The Undergraduate Students Association Council typically allocates money – sometimes upwards of six-figure sums – to student organizations during its meetings but did not make any funding allocations during its first meeting of the summer June 24.
This post was updated July 6 at 7:34 p.m.
UC President Michael Drake announced in a Wednesday letter that student governments at all UC campuses are banned from boycotting companies associated with Israel.
Undergraduate Students Association Council members said they are seeking to protect undocumented students’ rights on campus under the Trump administration.
USAC President Diego Emilio Bollo said he plans to meet with student organizations like Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success that represent undocumented students.
Less than a week after his last meeting as Undergraduate Students Association Council president, Adam Tfayli reflected on his year in office.
Tfayli, a third-year human biology and society student from Lebanon, was the 2023-2024 USAC international student representative and served as the council’s president for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Nicholas Reese was trying to conduct research for a student meal swipe donation initiative when he discovered multiple UCLA financial deficits that have gone unpublicized.
Reese, a third-year political science student, said he learned through his research and an administrator that UCLA’s dining budget was inflated and the administration was going to rely on unused student swipes to fund that deficit.
The ASUCLA Board of Directors announced during its 10th meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year that CalFresh recipients can use their benefits at ASUCLA stores.
The board, composed of a student majority, has financial oversight over ASUCLA entities, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Communications Board – which oversees UCLA Student Media.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $200,000 in funding – including to Samahang Pilipino student organizations – during its meeting May 20.
USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA.
This post was updated May 18 at 9:49 p.m.
Undergraduate students elected a new Undergraduate Students Association Council and renewed funding for the Bruin U-Pass in the 2025 USAC election.
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