Graduate Students Association Statements & Releases

November 15, 2010 - 10:30am
Have you HEARD about UCLA Anderson's proposal to be privately funded? THIS MONDAY!! Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon You can direct Questions to the Dean of Anderson, who supports the proposal, and to an Anderson Faculty Member, who is not in support of...
October 17, 2010 - 11:30am
Congratulations to the 2010-2011 GSA appointees to Academic Senate, Chancellorial Advisory, and Campus Policy committees. Interviews took place from September 29th to October 3rd. Selected applicants were then approved by the GSA Forum on October...
October 6, 2010 - 1:30am
Critical Planning Vol. 17 "Resilient Cities" is now available! The publication of the Summer 2010 issue will be celebrated with a launch event on Wednesday, October 6 at 4 pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 5391), School of Public Affairs. Critical...
September 15, 2010 - 4:00pm
Last week the Los Angeles Times reported that the Anderson School of Management was considering a proposal to move to a private funding model in order to extricate itself from UCLA bureaucracy, increase tuition, raise salaries, and redirect profits...
August 4, 2010 - 8:30pm
If passed, the Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) will grant citizenship status to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors, have resided for five years, have completed high school and college...
July 26, 2010 - 7:30pm
Hello Graduate Student Group Leaders! We hope that you are enjoying the summer. The Graduate Students Association (GSA) and the Graduate Student Resource Center are currently organizing the annual Graduate Student Orientation. The orientation is an...
June 11, 2010 - 12:30am
The Editors of Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies are pleased to announce Ufahamu's latest issue (Volume 36, Issue 1) is now available. A special thanks to our wonderful reviewers and authors. You can access Ufahamu online at http://...
June 1, 2010 - 1:30pm
On Friday, September 17, 2010, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) and the Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC) will be hosting UCLA's annual Graduate Student Orientation. And we're looking for CURRENT graduate students to help make this...
June 1, 2010 - 1:30pm
On Wednesday, May 26th, GSA held its End-of-the-Year Appreciation and Awards Event in the Ackerman Viewpoint Conference Room. During the event, the GSA officers honored the recipients of the James Lu Valle Distinguished Service Awards, Hanson...
May 30, 2010 - 5:00pm
Volume 6, Issue 2 of InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies is now available on eScholarship: http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions Subscribe to the InterActions RSS feed Volume 6, Issue 2, 2010 Editor's Note...
May 20, 2010 - 1:00pm
On April 22, 2010, graduate student editors participating in the UC Press print-on-demand initiative had the opportunity to chat with UC Press’ Laura Cerruti. Represented journals included Paroles Gelées, Issues in Applied Linguistics, Párrafo, and...
May 20, 2010 - 1:00pm
Mediascape, the online journal for work on multimedia in all its facets, was proud to host an event on March 18th, 2010, to celebrate its 5 years as a student-run publication. A crowd of professors from other universities, staff from other journals...
May 17, 2010
Brian Ellis, a graduate student working toward his doctorate in applied linguistics, died May 7 in a rock climbing accident at Yosemite National Park. He was 32. Ellis was known for his love of nature and the outdoors, an interest that translated...
May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm
The Graduate Students Association is seeking applications for stipended appointments for the 2010-2011 academic year. All interested graduate and professional students are encouraged to apply. Stipends can range from $700/quarter to $2100/quarter...
May 20, 2010 - 12:00pm
Every year, the Graduate Students Association (GSA) recognizes graduate/professional students, staff, faculty, and administrators who have served graduate/professional students in extraordinary ways. We are currently accepting nominations for both...
May 7, 2010 - 4:30pm
External Vice President Miguel Lopez represented UCLA GSA along with graduate and professional student leaders from across the country for the annual SAGE Day on the Hill. After months of planning and preparation, As a group we have been working...
April 28, 2010 - 3:30pm
At the April 26th Elections Board meeting the board certified the election results and heard formal complaints filed under the process outlined in the election codes. The Board announces the following results: Cumulative Ballots Cast: 1349 Total...
April 26, 2010 - 7:00pm
SAGE Coalition Action Alert: US House of Representatives Introduces Bill Making Fellowships, Stipends, and Loans Non-Taxable Call or Write Your House Members and Urge Them to Support H.R. 5078, the “Higher Education Affordability and Equity Act of...
April 19, 2010 - 1:00am
Referendum 1 Shall the Graduate Students Association Constitution be amended to exclude the assembly (Article IV), with all applicable responsibilities designated to the GSA Forum? More information here. Referendum 2 Shall Article I, Section C of...
April 16, 2010 - 5:00pm
The nomination period has now come to an end, and I am excited to announce we have a total of 9 candidates running for the 4 different positions. There are 2 slates, GSA Momentum and Public Education Party, along with 1 independent candidate. The...
April 15, 2010 - 1:30am
Upon taking office in spring of 2008, our administration targeted a major quality of life issue plaguing graduate school students: the fragmentation and disconnect our students face from one another, due to being sectionalized by our departments and...
March 31, 2010 - 1:00pm
Civic leader’s birthday brings groups together for Blood Drive Challenge and Service Learning Initiative The Graduate Students Association along with the Graduate Nursing Student Association will be hosting a blood drive this Wednesday and Thursday...
March 30, 2010 - 3:30pm
Overview: Now is the time to begin collecting signature if you are a registered graduate and/or professional students who is in good standing and interested in serving as the 2010-2011 GSA President, Vice President-Internal, Vice President-External...
March 20, 2010 - 12:30am
The official documents for the UC Regents Meeting are now available online. Action item J2G, which would change the method used to calculate professional school fees, has been assigned to the joint COMMITTEE ON FINANCE and COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL...
March 16, 2010 - 6:00pm
UC regents to look at changing policy on fees Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010 If professional schools within the University of California want to raise student fees,they might soon be allowed to set new prices by...