Paul Monge

Students urged the regents to include students in budgetary efforts at earlier stages and emphasized taking the student experience into account.

At the UC Board of Regents meeting in July, the board will vote to appoint Weddle as the 2018-19 UC student regent-designate. According to the UC regents special committee that nominated her, Weddle was selected out of 40 applicants from campuses across the UC.

The UC system will receive $177.1 million in one-time general funding and $97.1 million in ongoing funds for the 2018-19 fiscal year, as outlined in a provisional state budget agreement reached by Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders Friday.

At the Investments Subcommittee meeting Tuesday, a representative from Fossil Free UC will speak to members about divesting from fossil fuels — specifically divesting from commodities and real assets, according to Isabella Muscettola, an organizer with Fossil Free Cal.

For the first time in 17 years, the Governor’s Advisory Selection Committee for the Regents of the University of California was convened to aid a California governor in the selection of a new regent.

The 3.5 percent nonresident supplemental tuition hike amounts to an increase of $978, bringing out-of-state tuition up from $28,014 to $28,992. This vote sets the tone for the upcoming in-state tuition vote — a conversation that was postponed to May during a January meeting amid pushback, disagreements and protests.

ASUC External Affairs Vice President Rigel Robinson criticized UC Berkeley for a lack of "holistic" student representation on the campus's strategic planning process at an ASUC Senate regular Wednesday meeting.

Following on the heels of Student Action’s senate slate announcement, CalSERVE unveiled its own seven-person senate slate Tuesday night.

University of California President Janet Napolitano is contemplating a structural overhaul to her office after obtaining the results of a report conducted by Huron Consulting Group, an independent professional consulting group.

The UC Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on a proposed student tuition increase, which, if approved, would increase tuition for the 2018-2019 academic year by 2.5 percent, at their meeting next week.