Student Coordinator Application
Student Coordinators will learn job-related skills and the importance of working cross culturally, collaborating across campus, communication, and personality/working styles. Student Coordinators ground our office and keep us connected to the student experience at CSUMB. In addition, Student Coordinators enhance the OC3 by being campus experts on ethnic, sexual orientation, class, age, gender, religious, ability, generational, and identity dimensions concerning student development experiences. Every year, student coordinators take on these leadership roles with their own special set of interests and skills and able to shape the types of events OC3 is hosting. As a Student Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to create campus programming that you want to see on our campus!
Under the direct supervision of the Cross-Cultural Center Director and Program Coordinator, the Student Coordinator (SC) is responsible for directly overseeing one of the main OC3 programmatic areas (listed below), serving as a general OC3 representative to the public, an ambassador of the Otter Student Union, as well as collaborating with larger scale programs in conjunction with the OC3 professional staff. The positions are a commitment for one academic year (Fall and Spring).
Put your passion into practice and become an OC3 Student Coordinator, apply today!
Applications are due April 6th, 2025
Sustainability & Wellness
Sustainability efforts and create innovative ways to enrich the wellbeing of CSUMB students through self-care and community care programs. Sustainability & Wellness goal is to better inform and connect campus groups on events and issues around sustainability, diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, and wellness. The SC assigned to this area is responsible for helping create and plan events that increase the campus community knowledge around sustainability efforts of the campus and society. In the past, these events may have included: Sustainability Week, Mindful Madness, Social Justice Happy Hour, and Healing Spaces. Additionally, the SC will serve on the President’s Committee on Sustainability as well as the subcommittee, the President’s Committee on Sustainability and Social Justice, and act as a liaison to the Office of Sustainability.
Community Arts
The student coordinator in this role utilizes art, including but not limited to visual, performing, and auditory forms (i.e. film, photography, dance), as a medium to engage in cross-cultural interaction, education, and community building. The SC assigned to this programmatic area will be responsible for supporting design elements of Werk Witch Drag Show, Dia de los Muertos, Art walk Mercado and other events; cultivating passive programming; activating spaces within CSUMB; and coordinate relevant art for designated areas of the OC3 and the larger Otter Student Union. Duties include program development, logistical planning, recruitment, marketing and promotion, facilitating dialogues (if needed), and program evaluation.
Cultural Engagement
The student coordinator in this role is responsible for culturally sustaining programs. This position will serve as a liaison with our affinity student groups by helping to support, plan, and collaborate with their programs. Additionally, the SC who will possess this position will participate in the Ethnic Studies Planning Committee that meets with faculty and staff biweekly during the AY, as well as help plan programs related to the committee’s charge. The SC will assist with implementing these events and duties including logistical planning, marketing, event coordination, and evaluation. The SC is also responsible for helping develop and/or hosting pre/post small events /workshops to complement Signature Programs, Affinity Groups, and Affinity Months, etc. Additionally, the SC may plan special receptions for visiting speakers and performers.
Signature Programs
The Student Coordinator in this role will work directly with the OC3 professional staff with planning, coordinating, executing, and evaluating OC3 Signature Programs (Werk Witch, All Black Gala, Ignite! Social Justice Retreat, International Womxn’s Day, Affinity Celebrations Graduations, etc.), other large scale OC3 programs, as well as serve as a resource for other Student Coordinator programs and events. The SC position will also be an active member of the following planning committees: Werk Witch, All Black Gala, International Womxn’s Day, etc.) as well as will help organize the Otter Cross Cultural Center and act as a floater for other Student Coordinators’ events and programs. The SC is also responsible for helping develop and/or hosting pre/post small events /workshops to complement Cultural Engagement Programs, Affinity Groups, and Affinity Months, etc. Additionally, the SC may plan special receptions for visiting speakers and performers. Flexibility, adaptability, attention to detail, and excellent time management are required.
Social Justice (formerly Courageous Conversations)
The student coordinator in this role facilitates educational workshops and dialogues on a variety of topics related to diversity, equity, multiculturalism, and social justice in order to engage one’s authentic self, and/or identify practices that interrupt systems of oppression. The SC assigned to this area will be responsible for identifying social justice issues on campus and developing the tools to address them, partnering on dialogues with student affinity groups, facilitating LGBTQ2S+ Community Teach-In (students, faculty, and staff), hosting Social Justice Dialogues/Courageous Conversations in various platforms (i.e. workshops, radio show, book chats, etc.), along with being responsible for marketing, coordination, implementation, and evaluation. Strong research skills and academic honesty are crucial to provide constructive programs and educational workshops.
Affinity Student Group and Communication
The OC3 Affinity Groups and Assessment Student Coordinator plays an integral role on the OC3 team. They are responsible for being the liaison between OC3 and the Affinity Groups and the larger student body on campus. This role is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with Affinity Student Groups. This entails being the liaison between student groups and OC3 when student groups need support (i.e. aiding groups with group meetings, student group programming, etc.). The person assigned to this area is responsible for overseeing the email accounts for the Center, writing the weekly newsletter to increase publicity of both signature and student coordinator programs, creating and maintaining relationships with Affinity Student organizations, and coordinating details for Ignite! Social Justice Retreat. The person also works directly with the professional staff on event planning for the 9 Affinity Ceremonies.
Social Justice Scholars Program
The student staff in this role facilitates weekly meetings with the Social Justice Scholar cohort. In these meetings they will create educational workshops and dialogues on a variety of topics related to diversity, equity, multiculturalism, and social justice in order to engage one’s authentic self, and/or identify practices that interrupt systems of oppression. The Scholars assigned to this area will be responsible for identifying social justice issues on campus and developing the tools to address them, partnering on dialogues with student affinity groups, facilitating LGBTQ2S+ Community Teach-In (students, faculty, and staff), hosting Social Justice Dialogues/Courageous Conversations in various platforms (i.e. workshops, radio show, book chats, etc.), along with being responsible for marketing, coordination, implementation, and evaluation. Strong research skills and academic honesty are crucial to provide constructive programs and educational workshops.