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The initiative began when Katie Jenson, a first-year student at Dell Medical School, saw Austin Public Health’s 2017 Austin Critical Health Indicators report.

The organizers of the rally — a graduate student group called Underpaid at UT — delivered a petition requesting members of the University Budget Council, chaired by President Gregory Fenves, to fully fund graduate student tuition by next fall and to produce a plan to pay graduate students a living wage.

The program is held at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland and allows students to work in the parks and resorts as paid cast members.

Construction on the South End Zone of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium began this week, and Capital Planning and Construction will also continue renovations on Welch Hall over the summer.