Webinar: Golden Eagles Grow – Cal State–LA’s approach to Student Employee and Board Development  

Learn how California State University–Los Angeles University-Student Union (U-SU) develops annual student trainings for both board of directors and student employees. The U-SU provides unified student trainings to kick off the fall semester to the 100 student employees across six departments and eight student board members. Through the Union-Student Employee Training (U-SET) and board development, students build community with each other, gain a stronger understanding of the U-SU, and build leadership and professional skills. Through these trainings and the adoption of Golden Eagles GROW (Guided Reflection on Work), our student employees and board members receive consistent development opportunities to prepare them for their careers.  

About the Presenters

• Jasmine Heredia is a new professional at the University-Student Union at California State University–Los Angeles. She oversees the board of directors by serving as the recording secretary. Through this role, she helps facilitate board development workshops and conducts one-on-one meetings with the chair and vice chair every week. Prior to California State University–Los Angeles , Jasmine held various leadership roles at another institution, such as coordinating signature programs, event surveys, and collaborating with campus partners. resulting in her passion for higher education and student unions.  
•  Chris Balam serves as director of recreation at California State University–Los Angeles in the University-Student Union. In this role, Chris oversees all recreation facilities, programming, and staff. Additionally, he serves as the program coordinator for a five-year NIH-funded research grant at California State University–Los Angeles, Parishes and Parks. In this program, he leads students in implementing physical activity programs with the aim of improving the physical activity rates in the East Los Angeles community. Outside of work, he enjoys playing basketball, hiking and surfing whenever he gets the chance.  
• Fabiola Avina serves as the director of the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) at California State University–Los Angeles University-Student Union. She has been the campus for more than three years and has been in student engagement roles for over 10 years. CSI supports student engagement through student organizations, campus-wide programs, and leadership development programs. Additionally, she helps to lead the student employee training for the U-SU as well as helping facilitate student leader elections for the U-SU and ASI boards.  

ACUI Core Competencies

• Organizational Leadership 
• Student Learning 

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand California State University–Los Angeles U-SU student training model and how to align it with the mission and strategic priorities of their campus  
• Describe how the trainings are tailored to meet the needs of different groups (role and department, returning or new) and the impact they have on their professional growth and community building  
• Understand how to incorporate student feedback into the planning of the student trainings to ensure engagement and retention  
• Understand the Iowa GROW framework and implementation and how to incorporate this in their own campus 

Registration Details

• Individual at Premium or Full Tier Member Campus: Free
• Individual at Digital Tier Member Campus – $20
• Individual at Nonmember Campus – $50

Each person who wants access to event or resources following event should register individually. Members must be associated with the correct campus account to receive the $0 rate, where applicable; please contact acui@acui.org with questions or issues.