Crystal Choi runs for Student ally on basic needs
Campus junior Crystal Choi is running for ASUC student advocate on a platform based on improving access to basic needs and accommodations, increasing the visibility of the Student Advocate Office, or just SAO, On campus and securing a wider range of helpful student life.
Choi, A person in the SAO since her freshman year, Now is the office's external chief of staff. If elected to the scholar advocate position, Choi said she hopes to expand the work the SAO does in empowering student voices and making campus a more fair and equitable place. Choi said the three pillars of her campaign platform include profitability and justice in conduct and academic processes, answerability and community engagement and expanding learning accommodations.
She also noted value of equal access to student resources and how her experience in the SAO has equipped her with the proper tools to achieve these goals as student advocate.
"The issues and obstacles that students face here don affect all communities quite as, Choi considered that.
If elected to the student advocate position, Choi stated that she hopes to boost SAO's visibility on campus through more creative outreach efforts. Choi said she wants to empower a more diverse group of students working on the job as well, In order to increase the office's capability to serve historically disadvantaged communities.
optimize diversity within the SAO, work recently acquired stipends, in order to Choi. Choi noted that this permits students from underprivileged financial backgrounds who would otherwise have to work elsewhere to support employment at the SAO.
"i really believe that every student should be guaranteed the chance to pursue their studies in an environment that supports them, Choi supposed.
another of Choi's main goals is to boost student access to university housing, Especially for students who are unable to return home during school breaks.
She added that the SAO has been trying to institutionalize winter break housing and to hold the university answerable for not providing access during that time.
"This is in which we can't just be scrambling to get for students on a case by case basis, Choi understood.
Recently Choi has been working within the academic division of the SAO in an effort to better support students who are as a result of issues related to COVID 19 and increase faculty accountability.
Choi added that professors have an obligation to [-censured-=https://www.pinterest.com/charmingdate/]charmingdate review[/-censured-] provide their students with resources such as lecture recordings for immunocompromised students due to the ongoing pandemic.
"It's really not acceptable to keep the status quo just because it something we been doing for a long period, Choi claims.