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The UCSA Board established the Appointed Officer program for students to support and advise the association on all matters relating to their respective fields, providing regular reports on their respective activities and correspondence.
Applications for the 2023-24 Appointed Officers are due June 23, 2023 at 11:59PM. If selected, applicants must attend mandatory Board Orientation on July 15 from 10AM-1PM and in-person the weekend of July 22-23. The in-person Board Orientation and July Board Meeting will be held at The Westin in Pasadena. Please do not apply if you cannot commit to attending the orientation in full.
Position Descriptions
Academic Affairs Officer
The Academic Affairs Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on academic matters including, but not limited to, regular activities, positions, and communications of the University of California Academic Senate. The Academic Affairs Officer shall assist the President in cultivating the relationship between UC students and faculty and provide regular recommendations to the Board on actualizing the same. The Academic Affairs Officer shall chair the UCSA Council of Academic Affairs, comprising the elected and appointed academic affairs student leaders from the nine undergraduate UC campuses.
Alumni Relations Officer
The Alumni Relations Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on alumni relations matters including, but not limited to, regular activities, positions, and communications of the Alumni Associations of the University of California, including ensuring their independence from UCOP and the rest of UC administration. The Alumni Relations Officer shall assist the President in cultivating the relationship between UC students and alumni and provide regular recommendations to the Board on actualizing the same. The Alumni Relations Officer shall also assist the President and the Board in lobbying the two ex-officio Regents (and the two ex-officio Regents-Designate) who ostensibly represent the systemwide alumni association.
Basic Needs Officer
The Basic Needs Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on basic needs security matters including, but not limited to, policies and practices that guarantee secure access to food, housing, and personal care products. The Basic Needs Officer shall provide regular recommendations to the Board that seek to improve basic needs security and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA and other parties working to address matters relating to basic needs security.
Campus Climate Officer
The Campus Climate Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on campus climate matters including, but not limited to, issues pertaining to communities of color, undocumented students, police brutality, interpersonal violence, mental health, and major events that might impact campus climate. The Campus Climate Officer shall provide regular recommendations to the Board that seek to improve campus climate and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA and other parties working to address matters relating to campus climate.
Financial Aid Advocacy Officer
The Financial Aid Advocacy Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on financial aid matters including, but not limited to, issues pertaining to federal and state financial aid policy, rising costs of attendance and housing, and the operations of campus financial aid departments throughout the system. The Financial Aid Advocacy Officer shall provide regular recommendations to the Board that seek to improve financial aid advocacy and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA and other parties working to address matters relating to financial aid.
Labor Relations Officer
The Labor Relations Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on labor relations matters including, but not limited to, regular activities, positions, and communications of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies, and other labor representative organizations and unions. The Labor Relations Officer shall assist the President in cultivating the relationship between UC students and labor entities and provide regular recommendations to the Board on actualizing the same. The Labor Relations Officer shall also heavily participate in the UCSA Collective Bargaining program.
Underrepresented Students Officer
The Underrepresented Students Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on underrepresented student issues including, but not limited to, issues pertaining to re-entries, parents, first generation, veteran, disabled, former foster youth, system impacted, undocumented, homeless and similarly underrepresented students. The Underrepresented Students Officer shall provide regular recommendations to the Board that seek to address issues that affect in particular or to a greater degree underrepresented students and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA and other parties working to address matters relating to students not represented on each respective campus.
International Student Affairs Officer
The International Student Affairs Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on international student advocacy, including, but not limited to, working with each of the campus-level UC student associations to expand its international student advocacy initiatives and connecting international student advocacy leaders with UCSA to support various international student initiatives. The International Student Affairs Officer shall assist UCSA and provide regular recommendations to the Board to seek to improve the international student experience and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA and other parties working to address matters relating to international student affairs. They shall chair a UC-wide international student coalition that serves as an auxiliary entity of UCSA, on which a representative from each campus is selected by the External Vice President or the campus’s equivalent and serve for a one-year term.
Transfer Student Affairs Officer
The Transfer Student Affairs Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary advisor on transfer student issues. They shall facilitate dialogues around transfer identity, experience, and representation at UCSA conferences. They shall chair a UC-wide transfer coalition that serves as an auxiliary entity of UCSA, on which a representative from each campus is selected by the elected transfer representative of that UC Campus or the campus’s equivalent and serve for a one-year term. The transfer representative may choose to appoint themselves to the coalition if an appointee is not identified. If there is not a designated transfer representative, the External Vice President, or the campus equivalent, may appoint a transfer student leader to serve on the coalition. The Transfer Student Affairs Officer shall identify potential statewide coalition partners that support transfer student priorities to build collaborative relations and strengthen transfer representation in legislative and lobbying efforts. They shall help research transfer resources on each UC campus and set benchmarks to be pursued through advocacy for university and state funding.
Student Housing Officer
The Student Housing Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on student housing issues including, but not limited to, affordability, development plans, tenant protections, and other policies impacting the number and conditions of housing units available to students of all income levels on and off campuses. They shall be responsible for establishing connections with relevant housing organizations and stakeholders through attendance of cross-organizational coalition meetings to aid in the development of policy reforms that address the student housing crisis.
Disability Justice Officer
The Disability Justice Officer shall serve as the Board’s primary adviser on access investments including, but not limited to, the regular activities, positions, communications, and negotiations of UC Regents, UC Office of the President, and campus disability support services. They will be the primary adviser on disability Justice matters, including, but not limited to, digital equity, accessible housing and transportation, physical infrastructure, counseling services, and Disability Cultural Centers. The Disability Justice Officer shall provide regular recommendations to the Board that seek to improve accessibility and inclusion and suggest collaborative opportunities between UCSA, student-run disabled students unions and organizations, and other parties working to address matters relating to disability justice. The Disabled Justice Officer shall ensure the equitable funding of disability support services, and track the implementation of the recommendation report by the UCOP Systemwide Ad Hoc Committee on Students with Disabilities. It is strongly recommended that the student in this position has lived experience and identities related to the vision of disability Justice.