Student Leadership Opportunities

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• Ambassador: An admissions ambassador has the privilege and responsibility of representing Azusa Pacific University to prospective students and families, hosting them during their stay and contributing to their positive experience on campus.
• Ambassador Lead: An ambassador lead has the responsibility of leading a group of freshmen ambassadors through their year in the program, guiding them through what it looks like to represent Azusa Pacific University to prospective students and families. Since all leads have previously been ambassadors, they are responsible for sharing their advice and expertise with their groups, and act as the point person for their group of ambassadors.

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• Alpha Coordinator (Orientation Coordinator): Provides mentorship, guidance, and support for a group of Alpha leaders. Alpha Coordinators also play an integral role in the implementation of August training, Welcome Weekend, and new-student events.
  • Must have served in Alpha Leader position prior to application.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Alpha Intern (Orientation Intern): The primary responsibilities of the Alpha Intern are to support, plan, and implement leadership training, Welcome Weekend, Alpha Program meetings, group retreats, new-student events.
  • Must have served in Alpha Coordinator position prior to application.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Alpha Leader (Orientation Leader): Alpha Leaders assist new students in their transition to APU by providing support and guidance through Welcome Weekend and weekly meetings throughout the Fall semester. Each Alpha Leader is given a small group of incoming first-year and transfer students to mentor, support, and connect to the APU community.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Campus Event Intern: Campus event interns have the opportunity to plan, coordinate, and execute events such as concerts, dances, open mic nights, and more, with the hope that these events will create spaces where students can build friendships and feel a sense of belonging.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Graphic Design Intern: Provides graphic design support to the Office of Campus Life.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Campus Recreation Intern: Organizes intramural sports and tournaments for APU students, faculty, and staff over the course of the school year.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Social Media Intern: Provides social media support to the Office of Campus Life, and manages the Campus Life Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.
• Transitions Intern: Provides opportunities, programming, resources, and points of connection among second-year and transfer students to connect students to the APU community.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor; generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.

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All positions generally NOT compatible with Alpha Leader and RA, though exceptions can be made for returning SLAs.

• Community Advancement Programs (CAP) Assistant: The CAP Assistant will support the overall functions of CAP office and programs, including administration and data tracking, communication and check-ins with student site staff, recruitment, hiring/onboarding and collaborative projects to strengthen and expand the community advancement programs and student staff team.
• Community Advancement Programs (CAP): Community and Student Site Coordinator: The Community and Student Site Coordinator will support the overall functions of the CAP office and programs, including planning, scheduling, communication and check-ins with student site staff, recruitment, hiring/onboarding and collaborative projects to strengthen and expand the community advancement programs and student staff team. Primary duties will include serving as coordinator and liaison for the Azusa Reads/Writes/Counts (ARWC) tutoring program and student team at the Azusa City library.
• Service-Learning Advocate (SLA): Education Liaison: Act as a liaison between APU faculty, staff, students, and community partners in the design and implementation of school based service-learning projects. Oversee logistics of EDLS 405 Diversity in the Classroom (the course involved with the C.H.A.M.P. program), as well as APU Visit Day and the C.H.A.M.P. graduation ceremony.
• Service-Learning Advocate (SLA): SL Events Liaison: Act as a liaison between APU faculty, staff, students, and community partners in the design and implementation of service-learning projects. Co-Lead planning and execution of major service-learning projects and departmental events.
• Service-Learning Advocate (SLA): School of Business and Management (SBM) Liaison: Act as a liaison between APU faculty, staff, students, and community partners in the design and implementation of service-learning projects. Serve as lead liaison on service-learning courses within the School of Business and Management.

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• Commuter Intern: The primary role of the commuter intern is to serve the commuter student population by creating opportunities that bring about a sense of community and act as a bridge to the greater APU campus. The intern serves as a leader among the Commuter Life Assistant Program staff in planning and marketing commuter events as well as helping manage the services and resources provided to commuter students.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor, but generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions.
• Commuter Life Assistant (CLA): The Commuter Life Assistant Program matches commuter students with a Commuter Life Assistant, who provides guidance and support while creating opportunities for commuters to meet each other and learn about APU resources and services. The primary goals of a CLA are to help commuter students adjust to life as APU students, and engage them with academic and personal development opportunities. Commuter Life Assistants are also responsible for working shifts in the APU Student Union, which is the commuter-centric space on campus.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor, but generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions.

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• The Honors College Mentoring Program’s mission is to foster community within the Honors College by connecting freshmen with sophomores and upperclassmen mentors to create intercohort fellowship. There are opportunities to serve as a Mentoring Coordinator or Honors Mentor.

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• Resident Advisor: The Resident Advisor (RA) internship provides a living and learning experience for the undergraduate student who desires to grow in a unique manner while serving residential students in our on-campus living areas. The RA experience offers students a live-in leadership position that combines intensive training and practical experience in the areas of interpersonal relationships, counseling referral, confrontation and conflict management, spiritual formation, diversity, personal development, activities programming, and administrative responsibilities.
  • Generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions due to summer training conflicts, though some exceptions can be made at the discretion of the Office of Residence Life.
  • Seek supervisor approval before working up to 15 hours per week in an additional job, internship, or volunteer position.

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Spiritual Life Administration and Operations

Each position is compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor, but generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.

• Finance and Operations Intern: The Finance and Operations Intern leads customer service efforts, processes payments and donations, and help our team with general Spiritual Life operations projects. They may also help create payment plans, work with office accounting software, manage financial databases, and contribute to the university-wide processes and policies related to finance.
• Marketing Intern: Marketing Interns market all Spiritual Life programs, services, and opportunities. They serve as graphic designers, social media managers, event planners, storytellers , blog writers, customer service reps, and more. As a team, marketing interns work together to raise awareness of Spiritual Life opportunities, increase student engagement, and tell the story of what God is doing in and through students on and off-campus.
• Spiritual Life Requirement Intern: Spiritual Life Requirement Interns work with our team to care for and assist students through the chapel and service requirement processes. Interns help welcome and scan students in and out of chapel, lead customer service efforts in the office, maintain emails and databases, and much more! This is a great role for students who like administrative work and want to get out of their comfort zone to serve students in a personal way.

Office of Chapel and Pastoral Care

• Chapel Band Member: Members of Chapel Band serve as the primary facilitators of music worship in chapel. Students interested in helping lead music worship and other corporate worship elements in chapel are welcome to apply for team leader, vocalist, and/or instrumentalist positions in Chapel Band.
• Generally compatible with other jobs, internships, and student leadership positions, but NOT compatible with Resident Advisor, Alpha Coordinator, Alpha Intern, or Alpha Leader.
• Undergraduate Interns: Undergraduate interns serve the Spiritual Life and are the office’s primary liaisons to chapel speakers. They also help coordinate production details to ensure the successful execution of morning chapels, and provide support to Spiritual Life professional staff.
  • Generally compatible with other jobs, internships, and student leadership positions, but NOT compatible with Alpha Coordinator, Alpha Intern, or Alpha Leader.
• Service and Leadership Team (SALT)
  • Kaleo SALT: This student leadership team contributes to the worship experience of Kaleo chapel through creativity, artistic expression, and logistical support.
    • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor

Office of Service and Discipleship

Each position is compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor, but generally NOT compatible with other leadership positions, though exceptions can be made.

• Global Engagement Student Ministry Coordinator: The Global Engagement SMC collaborates with the Global Engagement program coordinator to recruit, train, and mobilize students toward short-term service trips over the fall, spring, and summer breaks. Responsibilities include interviewing and selecting leaders, planning and implementing training retreats, and overseeing specific teams’ overall development and logistics.
• Local Engagement Student Ministry Coordinator: The Local Engagement SMC oversees specific ministry partnerships as a part of the Local Engagement team. Ministry responsibilities include recruiting, training, and leading volunteers in the SMC’s designated ministry site(s).
• Discipleship Ministry Intern: The Discipleship Ministry (D-Groups and/or Mentoring) Intern provides support and leadership to Discipleship Ministries programming in order to make relational discipleship opportunities accessible for undergraduate APU students. The intern supports program logistics for the D-Groups or Mentoring ministry through promotion, recruiting, training, planning, organizing, coaching, and database management

• Discipleship Crew Leader: The primary responsibilities of this student leadership team are to provide training, resources, and ongoing support for D-group leaders and peer mentors.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader and Peer Mentor
• D-Group Leader: D-Group Leaders are responsible for building community and fostering spiritual growth in the context of a small group of undergraduate APU students. They are deeply committed to their own discipleship to Jesus, have strong social skills, and are able to engage students from a wide variety of theological, racial, political, and cultural backgrounds with humility, empathy, and respect.
  • Compatible with most student leadership positions
• Peer Mentor: A peer mentor is a junior or senior who is willing to walk alongside a freshman or sophomore student for the purpose of discipleship. This unique mentoring relationship is an opportunity for students to engage in dialogue about faith and life, and to experience consistent encouragement and support from another Christian as they grow together in relationship with Christ.
  • Compatible with most student leadership positions

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• GEN1 Scholars Ambassadors: The Student Ambassador Program is a leadership program that offers GEN1 Scholars an opportunity to represent our student population, promote community, and coordinate events. Student Ambassadors serve as mentors by supporting GEN1 Scholars throughout their college experience.

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• President: The president is elected by the student body and is the spokesperson, advocate, and visionary for SGA. The president provides direction, vision, and accountability to the entire team.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader
• Vice President: The vice president, elected by the student body, oversees operations for the SGA team. The vice president works closely with the president to provide direction to the team and is responsible for maintaining the SGA office space.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader
• Controller: The controller is elected by the student body to manage SGA’s finances and determine and maintain SGA’s annual budget.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader
• Director of Finance: The Director of Finance is appointed by the SGA President to manage SGA’s finances and maintain SGA’s annual budget. The Director of Finance also oversees the distribution and analysis of SGA’s annual survey.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader
• Director of Communication: The Director of Communication is appointed by the president to oversee and manage the Public Relations Committee, which provides external communication between SGA and the student body.
  • Compatible with D-Group Leader
• Senators: Senators are a liaison between the student body and APU administration, faculty, and staff. Senators use feedback from the student body to advocate for and create initiatives that will improve the undergraduate student experience.
  • Compatible with SALT and D-Group Leader
• Strategists: Strategists are members of the Public Relations Committee, which provides external communication between SGA and the student body. Strategists are responsible for content creation and communication, which is posted on a variety of media platforms.
  • Compatible with SALT and D-Group Leader
• Representatives: Representatives are first-year students (transfers or freshmen) who serve as liaisons between the student body and APU administration, faculty, and staff. Representatives use feedback from the student body to advocate for and create initiatives that will improve the undergraduate student experience.
  • Compatible with SALT and D-Group Leader

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• Peer Educator Intern: More than 90 percent of APU students report being overwhelmed in the past 12 months, and more than 50 percent report feeling hopeless at times. Many people suffer alone and do not want to reach out for help. The Peer Educator Program aims to address this problem by raising awareness, reducing stigma, and equipping the APU community with wellness resources.
• Can be compatible with other leadership opportunities if arrangements are made for summer training conflicts.