CAMPUS NOTICE
January 30, 2018
| SUBJECT: | Grand Opening of The Hub, Resource for Student Concerns with Food and Housing Stability |
The Hub enthusiastically invites you to its Grand Opening events on February 6, 2018.
A new resource for UC San Diego students, The Hub prioritizes Basic Needs security for students to ensure personal wellbeing and opportunity for academic success in the convenience of a centralized location. Basic Needs includes access to nutritious food, stable housing, and financial wellness resources.
According to recent data:
• 5% of UC San Diego undergraduate students reported not having a place
to live at varying times of the year (UCUES Survey 2016)
• 42% of UC San Diego undergraduate students reported skipping or
cutting the size of meals because there wasn't enough money for food
• UC San Diego undergraduate and graduate students visited the Triton
Food Pantry over 10,400 times in the 2016-17 academic year (Triton Food
Pantry, 2017)
• 29% of UC San Diego graduate students reported food insecurity
(Graduate Well-Being Survey, 2016)
Grand Opening activities on February 6 include:
Opening Ceremony
11:00AM - 12:00PM. Location: Original Student Center, building A, Room
E-100 (left of the Triton Food Pantry)
Open House
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Location: Original Student Center, building A, Room
E-100 (left of the Triton Food Pantry)
Presentation: Advancing Basic Needs, A Secure Vision for the University
of California
2:30PM-3:30PM. Location: The Forum (Price Center East, 4th Floor)
UC System Basic Needs Co-Chairs, Ruben E. Cañedo, UC Berkeley and Tim
Galarneau, UC Santa Cruz; will discuss the UC System-wide Basic Needs
Report
(http://ucop.edu/global-food-initiative/_files/food-housing-security.pdf) they spearheaded, which represents the largest and most comprehensive
study of Basic Needs at the University of California.
For more information on Basic Needs efforts at UC San Diego, visit The Hub’s website at http://thehub.ucsd.edu/
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Pradeep K. Khosla Chancellor
Elizabeth H. Simmons |