The Student Assembly holds regularly-scheduled elections twice a year; in the spring semester electing twenty students to represent the undergraduate student body, holding at-large, undergraduate college and identity-based seats; and in the fall to elect the Freshman and Transfer representatives, and fill any vacancies from the spring election.

Certain positions are reserved for members of a particular constituency: the Freshman representatives must be freshman students, the Transfer representative must be a new transfer student, and college/school-specific positions must be held by students enrolled in that particular college or school.