Spectrum Center's Programming Board is a volunteer leadership opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students who represent a diverse array of identities and experiences. Programming Board plans their own events and supports Spectrum Center signature events and theme weeks such as Pride Prom, Trans Day of Visibility, and Gender Affirming Clothing Closet.
Dedicated to the LGBTQ+ student community
This group of student leaders play a critical partnership role with the Spectrum Center that helps focus the work to be authentically student-driven and ensures direct access to some of Spectrum Center's resources during the event planning and hosting process. Spectrum Center values student input and works with the Programming Board to determine needs on campus while providing professional development opportunities to members.
Programming Board shares Spectrum Center’s programmatic pillars of
- Building and Celebrating Community
- Education, Transformation, and Capacity Building
- Wellness, Belonging, and Success
- Enacting Justice, Equity, and Liberation
These pillars are reflected in the board’s structure, functioning, and initiatives.
Get involved with Programming Board
We're looking for students who care about equity, social change, and skill-building to push our organization forward and hold events that uplift our community. To apply for 2024-25, complete our application.
Past events organized by Programming Board have included Pride Prom, Gender-Affirming Clothing Closet, Trans Day of Visibility, International Pronouns Day, HIV Awareness Day, and wellness/de-stress events. The group also collaborates with other student organizations and departments across the university.
Qualifications
Any University of Michigan student can apply to join the Programming Board team, no matter your year or discipline! Equitable representation and centering those at the margins of the margins are core to our work—we encourage graduate, nontraditional, first-generation, and BIPOC students to apply.
Commitment
Programming Board, a group of about 15 students, meets weekly during the school year and hosts an average of one event per month. Meetings, generally an hour in length, are used to set goals, strategize, plan events, and perform evaluations. Meeting structures and distribution of work are decided based on group preferences and timely priorities, and from time to time the group may plan additional meetings and asynchronous check-ins as needed for large projects. Members are expected to regularly attend Programming Board events.
Skill strengthening
There will be opportunity to develop or strengthen a number of skills, including:
- Working with intersectionality as a major value
- Being socially conscious
- Self-reflection
- Collaborative work
- Effective communication
- Strategic planning
- Budgeting
- and more!
Depending on your goals, Programming Board can also be a resume builder, creative outlet, or an opportunity for intentional social engagement with a close-knit group of your peers.
Have any questions?
Contact [email protected] with any questions about the Programming Board as an entity, applying, or other related topics.