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Associated Students of Berkeley City College (ASBCC)

The Associated Students of Berkeley City College (ASBCC) is the representative student government for Berkeley City College. It is a 15-member council consisting of the President, the Vice President of Administration, the Vice President of Programs, the Vice President of Public Relations, the Vice President of Finance, the Secretary, and nine senators. Additionally, there is a Judicial Council consisting of the Chief Justice and four supporting Justices.

The role of this organization is to empower the student voice on campus through active participation in shared governance meetings, increase club participation, and assist students in reaching their goals at Berkeley City College.

Elections for the Associated Students of Berkeley City College are every spring semester with all positions open to candidates — except the Judicial Council and Secretary. The Judicial Council and the Secretary positions are both appointed positions which are selected by the Executive Council.

Meetings are held every Thursday between 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm in Room 57. The agenda for each meeting is finalized and uploaded here 72 hours in advance of that scheduled meeting date.In order to have your agenda item on the agenda, you must send the agenda item requests to:

yahJohnson@peralta.edu & bcc-assecretary@peralta.edu by 10 am the Friday prior to the ASBCC meeting you would like to be on.  Please note that not all requests will be added to the agenda due to time constraints.

Council Membership

Associated Students of Berkeley City College Council 2023 / 2024

President
Himali KC
bcc-aspresident@peralta.edu

Vice President of Administration
Kenneth Rice

Vice President of Programs | Inter-Club Council Chairperson
Lorna Lee (Siew Ping Lee)

Vice President of Finance
Tenzin Jungney
 
Vice President of Public Relations
Benjamin Makaena Niihau-Ashby

Secretary
Kenny Ko

Senators
Hameed Alghaithi
Gianmarco Mazzella
Yale Tsai
Jennifer Vasquez
Kimiya Farzam
Parsa Faraji
Abdelrahman Yasin

Chief Justice
Michael Johnson

Justices
Ankit KC
Victoria Mapodile
Aryan Mahyavanshi
Lobsang Lungtok

ASBCC COUNCIL ADVISOR
Director of Student Activities & Campus Life
John Nguyen
johnnguyen@peralta.edu

Elections and Voting

Spring 2024 ASBCC Election Information

Spring 2024 Elections

Election Days – April 9 at 8am – April 10 by 5pm
Check back here for the link

Benefits of Joining ASBCC

  • Represent students in participatory governance.
  • Plan campus life events that improve the student experience.
  • Grow your network and develop professional relationships.
  • Leadership development and public speaking skills.
  • Travel to state and national conferences to represent students.
  • Gain experience and build your resume.
  • Opportunities to build leadership skills.

Requirements

  • A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA
  • Be enrolled in a minimum of five (5) semester units at Berkeley City College
  • Be in good standing with the College and District. Students on academic, progress and/or disciplinary probation CANNOT serve on the ASBCC.

Elections

Student Government Applications will be available starting: Tuesday, February 6th, 2024

Application Package deadline: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 at 5pm to the Office of Student Activities & Campus Life via Google Form.

Voting

Students will be able to vote online on: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 at 8am until Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 at 11:59pm.

Important Documents

Election Committee Meetings

Questions?

Office of Student Activities and Campus Life

John Nguyen, Associate Dean of Student Engagement & Basic Needs
johnnguyen@peralta.edu
Room 151
(510) 981-2877

Constitution, Bylaws, Codes, and Forms

Legislative Council (Senate)

About & Agendas, Minutes, and Related Documents

The Legislative Branch of the Associated Students of Berkeley City College (ASBCC) is composed of nine (9) officials elected every spring semester. As stated in the By-Laws of the ASBCC, each senator shall be assigned and appointed by the council president to a specific senatorial duty: Information and Organization Systems, Community Building, Campus Sustainability, Student Transfers, Academic Services, Primary Services, External Affairs, and two (2) Special Populations Senators. At the same time, they are required to attend two (2) BCC Shared Governance Committee Meetings, and to engage in or to start new projects.

Our goal is to increase student voice through effective representation, and creation of events and collaboration with clubs and the community that will enhance everyone’s community college experience.

Legislative Council Agendas, Minutes, and Related Documents

Judicial Council

About

Hello! We are the judicial council! We are the ones in charge of making sure that the Associated Students of Berkeley City College and Inter Club Council follows the necessary protocols for meetings and operations.

We also obsess over documents, many in our council are involved with the Documents committee,  where we try to make our vision of establishing institutional memory a reality by making the process of bureaucracy much more streamlined whether it’s through simplification of codes, or establishing cheat sheets and sending out updates.

ASBCC