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With dim prospects for UC funding, these fashion shows turn to outside sources for financial support—sources that find charitable impulses a pull for funding rather than a drawback. “I think when you have an organization that caters to minority or underrepresented students, there’s usually a cause attached. Since they are either donating to charity or helping out underrepresented students, companies are more willing to sign on,” says Farah S. Qadar ’10, the president of the Association of Minority Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (AMBLE), which recently...
...charitable impulse itself, however, is derived from a more optimistic sentiment among the boards of these fashion shows; altruism seems to override ineligibility for UC grants. “It’s more than just having a show and ending; we want to make a political statement and demonstrate that we can do good through fashion,” Lee says of Identities...
...letters—which will be signed by UC President Johnny F. Bowman ’11—will solicit various internship and shadowing opportunities for undergraduates for next J-Term, and will take into account the results of a survey administered by the UC earlier this month, which aimed to pinpoint career areas students would most enjoy exploring...
Ebrahim said the UC will also explore the possibility of locating international opportunities...
...future, the UC plans to create a website that will serve as a single, online hub for undergraduates to access all J-Term offerings, according to UC Secretary Christopher A. Devine...