Join Us
Come help us build a 21st-century student government.
As a student, you have countless ways to spend your time at Penn State.
If you want to make a deep, tangible impact by serving your fellow students, then we’d love for you to consider joining our team.
Open Positions
Excited by our mission but don’t see a position for you? Email us at outreach@upua.org
Fill out our Interest Form or follow our social medias located in our header for further and real-time updates on our open positions.
Executive Branch
The Executive branch focuses on executing initiatives and representing UPUA to the Penn State community.
No Open Positions (at this time)
Please contact Chief of Staff Devarakonda (svd5846@psu.edu) with any inquiries.
Legislative Branch
The Legislative body is the primary body working on initiatives, writing legislation, planning programming weeks, communicating initiatives to the student body, and organizing tabling.
No Open Positions (at this time)
Please contact Speaker Port (speaker@upua.org) with any inquiries.
Judicial Branch
The Judicial Board is responsible for overseeing internal disputes and the Elections process. We manage UPUA’s elections budget and help run debates and town halls during elections.
No Open Positions (at this time)
Please contact Chief of Justice Steach (hbs5467@psu.edu) with any inquires.
Annually, we host the UPUA Elections in March, and any undergraduate at University Park is eligible to run. We highly recommend that if you are interested in running in UPUA Elections, you may subscribe to our newsletter for the most up to date information.
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Community Group Seat:
Community group seats are given by the Judicial Board to groups on campus that represent communities that do not have representation in UPUA. They must represent an overarching community across Penn State and must have governing documents and an internal elections process. Community group seats include representatives such as the Performing Arts Council. If you would like to submit an application to establish a community group seat the application can be found here.
Our work empowers thousands of Penn State students.
810+ test prep books
given to students every year
750 LionCash+ food vouchers provided to students
500 bike safety lights
funded for student bikes
700 free school supply packs given to students
250 free Lyft rides
for students going to the airport
1 full bus funded
to take students to vote in 2020
IN THEIR WORDS
“I love UPUA because it’s a place where so many people with so many different experiences at Penn State and beyond come together. We work collaboratively and do amazing things that impact our community. I have met some of my best friends in the world through this organization!”
– Sydney Gibbard, UPUA 16th Assembly Speaker of the Assembly, UPUA 17th Assembly President