Formation | 1887 |
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Type | Student association |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3) organization |
Location |
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President
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William Morrow |
Executive Vice President
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Alicia Lau |
External Affairs Vice President
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André Luu |
Academic Affairs Vice President
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Frances McGinley |
Main organ
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ASUC Senate |
Website | asuc |
Formerly called
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Associated Students of the College of Letters and Sciences |
The Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) is the officially recognized students' association of UC Berkeley. It was founded in 1887, and is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit unincorporated association. The ASUC controls funding for ASUC-sponsored organizations, advocates on behalf of students to solve issues on campus and in the community, engages with administrators to develop programming, increase student-organizational resources, and increase transparency.
Admission of a non-student to the football team in 1887 motivated the creation by the students of an over-all organization to authorize and control student groups using the University's name. The constitution of the Associated Students of the Colleges of Letters and Sciences of the University of California was approved on March 16, 1887, and two years later the name was shortened to the present ASUC.
Student political parties, popularly known as slates, and independent student communities participate in the ASUC.
CalSERVE (Cal Students for Equal Rights and a Valid Education) is a progressive multicultural student coalition representing, among others, the Pilipin@, Latin@ (RAZA Caucus), black, queer, progressive API, environmental and transfer student communities at Cal. The party was founded in 1984 to protest Apartheid and pressure administrators to divest the UC financial portfolio from businesses cooperating with the Apartheid government. Each year, CalSERVE leaders manage student issue-based campaigns unrelated to the ASUC, including passing Proposition 30 and defeating Proposition 32 (2012); disaggregating the "Asian-American" racial/ethnic category on admissions documents; registering students to vote during election years; and creating gender-neutral restrooms in campus buildings. Former Speaker of the California State Assembly and current University of California Regent John Pérez was a member of CalSERVE while a student at Cal, as were Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco). CalSERVE is often represented by the colors lime green, white and black.
Student Action, an organization at the University of California, Berkeley, fights to make student government accountable to every student, every year. Our organization was founded in 1995 in response to a need for more effective student representation. Since then, Student Action has upheld its core values of providing a platform for every student voice and enhancing the quality of student life. We have consistently delivered tangible results and strive to continue to fulfill that responsibility. Student Action is a party that learns from the past, acts in the present, and builds for the future.