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Come help us build a 21st-century student government.

As a student, you have countless ways to spend your time at Penn State.
If you want to make a deep, tangible impact by serving your fellow students, then we’d love for you to consider joining our team.

Open Positions

Excited by our mission but don’t see a position for you? Email us at outreach@upua.org

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Executive Branch

The Executive branch focuses on executing initiatives and representing UPUA to the Penn State community.

Programming Directors - Closes 4/26
Charged with assisting with the logistical and operational aspects of the committees’ various projects, programming events, and initiatives.
Furthermore, these roles are tasked with implementing executive projects connected to the mission of the committees as well as attending the meetings of their assigned committee and providing support in organization programming events.
- Committees: Academic Affairs, Campus Operations Governmental & Community Relations, Justice & Equity, Student Life
  - Please contact Chief of Staff Devarakonda (svd5846@psu.edu) with any inquiries.
Parliamentarian - Closes 4/26
The Parliamentarian must provide advice to the General Assembly on matters concerning parliamentary procedure. They must be knowledgeable about the Modern Rules of Order and help the legislative branch learn and adhere to these rules during general assembly meetings. Will work closely with Chief Justice, Speaker, and Vice President during Assembly to monitor rules of order, as well as representatives who may have questions about the rules.
- Please contact Chief of Staff Devarakonda (svd5846@psu.edu) with any inquiries.
Director of Donor and Alumni Relations - Closes 4/26
Create and maintain communication with UPUA Alumni Interest Group; Plan alumni engagement events; Plan Giving Tuesday (UPUA's biggest external fundraising event, which usually targets alumni for donations).
- Please contact Chief of Staff Devarakonda (svd5846@psu.edu) with any inquiries.

Legislative Branch

The Legislative body is the primary body working on initiatives, writing legislation, planning programming weeks, communicating initiatives to the student body, and organizing tabling.

No Open Positions (at this time)
- Please contact Speaker Port (speaker@upua.org) with any inquiries.

Judicial Branch

The Judicial Board is responsible for overseeing internal disputes and the Elections process. We manage UPUA’s elections budget and help run debates and town halls during elections.

No Open Positions (at this time)
- Please contact Chief Justice D'Elena (hrd5098@psu.edu) with any inquires.

Annually, we host the UPUA Elections in March, and any undergraduate at University Park is eligible to run. We highly recommend that if you are interested in running in UPUA Elections, you may subscribe to our newsletter for the most up to date information.

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Community Group Seat:

Community group seats are given by the Judicial Board to groups on campus that represent communities that do not have representation in UPUA. They must represent an overarching community across Penn State and must have governing documents and an internal elections process. Community group seats include representatives such as the Performing Arts Council. If you would like to submit an application to establish a community group seat the application can be found here.