At its final meeting as the 24th Undergraduate Senate, the UGS continued the transition of power to the next senate and postponed action on the Honor Code.
In the 2020-21 academic year, salaried graduate students working as teaching assistants or research assistants shelled out approximately 40% of their salary to…
BGSA leader Kimya Loder is a ‘unifying force’ in student organizing for AAAS departmentalization
Kimya Loder, a third-year sociology Ph.D. student, has been at the forefront of advocacy for departmentalization of the African & African American Studies (AAAS) program.
Kimya Loder
BGSA President
Upon her arrival at Stanford, Loder’s primary mission was to find spaces where she felt seen and supported both personally and academically. She found the AAAS program, the Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) and the Black Services Community Center (BCSC) to be such spaces.
From there, she quickly rose and stepped into the presidency of the BGSA at a contentious time, as protests for George Floyd surged nationally and campus policing conversations heightened and as conversations on AAAS departmentalization reemerged.