, data and applications manager for the Ashe Center. Read more...

Photo: The ASAP Clinic is a walk-in urgent care health clinic on the third floor of the Ashe Center. It opened due to complaints of overcrowding from Ashe Center patients.(Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)



Bruin Bash 2016 will have increased security for crowds, wristbands

UCLA will enforce new security procedures at this year’s Bruin Bash to increase student safety. The undergraduate student government’s Campus Events Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission, which organized the event, hired a new security company and introduced more thorough wristband precautions, said Jordan Dang, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Campus Events commissioner. Read more...

Photo: The Cultural Affairs Commission and Campus Events Commission have hired a new security company to staff this year’s Bruin Bash. Last year, Contemporary Services Corporation staffed the event.


Westwood BID recap – Sept. 15

The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...