Engineering Student Council

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The Engineering Student Council (ESC) represents the interests of SEAS students.

[edit] Composition

The council is composed of 30 positions, detailed as follows:

• Executive Board

General Council President: Peter Valeiras

VP - Policy: Prish Dunstan

VP - Intergroup: Lauren Minches

VP - Student Life: Huei Ong

Secretary: Whitney Green

• Policy Representatives

Student Services Representative: Emma Lebwohl

Academic Affairs Representative: Boris Mindzak

Pre-Professional and Alumni Affairs Representative: Eric Hirani

• Senior Class Council

Class President - Kim Manis

Vice President - Erin Svokos

Representative - James Tsai

Representative - Krissie Zambrano

• Junior Class Council

Class President - Heather Lee

Class Vice President - Lili Gu

Representative - Gunnar Aasen

Representative - Kelly Chen

• Sophomore Class Council

Class President - Kamal Yechoor

Class Vice President - Chris Elizondo

Representative - Albert Miller

Representative - Dana Ibarra

• First-Year Class Council

Class President - Derrick Fu

Class Vice President - Jessica Wu

Representative - Judy Kim

Representative -

• Council liaisons

CCSC Liaison - Kimberley Lipman-White

Barnard Liaison - Sophie Chu

GSSC Liaison - Epsita Hoque

• Director of Technology - Kenny Rivera
• University Senators

Senator - Rajat Roy

Senator - Timur Dykhne

[edit] Co-sponsorships

Any club that includes SEAS students or wants to hold an event that will include SEAS students can apply for ESC co-sponsorship. Applications must be submitted by 6pm on Friday to be considered at the next ESC meeting. Email VP Intergroup Daniel Wong at dsw2107@columbia.edu for more info. Always fill the application out in full and with as much information as possible.

• Segregate all costs to avoid ambiguity:

Instead of "Decorations & Food - $500", write "Decorations - $200, Food - $300".

• When asking co-sponsorship from CCSC, ESC, SGA and GSSC, always ask in ratio (3:1:2:0.9) unless you have a specific reason against asking in ratio.

Instead of "ESC - $500, CCSC - $500", write "ESC - $250, CCSC - $750".

[edit] Internal elections

Adam Goldberg's proposal

The ESC internally elects executive board members, including the president. This has been the subject of much controversy over the years. The election rules can only be altered during the annual constitutional review. Several council members have proposed amendments calling for direct elections, so far none have been approved. Several years ago, someone accused the ESC of being insular and that it was only electing current council members to E-board positions. The ESC is also widely criticized by campus news sources such as Bwog and Spectator for holding internal elections.

[edit] Contact

You can email the council at esc@columbia.edu

[edit] External links

• ESC website