Associated Students, Chico

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Associated Students, Chico
AbbreviationAS. Chico
Formation1942
Headquarters548 West Second Street, Chico, California, United States  95929-0750
Membership
17,488
President
Breanna Holbert
Executive Vice President
Jennifer Mendoza
Vice President of Business and Finance
Austin Lapic
Vice President of Facilities and Services
Kaylee Biedermann
Key people
Jamie Clyde, Executive Director, Jon Slaughter, Director of AS Programs and Government Affairs
Main organ
Board of Directors
Affiliations CSSA, AOA, and ACUI
Website aschico.com

Associated Students, Chico [1] (AS.) is the student government at California State University, Chico. With assets of over $19 million and annual revenue over $20 million, Associated Students, Chico is one of the largest non-profit organizations in Northern California [2] Associated Students, Chico is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public-benefit corporation with 17,488 [3] members. The organization owns and operates several student services on-campus including all vending machines, and foodservices, as well as the campus bookstore. The students of CSU Chico also own their own student union building named the Bell Memorial Union which houses the Marketplace Cafe, the AS Bookstore, and the student government offices.

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The Associated Students Bylaws provide that student officers are elected annually from among and by the students. [4] Students are assessed a mandatory Activity Fee at registration which funds the student government and other programs.

The AS. is generally divided into three areas, each the responsibility of one of three Associated Students standing committees. The AS' role as a government is manifested in the Government Affairs Committee. The student union is administered under the original authority of the Bell Memorial Union Committee. The administration of the businesses is under the original authority of the Business Committee. All of these areas are under the ultimate authority of the AS Board of Directors.

Associated Students, Chico is a dues paying member of the California State Student Association, the Auxiliary Organizations Association, and the Association of College Unions International .

Board of directors

The Associated Students Board of Directors is composed of the four elected student executives, the two elected student directors, one faculty member jointly appointed by the AS and the university president, and two university vice presidents. All activity of the organization is ultimately under the direction of the board. Any action of any of the three standing committees of the board may be overturned only by a 2/3+1 vote of the board.

Student government

The students of CSUC are represented on campus and in the community by the student government. The AS President is elected annually and generally supervises all elected and appointed officers. The Government Affairs Committee comprises the elected student officers. In fall 2014, the Student Academic Senate was established under the Government Affairs Committee to provide for college specific representation.

Executives, Directors and Commissioners

Student Academic Senators

Councils & Committees

Activity Fee funded programs

Student union

There are several programs run by the students, under the original jurisdiction of the AS Bell Memorial Union Committee.

Recreation programs

Services

Student businesses

There are several commercial enterprises run by the students, under the original jurisdiction of the AS Businesses Committee.

AS Bookstore

AS Dining Services

Organizational administration

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References

  1. "Chico Enterprise-Record Big sweat: Chico State's Wildcat Recreation Center doing booming business". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
  2. Associated Students, Chico Annual Report 2017-2018
  3. CSUC Fact Book
  4. AS Chico Bylaws

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