The official voice of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at University of California campuses.
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Student Advocates to the Regents (StARs) are UC students who attend Board of Regents meetings. StARs meet with and build relationships with Regents and speak about student priorities. They are provided direct access to the Regents, without the constraints of the line separating approved guests from the public audience. StARs meet Regents during informal parts of the agenda, which includes breaks and meals.
There are six student advocates on each meeting day. StARs are expected to stay for the entire meeting on the days they commit to attend, usually 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
UCSA prepares StARs by providing background information about agenda items of interest to students and talking points on students’ priorities and strategy. Student advocates debrief their experience and notes with UCSA at the end of the day.
The Office of the President assists in making sure student advocates have a good experience and are reimbursed for travel. They also help introduce student advocates to Regents or top administrators.
APPLY to be a StAR at the November Regents Meeting
Date |
Location |
| November 12-14 Regents Meeting | UCSF Mission Bay |
| January 21-23 Regents Meeting | UCSF Mission Bay |
| March 18-20 Regents Meeting | UCSF Mission Bay |
| May 13-15 Regents Meeting | Sacramento Conference Center |
| July 15-17 Regents Meeting | UCSF Mission Bay |
Now is your time to be heard with thousands of other UC students and tell the new UC President Janet Napolitano what you think are the 
important issues for her to focus on.
Here is what you need to do:
1.) Tweet @_UCSA, or post on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/UCStudentAssociation) a message to the new UC President Janet Napolitano.
2.) Use the hashtag #Napolitano
3.) We will collect the messages and disscuss the major topics with President Napolitano when UCSA meets with her.
Join us to learn about how we can address #ColllegeAffordability in California! Ensuring students can access the #FinancialAid they need and supporting student success is at the core of what we do!
Register here: http://castudentaid.org/CSACBlueprint
