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Thursday, December 3rd - 6:00pm - Location TBD
The UCS Annual Agenda has been released -- look for it in your mailbox or read it now!
LATEST NEWS
November 13, 2009
The November edition of The UCS Monthly has been released. You can read about UCS highlights in your inbox, or check out the Monthly Archives.
November 11, 2009
The UCS Fall Poll is live! Take the poll on myCourses now for the chance to win Spring Weekend tickets. The poll will close in one week, on November 18th -- don't miss out!
November 4, 2009
UCS unanimously passed a resolution asking for an increase in the student activities fee to support student groups. If adopted by the University, this will result in a $46,000 increase to activities funding. This resolution will be submitted to the University Resources Committee, and will be taken under consideration as they set the University's budget for next year. We will report back after the budget is set.
The Social Justice Network was approved for category II status.
October 28, 2009
Tonight, UCS introduced a resolution urging the University to increase funding for student activities. By encouraging the University to modestly increase the allocation that the student activities fund receives, we hope to counter increasing media services, facilities, and DPS costs and continue to provide support for all student groups. You can read the resolution here. It will be discussed and voted on next Wednesday.
October 22, 2009
The first edition of the UCS Monthly has been released. The Monthly is a digest of UCS updates and announcements designed to keep the student body informed. You can read the current edition, and archived issues here.
October 21, 2009
At tonight's meeting the Yoga and Mindfullness club was approved for category III status, while the Capoeira Club was approved for category II status. And a special congratulations to Nourish International, the first ever category S group!
October 14, 2009
Beppie Huidekoper, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, spoke with undergraduate students at tonight's meeting. She provided an extensive look at Brown's financial situation including financial plans, their implications, and Fiscal Year 2011's current budgeting process. She also spoke about the Organizational Review Committee's task in overseeing a campus-wide effort designed to ensure optimal organization of administrative operations and help reduce the university’s $30 million budget deficit. For more information please see our minutes.
UCS approved a code change to create a new group category 'S', which will support student groups whose primary purpose is raising money to send to off-campus service organizations - click here for more information on category S. UCS also approved Brown Taiko for category III status.
October 7, 2009
UCS approved its Annual Agenda -- an outline of its goals for the coming year. It will be boxslipped shortly, but in the mean time, you can read it here.
After a two week process, UCS appointed ten students to seven committees for Fall Appointments. You can read more about the recent appointees in the October 7 minutes, or check out the appointments page to learn more about the university committees on which undergraduates serve.
UCS also approved two new groups for category I status. Brown University Movement Experience (BUME) and Students for Educations Reform were both constituted and categorized. Congratulations!
September 30, 2009
Dean of the College, Katherine Bergeron, and Vice-President of Campus Life, Margaret Klawunn met with UCS to discuss Advising Central, changes to the tutoring program, the Organizational Review Committee (ORC), and changes to hours at Health Services.
In addition, UCS approved the literary publication The Round for category III status.
September 23, 2009
In our first meeting of the year UCS elected students to vacant officer and executive board positions. The final results are posted below.
Additionally, UCS approved the categorization of several student groups - please read our minutes for more information.
| Kening Tan '12 | Appointments Chair |
| Evan Holownia '11 | Communications Chair |
| Alyaa Alkhadhar '13 | Secretary |
| Ralanda Nelson '12 | Treasurer |
| Lily Tran '10 | Alumni Liaison |
| Melea Atkins '10 | Corporation Liaison |
| Salsa Ahmed '11 | UCS-UFB Liaison |
| Rachel Hunter '12 | Ivy Council Policy Chair |
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