VP Associated Students Intern

My daily tasks consisted of office hours with students that were held in the Centers on campus (VU 7th Floor), responding to emails from administrators and students, and representing the interest of students in all applicable spaces. The Centers space that I held my office hours in is home to the Ethnic Student Center, Blue Resource Center (Serves our Undocumented, DACA and Mixed Status Students on Campus), LGBTQ+ Western and the Disability Access Center. This past quarter I focused my work on quite a few areas. I had previously worked with our Survivor Advocacy Center on campus during my previous term as the VP for Diversity. During this term, I focused on working with the director to increase events held on campus. I had gotten feedback from students requesting some in-person activities. This can be tricky due to the center not wanting survivors or community members to feel as if they attended an event, they would be publicly labeled as a survivor of sexual abuse or domestic violence. A great solution was found by myself and the director to hold yoga sessions on campus with an instructor that had a background in trauma therapy. The event was well attended and received positive feedback. The Center also made an effort to table on campus more so students would be more aware that services like the Survivor Advocacy Center is available to students.