Tuesday, February 10

Avvalzameer Bhatia: The Dashew Center should make its resources better known

The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars can be called a one-stop shop for everything an international student needs to thrive at UCLA. Unfortunately, it is a one-stop shop that doesn’t know how to advertise its products. Read more...

Photo: The Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars sits at the base of the Hill and provides a variety of services for international students. The Dashew Center does a good job publicizing its social events, but its academic programs – many of which are crucial to students – don’t enjoy that level of publicity. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)





Sandra Wenceslao: Enlisting more staff could make Volunteer Day better

Children all over Los Angeles learn in schools adorned with bright murals that UCLA students have painted on hot, sunny Volunteer Days year after year. UCLA’s annual Volunteer Day was created nine years ago as a chancellor’s initiative, said Ashley Love-Smith, interim director of the UCLA Volunteer Center. Read more...

Photo: This year, the Volunteer Center created a registration process for students and reduced the number of sites Bruins will be shuttled to on Volunteer Day. Enlisting more staff for the program will help the center better accommodate larger iterations of Volunteer Day in the future. (Daily Bruin file photo)





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