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Attempting to get my peers and classmates opinions to the student council is a burden I have no problem taking on. Attending meetings would be a chance for me to express how my classmates feel on certain topics and to see how the school is running and pitch in on any comments I agree or disagree with. Academically, I believe there would be an improvement in my grades since something such as being in student council is a gift and I would not be pleased with myself if my grades were the reason I was excused from homeroom representative. Therefore, I will do my best in my ability to make sure every student in Our Lady of the Lake will have a fun, safe, and exciting school

Since, arriving at Rowan University I became at-home with Rowan’s diversity and efforts to make an impact on not only its students, but the local residents living in Glassboro too. Early in the Fall semester, I tried-out for the school’s Rugby and Ultimate Frisbee athletic teams, and ran for the Student Government position of Freshmen class Senator. I was trying to find my niche at Rowan and I found it when I joined the Pre-Med, Medlife and Pre-health society clubs. In addition, I ran for another student government position, Senator At-Large. I was elected into student government on November 7th and since then, I have felt like an active member in Rowan’s community. I first learned that Residential Learning and University Housing was looking for students to fill new Residential Assistants positions in a Senate meeting. Additionally, I’m very keen in becoming a Residential Assistant.

Kappa Theta is known on campus for doing a yearly Fireman’s Challenge that generates the bulk of their philanthropic efforts and most recently creating the PIKE Club, which is a program where brothers of Kappa Theta will play basketball every week with students with disabilities on campus, which has tremendous participation. However, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life would like to see two major philanthropic efforts every year (one per semester). There has not been an effective transition so the chairmen are essentially recreating the position every year. In order to be most effective I would recommend the following:

Over the past year, I have been involved in several committees at the department and college levels. When I began my service at UDC, I was a member of the Faculty Senate for two years. This allowed me to learn the university culture and the importance of shared governance. Thereafter, the committees in which I volunteered to serve were, not only interdisciplinary and collaborative, but were those that served the needs of students. For example, in the past, I served as a member of the College of Arts and Sciences Grievance Committee which met as needed to resolve instructor/student conflicts. My colleagues on the Committee were representatives of every division in the College. The challenge of meeting the student’s needs as well as being

I wish they had spent more time with the financial services conference. It felt kind of rushed with tons of information. Also, need more antibacterial hand sanitizer in various areas of campus.

A student body that is diverse and engaged will spawn tremendous positive energy and foster a collaborative environment. That is the college atmosphere that I aspire to be a member of. “Who I am is complicated. What I am is a little easier. I'm a threat. I alter outcomes.” I‘m sorry I couldn’t resist. I am a big entertainment enthusiast, in particular the assemblies of Denzel Washington, and the above was a classic quote delivered by his adversary in the movie “The Equalizer”. Mr. Washington is an amazing artist, and a master of his craft. He lives his life to make a difference in others, and I try to emulate that.

The board members meet monthly and have a monotonous routine of voting and discussions, much of which has nothing to do with actually educating students. It seemed to me that they are slightly out of touch with the reality of the state of the education system at the school level. While educators worry about how to buy school supplies to teach students, the board members are receiving awards listening to presentations through rose-colored glasses.

Additionally, she works with the Extension Coordinator throughout the establishment process. • Chapter Consultants are employees of Kappa Kappa Gamma and young alumnae who oversee all areas of chapter management and programming, including the new member education period, officer elections and training, Initiation, and Recruitment. Chapter Consultants are responsible for developing strategies for growth and ongoing chapter education in key areas, including hazing prevention, membership expectations and responsibilities, and risk management. Additionally, they are trained specifically on topics regarding sisterhood development, chapter identity development, chapter operations, officer training, membership, and chapter responsibilities and expectations. For a new chapter at LIU Post, Kappa will provide two resident Chapter Consultants for at least the first two years. no. 11, continued • The Chapter Services Department at Kappa Kappa Gamma Headquarters provides daily operational support to chapters and advisers and serves as the centralized contact for chapter operational questions, communications, and training. This team also serves as the liaison to our campus-based partners. • The District Director and her team of Content Specialists will begin assisting the new chapter immediately. The District Director serves as the central point of contact and facilitates growth and support for the chapters and

Since the September 14 BOV Report, the Student Government Association (SGA) has been hard at work assessing and representing the concerns of the student body. SGA members have attended events such as the Student Activities and Engagement Open House, UMW’s Campus Roundtable Discussion with Governor McAuliffe's Civic Engagement Task Force, the Town and Gown Committee Meetings, and the UMW Young Alumni Council Meetings.

The minute I walked through the doors of Audubon High School I knew this would be a prodigious four years for me. There is a multitude of extraordinary students, teachers, counselors, and administrators that make our high school the way it is. Part of the reason Audubon High School is such a success is because of its student council. My intentions for student council is to help provide a safe place where students can comfortably speak their voice and be more involved in school functions.

Student council is iconic for being the face of a high school in addition to truly being the behind the scenes workers that maintain a school’s spirit. Constantly I see our student council striving to make everyday the best for Cactus High School and it inspires me to be the best I can be as an individual. I’ve always wanted to be a part of the community, yet I passed on the opportunities given to me in middle school and I regret that so much. High school is a new start for everybody so this year I want to focus on improving myself and Student council is the way for me to do that. I’ve always been somewhat quiet around my classmates and in return of my reserved attitude I’ve been able to listen to their ideas and had ideas myself. Student

Wow, that assembly was extremely interesting. I felt so inspired by their sleep inducing speeches and extremely confident stutter. The people I’m talking about, is of course the idiots who think they can win the nomination for Board of trustees(B.O.T). School politics are so easy to manipulate, for even the stupidest people. Here are some foolproof tactics to win at school politics. Firstly and probably most importantly, before I say this I must stress not to skip this step, is to volunteer for the position. This might seem extremely for the average reader but it is possible and armed with these foolproof tactics there is no way you could ever lose.

However, the one thing I foresee slipping is the focus group. Although, we have all come up with ten plus questions on our own to have a wider array of questions to ask and came up with the incentives, I don’t think all of us understand how a focus group works. It doesn’t help that none of us have been to or conducted a focus group within our college career. I don’t think as a whole, we know how to market this to the university. This being said, I feel it’s beneficial that both Kassidy and Alex are in the sorority/ fraternity life, thus having a variety of students at our hands to participate in our focus group. The only problem I have with this, is that since some of them will be friends or at least know each other, they won’t be as honest due to them being embarrassed or something along those lines. Nonetheless, since I have never been to a focus group, I am unaware if this happens no matter if you pick 12 people who never met before or not, so I’m not sure if this should be a concern. Having said all this, yes it is awesome to have friends help and hear their opinions on projects, but so are random people. I just hope we don’t get too caught up only marketing to the sorority/ fraternity people and forget about the other students who would be more than willing to help

I attended the University of Pittsburgh Student Government Board (SGB) meeting on November 10, 2015, to see first-hand how task oriented groups function. There was a presentation after the SGB meeting about the University Strategic Plan, soliciting suggestions for the implementation phase of the plan.

My experience reaching out to another collage wasn’t the easiest task, but finally I was able to reach a student from Saint Paul tech. I went in on two separate days, one just to see if I could establish a foot stone for a senate to senate activity, also to ask questions about the student fee charter and its format. We have been having issues with ours at Century College, with respects to staff/faculty involvement. The information I obtained wasn’t helpful, it seems that campus senate leans heavily onto its staff for support and structure. Unlike our campus, we have a strong set of voices and it shows through our team efforts. I then went to their full senate meeting. Where they have club reps come in