Meet Your Executive Officers!
Roles & Responsibilities
President
- Set the vision for AGS and with the help of the executive board
- Plan the short and long term strategic, operational and organizational goals for AGS
- Serve as the Chief Executive Officer of AGS
- Chair all meetings of the AGS Council
- Build and sustain vital relationships with campus partners on all matters pertaining to graduate students
- Recognize graduate student needs and work with campus administration to fulfill those needs
- Facilitate the creation and continuation of AGS Programs and Events
VP of Internal Affairs
- Represent graduate and professional student interests to all on-campus entities that affect students’ needs and rights, such as the Student Health Insurance Advisory Committee
- Chair the Internal Committee, which advocates on behalf of graduate students
- With the President, serve as a primary advocate on issues of campus housing, health care, parking, mental health, and campus climate
- Coordinate programs related to Internal Affairs
VP of External Affairs
- Chair the External Committee which advocates at the systemwide and national levels on behalf of UCI graduate students
- Maintain relationships with local, state, and national legislators representing UCI Students
- Educate students on issues affecting graduate education at the local and national level
- Lobby on behalf of UCI students at our local offices as well as Capitol Hill
VP of Financial Affairs
- Provide oversight and allocates AGS resources in various graduate and professional student funding requests for travel, projects, and finance programs
- Oversee the Finance Committee
- Represent graduate students on fees and referendums at the executive level.
VP of Social Affairs
- Work with the Social Committee to bring social and cultural events and programming to the graduate and professional student community
- Oversee efforts to bring a wide variety of programming to students
- Represent graduate student’ interests and needs on planning committees for campus-wide events like Graduate Student Orientation
- Plan outreach programs and events that support graduate students’ health and well-being, academic success, and social lives
VP of Administrative Affairs
- Work the Campus Communications Director to ensure important issues and information are brought to the graduate community
- Appoint graduate student representatives to external committees like UCI’s Academic Senate
- Ensure transparency by keeping Council attendance and representation records
- Manage AGS’s documentation including legislation, meeting agendas and minutes, governing documents, meeting calendar and website
- Chair a Constitution Revision Committee when necessary