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Major Updates from Office of the President

Attended Chancellor’s Free Speech Workgroup - advocated for students and increased access to resources to protect students’ free speech in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict:

Held admin accountable and requested additional support for our marginalized students
Urged admin to release a transparent list of what they’ve done to empower students affected by political turmoil
Advocated for additional resources to protect our students and their right to activism

Holding regular office hours and meetings to allow for a direct line of communication to gather student concerns to share with UCR administration
1-1s with ECAB complete. Led bi-weekly ASUCR Executive Branch meetings, held weekly 1-1s with all my office committee directors and leaders every week, joined committee meetings, and supported/mentored ECAB officials to empower their projects, advocacy, and initiatives.
Club Shoutouts in-progress and 5 club drop-ins have already occurred such as Future Teachers of Color Committed to Racial Justice+
TAPS - I have spearheaded those meetings to ensure those 2 resolutions aren’t just approved on ASUCR’s end, but TAPS end as well! Wednesday tabling, Thursday special tabling, and countless meetings to ensure we get admin approval. Post Senate approval - next TAPS meeting is to support TAPS Directors to go to admin

Expanding the lots, adding security cameras, and ensuring other TAPS related concerns are heard

HWS Event - post event reaching out to create HWS committee and SHAC question, as well as improving HWS service accessibility for students
Alumni Relations:

CRF for a Alumni Roundtable Week 3 of Winter, January 23rd

Student Voice Committee has been diligently working on various surveys library, scooter, TAPS survey, and more
Our Community Service committee:

Winter: collaboration with a Friend in Me Week 6 - gathered materials for Valentine theme goodies for Inland Empire Pediatric Cancer patients

Had meetings with Financial Aid and IT Solutions – student concerns, accountability, etc.
Senators have been reaching out with projects and initiatives:

Happy to support with that - SDRC, Student Worker Support, Library renovation, Getting rid of extra fees for the HW platforms, and more

Global Fair - Senator Anjana, our International Students Director Nadia, and I went to ALL of the E&Gs,
Mandated ECAB and our office to have meeting with E&Gs as well

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For Enhanced Transparency, notes from Fin Aid & IT meeting

FINANCIAL AID

-Ankita shares lack of timely response for students and lack of important funding support

-Jose Aguilar (Fin Aid) shared FAFSA Simplification Act: challenges from students. A big change to the Financial Aid world. He asks students to be patient with them. They are severely short staffed. There are vacancies. Good news, filling most of all those new jobs. Bad news: Challenges with new financial system, implemented in July 2023 and that changed the way they do scholarships

-Ankita requested more timely response with student concerns and more info on funding distribution/scholarship distribution for students.

-Jose Aguilar: Customer Service will be better

-He also shared that they lost their Peer Advisor Students - so they plan to hire undergrad students, student assistants, train them how to respond to questions, ready to hire 7 positions (work study), plan to expand more of those roles

-Ankita requested: Financial Aid Event - Questions and Answers like a office hours for all students (ASUCR can host, Fin Aid will connect with their team and let us know). Also requested a workshop - like a FAFSA and CDA application and workshop.

-Director Aguilar and Ankita chatted on any Financial Aid committees. Ankita requests ASUCR and UCR students to sit on the committee.

-Director Aguilar shared that he will share more info soon after connecting with his team.

-ASUCR Finance, External, and President Offices should work on an event and collab once we get more info. This could be really helpful for our community.

IT -

Are you facing Wi-Fi issues on campus? If so, please fill out this form provided by UCR IT Solutions. This way students can go here to report any network issues.

https://linktr.ee/asucr_president ← Wi-fi issue link found here!

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Major Updates from Office of the President

Marketing videos our office is leading:

Black History Month - VP of Marketing TJ and Faith w/ASP - POSTED
Global Fair - POSTED
Anonymous Student Feedback Form Video - Senator Naia, Rachit, Philson - IN PROGRESS

Office of the President Bylaw - finance edits approved
Adam and I working to volunteer with RCOE, Adam attending HSI Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Committee meeting
Held over 10 mentorship meetings in the last week alone.
Supporting students on a case by case basis to hear their concerns and support them with resources and opportunities.
Met with numerous senate interns, fellows, and other ASUCR officials to empower and guide them on their journey.
Collaboration planned with A Friend in Me club - volunteer event occurred - for pediatric cancer patients
R’Gear
Senior BBQ and send off event
HUB governing board, Adam attending Campus Finance committees this quarter
Sustainable menstrual products
Faith leading the Compton Initiative as well as Black History Month events
More club shoutouts/dropins
Elections x President collab with student life orgs
Working closely with Non-traditional Student Director Cobian alongside Vivianna to see how we can best empower student parents.

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Major Updates from Office of the President

What other ASUCR events/initiatives are we supporting with?

O4All - discussion with Poder and External, joined protest, and listening to community members.
Elections x Student Life - booking for event, supporting with Elections

Emailed Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs today to put on my annual fair from last year - empowered 100 students last year!
Fellows Program - they had a great debate - practiced public speaking. Great for their professional development
Diligently addressing any concerns that have been brought up to me this quarter through the Anonymous Student Feedback Form and other concerns shared with me outside the form as well as they come in through office hours/emails.

I’ve diligently escalated concerns and advocated for students to UCR administration like in my 1-1 meetings with Dr. Haynes bi-weekly.

Students, it’s time for action and it’s time for all R’ students to speak up and advocate for all R’ communities.

Fill out this Anonymous Student Feedback Form today!
I directly share this with our ASUCR reps and escalate concerns to admin.
Fill out this form today: https://tinyurl.com/ucrfeedback

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Thank you! Good luck on midterms!

Rest up and continue to do incredible things!

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ASUCR Office of the President

***If you have anything you’d like to see happen, please

reach out to me! Let’s work together to empower our student body!

If there’s any way I can support, please reach out via this email (asucrpresident@ucr.edu).

Here to support ALL of our students! Thank you :)

Anonymous Feedback Form:

https://tinyurl.com/ucrfeedback

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Thank you!

Ankita Ahluwalia

Email: asucrpresident@ucr.edu

Feel free to drop by HUB202 if you have any questions, here to support! :)

Office of the President Instagram: @asucrpresident

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