The Undergraduate Student Government met Tuesday night to hear three presentations and heard no unfinished or new business.

Posi Sulaimon, the chair of the Affordability and Basic Needs Committee, announced they are working on a financial aid liaison project to collect student questions. It aims to improve the financial aid process by having the liaison regularly meet with financial aid representatives to gather up-to-date information.

“I think [the financial aid liaison] will be really useful because there can be existing [frequently asked questions] online and resources you can go to for financial aid, but the wording sometimes is a little confusing,” Sulaimon said.

Beyond financial aid, Sulaimon also said the committee is hosting workshops for Electronic Benefits Transfer, which is a system used to deliver government assistance benefits, in collaboration with the Office of Student Basic Needs. The most recent workshop took place earlier this month in the First Generation Plus Success Center.

“It’s essentially [a] 15-minute workshop [where OSBC representatives] will tell you the eligibility requirements [and] how to sign up for CalFresh,” Sulaimon said. “CalFresh is also a great resource. Groceries are so expensive.”

Similar to last semester, USG will continue partnering with the Gould School of Law’s Housing Law and Policy Clinic to host a workshop educating students on their rights as renters. No date has been scheduled yet.

In her presentation, senator Amy He said she hosted a “Tea and Talk” event with students as an opportunity to connect with mental health counselors.

He also announced that, alongside senator Jasmine Liu, a subsidized Plan B is set to “ensure that students can access emergency contraception [at USC] Village and parking structure vending machines.”

In 2024, Student Health and USG collaborated to install pharmacy vending machines at USC Village, the Royal Parking Structure and Seaver Residence Hall. The morning-after pill EContra One-Step is available for $5.

Furthermore, He is working on peer advising workshops in collaboration with the Academic Culture Assembly, which are planned to begin during the Spring 2027 semester. According to He, the workshops will allow students to connect with each other and discuss elective and general education courses.

Rachel Yonteff, chief diversity officer Angie Del Gaudio’s executive aide, presented on Del Gaudio’s behalf. Yonteff said that Del Gaudio’s projects include adding free blue books for students in cultural centers and rolling over dining dollars from previous semesters.

Currently, if students have any remaining dining dollars at the end of the semester, they are forfeited and not rolled over to the next semester.

Additionally, Yonteff added that Del Gaudio is working to expand dining dollars to be used at USC Village.