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  Student Services
Students who are interested in a teaching career in public or private schools, colleges, or universities should contact Educational Career Services during their final year of study.
Newly admitted, nonimmigrant students are encouraged to participate in the orientation program which is held at the beginning of each quarter to help new students adjust to their new environs and the campus.
Interested students should begin to plan for this experience as freshmen, since there are advanced language requirements for some countries and the application process is completed two quarters to a year in advance of departure.
www.students.ucr.edu /9596Catalog/StudentServices1.html   (4051 words)

  
 Project on Student Debt: Petitioner Profiles
American Student Assistance, a non-profit organization of more than 500 dedicated professionals, is the oldest and one of the largest Federal Family Education Loan guaranty agencies in the country.
Founded in 1947, USSA is the recognized voice for students on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in the Department of Education.
USSA believes education is a right and works on building grassroots power among students to win concrete victories that expand access to education at the federal, state and campus level.
projectonstudentdebt.org /petitioners.vp.html   (1097 words)

  
 ASPCC Cascade Links | PCC
The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) is a worldwide organization of students and staff working in the area of student union activities and programs at two-year and four-year colleges and universities.
Student leaders are encouraged to attend the annual fall regional conference to network with some of the outstanding professionals and students in our region.
The American Student Association of Community Colleges is a legislative group of two-year colleges throughout the United States.
www.pcc.edu /resources/aspcc/cascade/links.html   (332 words)

  
 Students For A Secure Future   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Students For A Secure Future is a non-partisan coalition of youth leaders who recognize the need to strengthen Social Security in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of a vital program that keeps millions of Americans out of poverty.
Students For A Secure Future is a project of the United States Student Association and the student Public Interest Research Groups, non-partisan, student-directed organizations.
Students For A Secure Future is a joint project of the Student PIRGs, the United States Student Association, and student leaders nationwide.
www.studentsforasecurefuture.org /sfsf.asp?id2=16882   (136 words)

  
 A student organizer’s perspective on affirmative action - 2002 -- Interview with Nicholas Centino/USSA - In ...
Students have been organizing around the case in terms of knowing what the implications of a negative decision in the Supreme Court case would mean to other campuses.
For a lot of students, the remedy argument is a much stronger case for affirmative action than the diversity argument primarily because in terms of social responsibility it places the university, as a public institution, as socially responsible to the people that it serves.
The Associated Students of Madison, the Multicultural Student Coalition and the United Council (UC) of UW Students coordinated the rally.
www.inmotionmagazine.com /idaa/ncentino.html   (2964 words)

  
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USSA states that it "tracks and lobbies federal legislation and policy, and organizes students from across the country to participate in the political process, through testifying in official Congressional hearings, letter-writing campaigns, and face-to-face lobby visits between students and their elected officials."
A 2002 USSA declaration authored by Julia Beatty, who was the group's President at the time, and Kristy Ringor, who was the Communications Director during Beatty's tenure, condemned the American-led liberation of Afghanistan.
USSA is a member organization of the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition, which is led by Leslie Cagan, a longtime committed socialist who aligns her politics with those of Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba.
www.discoverthenetwork.org /groupProfile.asp?grpid=6716   (422 words)

  
 United States Student Press Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Student Press Association (USSPA), was a national organization of campus newspapers and editors active in the 1960s.
USSPA was developed as a program of the National Student Association (NSA).
This article about a United States newspaper is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Student_Press_Association   (199 words)

  
 Unprecedented Student Voter Grassroots Campaign...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Our trained student activists will work hard on their campuses, in some cases using some offbeat activities, to make sure students go to the polls and actually vote.
Through the campaign approximately 80,000 students have been registered, more than 200,000 voter guides and fact sheets on voter issues will be distributed to campuses nationwide, and hundreds of students have participated in USSA Foundation electoral organizing workshops.
The U.S. Student Association Foundation (USSAF) is the tax- exempt arm of the U.S. Student Association, the oldest, largest, and most inclusive organization representing millions of college and university students nationwide.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=39051   (569 words)

  
 FinAid | Answering Your Questions | Student Aid Lobbying and Advocacy Groups
USSA is dedicated to increasing access to higher education through a combination of grassroots advocacy and legislative lobbying.
The Project on Student Debt offers the latest news and research on student debt and financial aid policy; real stories from students, parents and graduates; commentary and analysis by leading economists, researchers, and experts on college access and financial aid; and forums where individuals can share their views about student debt.
Student Loan Justice presents a diatribe against Sallie Mae and other education lenders, charging that these lenders have enriched themselves at the expense of borrowers and taxpayers.
www.finaid.com /questions/advocacy.phtml   (1097 words)

  
 Center for Archival Collections, MS 676
The United States Student Association (USSA) Collection was donated to the Center for Archival Collections in 1993, with a second addition acquired in 2005, to be part of the National Student Affairs Archives.
USSA is the oldest and largest student group in the country and is reflective of what has occurred since WWII with the American student movement.
Student Responsibility in Advising, Counseling and Tutoring, [1959]
www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/cac/ms0676.html   (1449 words)

  
 USSA - United States Ski Association
USSA is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding.
Roalstad served twice with USSA, from 1990 to 1996 (in 1991 she was named assistant director of sport science) and returning in 1998 as alpine women's team physiologist before being named USSA's initial fulltime medical director in 1999.
USSA urges all clubs to follow-up with their coaches and officials to ensure that screening is complete...
www.ussa.org   (1797 words)

  
 USSA LGBT Student of Color National Summit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If you are an LGBT student of color and an up-and-coming or current campus leader, then this cutting-edge National Summit is for you.
The summit will draw 30 to 50 college students from across the country and will focus on capacity building and organizing LGBT students of color locally while also providing opportunities for resource sharing nationally.
This summit is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, intersex, queer, same gender loving, and questioning college students of color (including but not limited to Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, Latina/o, Middle Eastern, and Native students of color).
www.campuspride.net /ussalgbtstudentofcolor.asp   (172 words)

  
 United States Student Loans
If you have received federal aid for study within the United States you will find that some aspects of this process are similar to receiving aid at a US school, while others are quite different.
Graduate students must be registered as full-time according to the regulations set by Graduate Admissions and Records.
Although the MPN simplifies the loan application process for students attending 4-year and graduate schools, the borrower is still required to fill out a new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each year.
web.uvic.ca /~oar/safa/loans/unitedstates.html   (1001 words)

  
 Office of External Vice President :: United States Student Association
The organization tracks and lobbies federal legislation and policy, and organizes students from across the country to participate in the political process, through testifying in official Congressional hearings, letter-writing campaigns, and face-to-face lobby visits between students and their elected officials.
USSA also represents students in various coalitions, including the Committee for Education Funding, the Youth Vote Coalition, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
In addition, USSA trains and organizes students to win concrete victories on their campuses -- like stopping fee hikes, expanding retention and recruitment programs for underrepresented students and improving campus safety.
students.asucla.ucla.edu /EVP/ussa.html   (250 words)

  
 United States Student Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Student Association (USSA), founded in 1947, bills itself as the oldest and largest student association in the United States.
USSA was formed by a merger of the National Student Association (NSA) and the National Student Lobby (NSL); and it later absorbed the National Student Educational Fund (NSEF).
Its political activism was cited in a 1995 lawsuit concerning the University of Wisconsin's mandatory student fee.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Student_Association   (196 words)

  
 NTAAD Main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First envisioned by the United States Student Association in 2001, National Take Affirmative Action Day is a day for students to demand that their college and university administrators defend and strengthen the programs that ensure an equal opportunity for all students: affirmative action programs!
Students used NTAAD 2004 as a vehicle to show electoral power by focusing on local and statewide affirmative action policies and legislation and their implementation on campuses nationwide.
The massive voter turnout of students across the country proved to elected officials once again that students remain committed to the support of substantial resources for the recruitment, admission and retention of underrepresented students to institutions of higher education.
www.usstudents.org /p.asp?WebPage_ID=130   (484 words)

  
 United Council of UW Students, Inc.
She organized students around issues ranging from the environment to hunger and homelessness on the UW-Madison campus, and spent her summers fundraising for similar groups.
As a student Lilia was involved in a multitude of organizations and active in fighting for student access and quality of education on the campus, state, and national levels.
She became involved with United States Student Association (USSA) through her work with United Council, and was later hired as a campus organizer for UW-Madison during the congressional/gubernatorial elections of 2002.
www.unitedcouncil.net /about/staff.shtml   (1338 words)

  
 United States Student Association; State Public Interest Research :: Student Groups Issue Letter to the House Opposing ...
The letter notes that reconciliation would cut $14.3 billion from student loan programs in part by increasing interest rates on cost-saving consolidation loans and raising fees for millions of middle- and lower-income college borrowers and their parents; the largest ever increase in the cost of student loans.
"Student loans empower the next generation of American leaders to pursue their and the nation's dreams," Harris concluded.
The student groups' letter to the U.S. House of Representatives may be found at: http://pirg.org/highered/highered.asp?id2=20429andid3=higheredand
sev.prnewswire.com /education/20051109/DCW06809112005-1.html   (511 words)

  
 UW-Washington County :UW-WC recognizes student athletes
Students at UW-Washington County (UW-WC) will join the United Council and the United States
Student Association (USSA) on Wednesday in a national campaign to "Stop the Raid on
United Council of UW Students is one of the nation’s largest and most effective state student
washington.uwc.edu /events/press2005/Student-Callin.html   (338 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Organizations: Student: Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Coalition for Student and Academic Rights (CO-STAR) - Offers free and subsidized legal advocacy and counseling to students and professors who have problems concerning their constitutional rights or their academic freedom.
Students For Academic Freedom (SAF) - The Students for Academic Freedom Information Center is a clearing house and communications center for a national coalition of student organizations.
United States Student Association (USSA) - Tracks and lobbies federal legislation and policy, organizes students, and trains them to win concrete victories on their campuses.
dmoz.org /Society/Organizations/Student/Rights   (222 words)

  
 Student Senate: Improtu motion passed by Senate
A motion was made from another motion at the Oct. 26 meeting of the Student Senate.
The impromptu motion that was made said that the Student Senate would send along their concerns to USSA but would not officially recede until after the December United Council General Assembly to see what other schools in the UW System are going to do.
The motion was made by student affairs and academic services chair Nick Cluppert and seconded by Eggers.
www.uwrf.edu /student-voice/041029/senate.htm   (339 words)

  
 Student groups call for anti-war strike March 5
Over a dozen U.S. student groups, including the United States Student Association, the youth division of the Black Radical Congress, and United Students Against Sweatshops are calling for students to boycott classes and strike in opposition to a war in Iraq.
The National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) calls upon students on campuses across the United States to join us in a one-day student strike on March 5th, 2003.
As students and youth, the future of this country, we are disturbed by the lack of attention paid to the real needs of Americans, especially education.
www.afn.org /~iguana/archives/2003_01/20030103.html   (511 words)

  
 Student loan groups bilk billions out of U.S. government Black Issues in Higher Education - Find Articles
GAD expects to issue its report on the special allowance payments--which are financed by tax-exempt bonds--at the end of this month, said Jeff Appel, assistant director of education workforce and income security at GAO.
When Congress began phasing out a 9.5 percent guaranteed interest rate for the student loan industry in 1993, the Education Department implemented rules that contained a loophole allowing some loan companies to continue charging the federal government that interest rate level on amounts already raised for loans.
Groups such as the United States Student Association and the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups recently echoed calls by members of Congress for the department to take immediate action.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_16_21/ai_n6358380   (724 words)

  
 Association of Michigan Universities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Washington, DC - The United States Student Association (USSA) has named Rebecca Thompson, Chair of the Association of Michigan Universities (AMU) as their Legislative Director.
The USSA is the nation's oldest and largest student organization.
USSA represents students on Capitol Hill, in the White House and in the Department of Education.
www.amuweb.org   (183 words)

  
 Upcoming Supreme Court debate on student fees
The States, represented by Attorney Generals - "As members of the public, we support the erection and maintenance of countless public fora." Amici include Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Associated Students of Madison and 119 student groups ranging from the Debate Club to the Hong Kong Catholic Student Group.
United Council of Wisconsin Students - "It (shared governance) is a dynamic, creative process which has allowed the University of Wisconsin to continue to offer excellent education, while meeting the needs of the constantly changing student body."
www.pirg.org /student/speech/oldsite/supreme.htm   (756 words)

  
 Youth Vote Coalition Board Members - US Student Association
The United States Student Association (USSA),the oldest and largest student organization, represents millions of students across the country.
Formed in 1947, the USSA is the only national student organization represented in Washington, DC., and serves as the student voice on Capitol Hill, the White House, and in the Department of Education.
By organizing powerful grass roots forces of students, the USSA is committed to increasing access to higher education and encouraging students to participate in government on behalf of their educational rights.
www.youthvote.org /site1/members/coalition/usstudents.htm   (135 words)

  
 Public Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USSA Foundation has developed two trainings to build skills of campus leaders and increase student power: The Electoral Action Training (EAT) and the GrassRoots Organizing Weekend (GROW).
The Student of Color Campus Diversity Project provides students with education materials, organizing training, leadership development, and networking opportunities to help students win victories to increase student of color recruitment and retention on campus.
For example, H.R. 609 weakens the 90/10 Rule, which serves as a protection for students against fraud and abuse in the proprietary, or for-profit, institution sector.
www.usstudents.org /p.asp?WebPage_ID=7   (373 words)

  
 NAIS - Publications -
It has come to NAIS's attention that the United State Student Government Association (USSGA) has been causing confusion for a number of NAIS members.
The National Association of Student Councils has also posted a warning to its membership about the USSGA.
NAIS strongly encourages its schools to be aware of what associations the school belongs to and research organizations before joining.
www.nais.org /publications/article.cfm?ItemNumber=145709   (339 words)

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