Peeka Zimmerman

October 15, 2015

University Awards ‘Promise’ to New Scholars

By Peeka Zimmerman

UC Santa Barbara’s Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships administered for the first time this year the Promise Scholar Program, which recognizes incoming undergraduates who show potential in academic, research and s...

October 14, 2015

Photonics Technology Gains Attention From Lois Capps

By Peeka Zimmerman

Representative for the 24th District of California Congresswoman Lois Capps visited UC Santa Barbara Monday to tour the American Institute for Manufacturing of Photonics (A.I.M. Photonics) facility. Photonics is the scie...

October 13, 2015

UCSA Reviews UCOP 2015-16 Budget

By Peeka Zimmerman

The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) presented its 2015-16 budget at the monthly University of California Student Association (UCSA) meeting Saturday at UC Riverside. UCOP Interim Executive Directo...

October 8, 2015

An Inside Look at the Roles of SB Peace Officers

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP), clad in khaki uniforms, and UCSB Police Department (UCPD), clad in blue, hold overlapping jurisdiction in the UC Santa Barbara community. IVFP was initiated in 1970 as a substation of t...

October 7, 2015

A.S. Finance Board Funds KCSB, Transfer Student Organization, More

By Beth Lebens, Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met Oct. 5th in the UCen State Street room to consider 14 funding requests from 12 campus organizations.

September 30, 2015

A.S. Helps To Fund Six Student Organizations

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee (A.S. F&B) met for their first meeting of Fall Quarter on Monday in the UCen State Street Room.

September 28, 2015

UCSB’s New Diversity Status Merits $2.6 Million Grant

By Peeka Zimmerman

UC Santa Barbara was awarded a $2.6 million grant on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for Opening New Doors to Accelerating Success (ONDAS) after meeting the qualifications of a Hispanic-Serving Institution (...

September 17, 2015

AB 3 Heads to Gov. Brown Following Senate Passing

By Peeka Zimmerman

California State Assemblymember Das Williams’s Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), which seeks to create a Community Services District (CSD) in Isla Vista, passed the California Senate and Assembly on Sept. 11 in Sacramento.

June 1, 2015

Administrators, Students Discuss Sexual Assault Case Procedures

By Peeka Zimmerman

The “It’s Not On Us, It’s On You” campaign leaders and survivors of sexual assault Alejandra Melgoza, Melissa Vasquez and Lexi Weyrick organized an open forum with Chancellor Henry T. Yang and other university ad...

May 28, 2015

No One Way To Be a Womyn of Color

By Peeka Zimmerman

Gathering seeks to empower women of ethnic backgrounds

May 21, 2015

Isla Vista Remembers May 23rd

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) will host the Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Walk this Saturday in Storke Plaza as part of a series of events in remembrance of the events of May 23 last year.

May 20, 2015

Goleta Supports AB 3

By Peeka Zimmerman

Goleta City Council held a meeting Tuesday afternoon at Goleta City Hall to discuss establishing self-governance in Isla Vista through Assemblymember Das Williams’ Assembly Bill 3 (AB 3), ultimately voting 3-2 in suppo...

May 14, 2015

Goleta Beach Permitted Retention of Revetments

By Peeka Zimmerman

The California Coastal Commission held a hearing in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room on Wednesday to determine whether to reaffirm the County’s Goleta Beach Permit Application that would permanently retain beach r...

May 14, 2015

Talk Encourages Students to Heal, Share Emotions

By Peeka Zimmerman

Residence halls Multicultural Awareness Chairs held a discussion Wednesday titled “Where Are We Now?” to explore students’ healing processes following the events of May 23 last year.

May 13, 2015

Capps Brings Back Act to Prevent Gun Violence

By Peeka Zimmerman

Representative for the 24th District of California Congresswoman Lois Capps reintroduced the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act (H.R. 2216) to the House of Representatives Thursday to block access to g...

May 8, 2015

A.S. External Affairs Committee Talks Tuition Hikes, Bills, Self-Governance

By Peeka Zimmerman

The Associated Students Senate External Affairs Committee (EAC) met Thursday evening in the UCen’s Goleta Valley Room to discuss two bills and upcoming events.