About

The Public Affairs Student Association (PASA) is a student-run group at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. It is registered as an “official” student group, and receives funding from the Professional School Government (PSG) and from the Humphrey Dean’s Office.

The most important thing PASA does is distribute funding and plan events for the Humphrey Student body. PASA is given a budget of ~ $18,000 each year to distribute for social events, networking events, professional development workshops, speakers, and other programs for the benefit of the Humphrey community. PASA especially focuses on opportunities to connect students across degree programs, and to advance conversations about racial justice, gender justice, disability justice, both within the Humphrey School and within academia and public policy more broadly.

All Humphrey Students are PASA members, and are able to request PASA funding.

PASA is run by student volunteers, who are elected each year in the fall and spring. See the 2021-2022 roster of PASA representatives and officers here. These volunteers do things like manage the PASA budget, develop the PASA newsletter and website, plan and host events, and represent students to the administration by sitting on the various committees, including the Humphrey School's Equity and Inclusion Council, Curriculum Committee, Executive Council, and Alumni Board. For more details about each role, see the PASA Constitution.

See the "PASA Funding and Event Resources" section on the homepage for information!