On Wednesday, Nov. 13, ASUCR held a special election to fill the undergraduate sustainability director vacancy. Olenka Graham-Castaneda, the previous undergraduate sustainability director, stepped down for reasons unknown.
During Public Forum, BCOE Senator Maurice Armstrong, who was running for the position, stated, “I personally believe that someone who has sat on the Green Campus Action Plan committee in the past...
On Wednesday, Nov. 13, President Pro Tempore Preeti Juturu discussed making the distribution of R’Gear a required event for senators to attend during their seventh meeting of the quarter.
During Public Forum, Juturu stated, "Considering the fact that we allocated funds for R’Gear, it seems only appropriate and right that the senators who allocated the funds help to make sure...
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, ASUCR held their sixth meeting of the quarter.
During New Business, ASUCR President Julian Gonzalez presented his three nominees for the judicial council. The three students are: Cindy Gutierrez, who is a third-year sociology major, Adrian Wong, who is a third-year public policy major and Kylee Sanchez, who is a third-year political science major and global...
On Tuesday, Oct. 29, ASUCR hosted a commencement focus group in order to allow students to brainstorm alternative locations for commencement. Commencement will tentatively be taking place at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.
The event began at 12:30 p.m. and pizza was available for attendees. ASUCR President Julian Gonzalez began the focus group by stating that as student body president...
Nelson Huerta has been hired to fill the recently vacant CHASS senatorial seat after the previous senator, Itzel Heraldez Rojo, stepped down for reasons unknown. Huerta is a third-year double major in sustainability studies and media and cultural studies.
In an interview with The Highlander, Huerta expressed his excitement to fulfill the position after receiving an email from Executive Vice...
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, ASUCR held its fifth meeting of the quarter.
During public forum, Rich Davis, a Riverside community member, spoke about his concerns on the STEM high school that is being built on campus. Davis informed students that a STEM town hall will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at the University Extension Center at 5:30 p.m. He...
On Oct. 23, ASUCR held their fourth meeting of the quarter.
Chancellor Kim Wilcox and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs (VCSA) Brian Haynes addressed the concerns many students had regarding the proposed commencement changes that the Dean of Students Christine Mata and the Assistant Vice Chancellor of Alumni and Constituent Relations Jorge Ancona proposed during the Oct. 16 ASUCR meeting.
The...
On Wednesday Oct. 16, ASUCR held its third meeting of fall quarter.
During the meeting, Christine Mata, the dean of students and the vice chancellor of student affairs and Jorge Ancona, the assistant vice chancellor of alumni and constituent relations, spoke on behalf of the Office of Event Management & Protocol in regards to the changes to commencement ceremonies that...
ASUCR hosted an open house event on Friday, Oct. 18, starting at 9 a.m. at the ASUCR office for people to come meet and speak with their representatives. ASUCR gave free doughnuts, candy, coffee and pizza.
The open house was designed to be a senator project to network with ASUCR senators and ASUCR members and understand the layout of the...
On Oct. 9, ASUCR held its second meeting of the quarter. The meeting was called to order at 6:45 p.m.
At the beginning of the meeting, Maurice Armstrong, a BCOE senator, motioned to amend the agenda to include a closed session meeting at the end of the meeting to discuss internal tensions within ASUCR. The motion passed 13-0-2. During public...