Engineering Student Council

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

Composition

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

  • Executive Board
General Council President: Elizabeth Strauss
VP - Policy: Prish Dunstan
VP - Intergroup: Daniel Wong
VP - Student Life: Kim Manis
Secretary: Krissie Zambrano
  • Policy Representatives
Student Services Representative: Peter Valeiras
Academic Affairs Representative: Samantha Wilner
Pre-Professional and Alumni Affairs Representative: James Tsai
  • Senior Class Council
Class President - Eash Cumarasamy
Vice President - Shreyans Khemka
Representative - Jessica Aspis
Representative - Amy Lin
  • Junior Class Council
Class President - Warren Reed
Class Vice President - Erin Svokos
Representative - Lauren Minches
Representative - Sam John
  • Sophomore Class Council
Class President - Heather Lee
Class Vice President - Lili Gu
Representative - Gunnar Aasen
Representative - Kelly Chen
  • First-Year Class Council
Class President - Kamal Yechoor
Class Vice President - Mike Wymbs
Representative - Jiaying Xu
Representative - Dana Ibarra
  • Council liaisons
CCSC Liaison - Ken Yearwood
Barnard Liaison - Rajat Roy
GSSC Liaison - Whitney Green
Senior Senator - Sumeet Shah
Junior Senator - Amit Bedi

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".

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.

Contact

You can email the council at esc@columbia.edu

External links