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LATEST NEWS
April 22, 2009
Congratulations to everybody participated in the Spring UCS/UFB Elections. The final results are posted below:
| Clay Wertheimer '10 | UCS President |
| Diane Mokoro '11 | UCS Vice-President |
| Robert Taj Moore '11 | Academic and Administrative Affairs Chair |
| Andrew Bergmanson '11 | Admissions and Student Services Chair |
| Ben Farber '12 | Campus Life Chair |
| Brady Wyrtzen '11 | Student Activities Chair |
| Jose Vasconez '10 | UFB Chair |
| Juan Vasconez '10 | UFB Vice-Chair |
April 15, 2009
At today's BUCC (Brown University Community Council) meeting, Chancellor Thomas Tisch '76 announced that members of the corporation will be introducing a proposal to create Young Alumni positions on the Brown Corporation. This decision is the result of a UCS proposal that was submitted to the corporation last year.
April 8, 2009
Andrea Mathews '11 and Alex Rosenberg '11 were appointed to the Honorary Degrees Advisory Committee. Congratulations!
March 18, 2009
Mike Pickett, VP for Computing and Information Services, John Spadaro, Director of Techincal Architecture & Outreach, and Donald Tom, Director of IT Support spoke at this week's general body meeting. They discussed the future of e-mail at Brown, and presented a number of options including Live@EDU, and gMail for Brown students. CIS will be conducting a pilot program with a new e-mail system; if you are interested in participating in the pilot, please e-mail UCS@Brown.edu
March 16, 2009
UCS is on twitter! This will serve as an additional way for us to communicate with the student body. Follow us to receive exciting updates and give us your input! Find us here: twitter.com/BrownUCS
March 9, 2009
The newest edition of the UCS Monthly has been sent out! Check out the archives for the newest updates from UCS, and past announcements.
March 4, 2009
President Simmons and Vice President for Campus Life, Margaret Klawunn, hosted an open forum at tonight's UCS meeting. President Simmons provided a brief update on Brown's economic status and then took questions from members of UCS and the community. Topics raised included representation on University committees, student employment opportunities and support for Development Studies. For more information please see our minutes.
Tonight the general body appointed Arthur Matuszewski '12 to the University Resources Committee for a two-year term. For more information on University Appointments please click here.
February 18, 2009
Vice President for Finance and Administration, Beppie Huidekoper, presented an update on the state of Brown's financial affairs. She also announced that the University will be going forward with renovations to Faunce, building the Creative Arts Center, and more. Click here for BDH coverage. For more information please read our minutes.
UCS passed the Combus Day resolution asking the adminstration to end its observance of Columbus day.
February 11, 2009
UCS passed the Morning Mail resolution and introduced a resolution regarding the recognition of the Columbus Day holiday. We will vote on the Columbus Day resolution next week.
February 4, 2009
Tonight UCS members introduced a resolution asking the administration to rescind its newest submission policy for Morning Mail. UCS is scheduled to vote at next week's meeting, please provide us with feedback in the meantime at UCS@Brown.edu
The newest edition of the UCS Monthly was released today. Check it out for information on upcoming UCS projects!
January 29, 2009
The Faculty Executive Committee issued a formal response to UCS's resolution to discontinue the technological enforcement of prerequisites on Banner. Unfortunately, the FEC is not supportive of reducing the restrictions on Banner. The Academic and Administrative Affairs Committee will hold a public meeting to discuss the implications of this decision and the next steps UCS will take. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 3 at 6:30pm in the UCS Office, Faunce 228.
Thank you to all who participated in the elections for UFB representative. Congratulations to Benjamin Schrank '11 and Tyler Rosenbaum '11, who were elected UFB representative and UCS-UFB liaison, respectively. BDH coverage of the elections here.
January 27, 2009
The Faculty Executive Committee met with members of UCS to discuss our resolution regarding the technological enforcement of prerequisites on Banner. Members presented the resolution and took questions from the faculty; UCS expects to receive a response later in the week.
UCS members met with Marisa Quinn, Vice-President of Public Affairs and University Relations, to discuss the recent change in Morning Mail policy. UCS shares the community's concern that the policy change will negatively impact student life at Brown. We are working with the administration to create a solution quickly.
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