Saturday, February 14


USAC launches new pandemic relief fund to help students in need

This post was updated May 15 at 2:04 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is launching a COVID-19 relief fund that will distribute more than $120,000 to undergraduate students financially impacted by the pandemic. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will distribute more than $120,000 in direct checks to support students who are struggling financially during the pandemic.


USAC recap – Feb. 9

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...


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)


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...


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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