Quality Custom Distribution (QCD), a fast-food industry supplier of various industrial supplies and machinery for a number of fast food restaurants in Irvine, will soon be moving their Irvine headquarters to a new complex in Frisco, Texas in Jan. 2020.
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) announced renewed support for the Digital Filmmaking minor on Oct. 30. This support comes after initially announcing that the minor would no longer be supported by the Art Department — a move that sparked protest and petition.
ASUCI Senate voted to create a Social Ecology Dean’s Ambassador Council through legislation R55-08 at their meeting on Oct. 29. They also voted to appoint Public Health Senator Alexis Artounian to Rules Committee and Social Ecology Senator Saad Iqbal to Advocacy Committee as part of legislation R55-10 at their meeting on Oct. 24.
The UCI literary journalism department held a “Telling Stories That Matter” Summit to aid the wider community in their pursuit of becoming better storytellers in the Humanities Hallway on Oct. 26.
UCI’s International Center for Writing and Translation reopened at the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year. As part of its relaunch, the center introduced three new initiatives for the future: “Writing and Injustice,” Writing in the Expanded Field” and “Untranslating Theory.”
La Comunidad Resistiendo y Existiendo hosted UC Irvine’s annual Day of the Dead celebration at the Student Center for the local community on Nov. 1. The night included student art, face painting, a photo booth, an arts and crafts table, musical performances and food.
ASUCI hosted its first UCI Vendor Fair of the year from Oct. 7 to Oct. 11. Spanning across Ring Road, the fair consisted of items geared towards student needs at an affordable price. Brands that participated include: Seoul Street Korean-American cuisine, Green Turtle’s reusable straws and Angry Little Girls merchandise.
In response to raging wildfires throughout the state caused by dangerous winds, dry conditions and abnormally high temperatures, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency on Friday, Oct. 25.
Former member of the UCI Alumni Association, Glen Thomas Kauffman, was convicted of “Six counts of lewd acts with a minor younger than 14 and three counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration of a child 10 years or younger” on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2019.
The “What Matters to Me and Why” Alumni Series started Fall Quarter with a talk featuring alumnus Omead Afshar on Oct. 17. Since graduating from UCI as a biomedical engineer, Afshar has had many roles including being the current project director for the Office of the CEO at Tesla Motors.
Students in California public universities are the target of the Student Civic and Voter Empowerment Act, a new civic engagement act that consolidates and delegates voter outreach to university administration.
