OFFICE OF THE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT
Office Mission
The Office of the Academic Affairs Vice President (AAVP) is an office under the Executive Cabinet tasked with providing students with academic support in various types of programming, like meeting with the Academic Senate, bridging the gap between professors and students, inviting educational speakers, spreading awareness of campus resources, highlighting higher education, and more. As an office, we hope to genuinely enrich the academic experience and support the career choices of undergraduate students at UCI.
Under Article VII, Section 2.e. of the ASUCI Constitution, the Academic Affairs Vice President:
- Strives to cultivate student leadership by raising awareness about the diverse and dynamic academic opportunities on campus, providing avenues of learning outside the classroom, and empowering students to be advocates of the academic life here at UC Irvine;
- Represents the Associated Students on those matters relating to the educational quality at UCI;
- Serves as the ASUCI representative to the Academic Senate;
- Creates and oversees a commission of Academic Senate representatives, subject to appointment and removal of representatives by the Joint Committee on Student Representatives;
- Consults with the Academic Senate officers regarding the appointment of student representatives to the Academic Senate Committees; and
- Develops and maintains ASUCI programs relating to the academic enrichment for the undergraduate student body.
Shreyas Chandramouli (he/him)
2024-2025 Academic Affairs Vice President
academicvp@asuci.uci.edu
- Increase student access to necessary academic resources by promoting collaborations with the UCI Libraries and university resources, handouts, and outreach.
- Increase student input to academic councils discussing AI by ensuring student concerns are understood, and constant updates are published on the current status of those discussions.
- Ease Transfer/International Student concerns regarding unit transfers by promoting increased transparency within academic counselling units within all schools.
- Invite Speakers from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds to UCI to encourage greater student participation and sense of belonging.
- Promote engagement between students and university leadership to ensure that the divide between faculty and students remains as small as possible.
- Promote engagement between alumni and students by hosting events that discuss career paths, possible job opportunities, and personal stories.
Learn more about our office goals here.
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