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== Positions for Election == | == Positions for Election == | ||
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| − | * | + | * Student Body President: The President is responsible for facilitating the work of other members to build a strong and unified GS community, and representing the GS student body in official capacity. |
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| − | * Vice President of Student Life: VP Student Life chairs and oversees | + | * Vice President of Policy: VP Policy is responsible for the setting of the GSSC's policy goals and their implementation, and maintaining contact with student groups and organizations. |
| − | the Student Life committee in order to help facilitate | + | |
| − | councilmember programming. | + | * Vice President of Student Life: VP Student Life chairs and oversees the Student Life committee in order to help facilitate councilmember programming. |
* Vice President of Finance: VP Finance administers and regulates the budget of the GSSC, oversees allocations, and initiates Fundraising goals and programming. | * Vice President of Finance: VP Finance administers and regulates the budget of the GSSC, oversees allocations, and initiates Fundraising goals and programming. | ||
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* Vice President of Communications: VP Communications facilitates the GSSC's contact with the community and the Columbia administration, as well manages internal council communications. | * Vice President of Communications: VP Communications facilitates the GSSC's contact with the community and the Columbia administration, as well manages internal council communications. | ||
| − | * University Senator: The University Senator represents the School of General Studies within the University Senate, which is the main | + | * University Senator: The University Senator represents the School of General Studies within the University Senate, which is the main policy making body for the entire University. This is a 2-Year Position. |
| − | policy making body for the entire University. This is a 2-Year | ||
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| − | * Social Chair: The Social Chair is responsible for six events | + | * Social Chair: The Social Chair is responsible for six events throughout the academic year, in order to provide opportunities for GS students to get to know each other and be enriched by their community. |
| − | throughout the academic year, in order to provide opportunities for | ||
| − | GS students to get to know each other and be enriched by their | ||
| − | community. | ||
| − | * Academic Affairs and Committee on Instruction Representative: The | + | * Academic Affairs and Committee on Instruction Representative: The AACOI is responsible for providing opportunities to GS students to inform themselves about academic issues, and sits on the GS Committee on Instruction. The COI is a committee of faculty, students and administration that sets academic policy for GS. |
| − | AACOI is responsible for providing opportunities to GS students to | ||
| − | inform themselves about academic issues, and sits on the GS Committee on Instruction. The COI is a committee of faculty, students and administration that sets academic policy for GS. | ||
| − | * Alumni & Career Education Representative: The A&CCE Representative | + | * Alumni & Career Education Representative: The A&CCE Representative works with the CCE to proliferate career opportunities for GS students, and runs events that focus on post-graduation life. |
| − | works with the CCE to proliferate career opportunities for GS students, and runs events that focus on post-graduation life. | ||
* Student Services Representative: The Student Services Representative monitors student's concerns regarding basic University services, and acts on their behalf to improve these services and their delivery. | * Student Services Representative: The Student Services Representative monitors student's concerns regarding basic University services, and acts on their behalf to improve these services and their delivery. | ||
| − | * Senior Class President: The Senior Class President is responsible | + | * Senior Class President: The Senior Class President is responsible for representing the senior class, developing a class community and coordinating events for seniors with the Dean of Students Office and the Office of Alumni Affairs. |
| − | for representing the senior class, developing a class community and | ||
| − | coordinating events for seniors with the Dean of Students Office and | ||
| − | the Office of Alumni Affairs. | ||
| − | * Junior Class President: The Junior Class President is responsible | + | * Junior Class President: The Junior Class President is responsible for representing the junior class, and enriching its social life at Columbia. |
| − | for representing the junior class, and enriching its social life at | ||
| − | Columbia. | ||
| − | * Sophomore Class President: The Sophomore Class President is | + | * Sophomore Class President: The Sophomore Class President is responsible for representing the sophomore class, and enriching its social life at Columbia. |
| − | responsible for representing the sophomore class, and enriching its | ||
| − | social life at Columbia. | ||
| − | * Class Vice President: The four Class Vice Presidents assist a Class Presidents with is or her responsibilities. The Class Vice | + | * Class Vice President: The four Class Vice Presidents assist a Class Presidents with is or her responsibilities. The Class Vice Presidents vote only in absence of their respective class president, and only the 3 standing classes will be electing their |
| − | Presidents vote only in absence of their respective class president, and only the 3 standing classes will be electing their | ||
Vice-President. | Vice-President. | ||
| − | * Parent's Liaison: The Parent's Liaison represents GS parents and | + | * Parent's Liaison: The Parent's Liaison represents GS parents and seeks to answer their needs to the GSSC and to the Columbia administration as a whole. The Parents Liaison works to improve Columbia's services to our parent community. |
| − | seeks to answer their needs to the GSSC and to the Columbia | ||
| − | administration as a whole. The Parents Liaison works to improve | ||
| − | Columbia's services to our parent community. | ||
| − | * Student Workers Representative: The Student Workers Representative | + | * Student Workers Representative: The Student Workers Representative serves to enhance the social-life of working students, and to address issues of concern to the working student population. |
| − | serves to enhance the social-life of working students, and to | ||
| − | address issues of concern to the working student population. | ||
| − | * International Students Representative: The International Students | + | * International Students Representative: The International Students Representative serves to enhance the social-life of international students, and to address issues of concern to the international student population. |
| − | Representative serves to enhance the social-life of international | ||
| − | students, and to address issues of concern to the international | ||
| − | student population. | ||
| − | Delegates at Large: be assigned to and be members of either the | + | * Delegates at Large: be assigned to and be members of either the Policy, Student Life, Finance, or Communications committees, where they will fulfill all special assignments as delegated by the GSSC. Four such positions exist. Delegates at Large are non-voting members. |
| − | Policy, Student Life, Finance, or Communications committees, where | ||
| − | they will fulfill all special assignments as delegated by the GSSC. | ||
| − | Four such positions exist. Delegates at Large are non-voting | ||
| − | members. | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 22 March 2007
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This article documents a current event. Its contents are subject to rapid change. |
The 2007 General Studies Student Council Elections will take place online from April 12 to April 13, 2007.
Dates
- March 19th @ NOON - Candidate Submission Period Opens
- March 20th @ 6:00PM - Candidate Information Session, GS Lounge
- March 22nd @ NOON - Candidate Information Session, GS Lounge
- March 23rd @ NOON - Candidate Submission Forms Due, Period Closes
- March 26th - Campaigning Starts
- April 10th - Official Elections Debates (7:30, 5th Floor Lerner,
Satow Room)
- April 11th - Campaigning Ends
- April 12th - 13th - Online elections
Positions for Election
The following listings are from official GSSC literature.
- Student Body President: The President is responsible for facilitating the work of other members to build a strong and unified GS community, and representing the GS student body in official capacity.
- Vice President of Policy: VP Policy is responsible for the setting of the GSSC's policy goals and their implementation, and maintaining contact with student groups and organizations.
- Vice President of Student Life: VP Student Life chairs and oversees the Student Life committee in order to help facilitate councilmember programming.
- Vice President of Finance: VP Finance administers and regulates the budget of the GSSC, oversees allocations, and initiates Fundraising goals and programming.
- Vice President of Communications: VP Communications facilitates the GSSC's contact with the community and the Columbia administration, as well manages internal council communications.
- University Senator: The University Senator represents the School of General Studies within the University Senate, which is the main policy making body for the entire University. This is a 2-Year Position.
- Social Chair: The Social Chair is responsible for six events throughout the academic year, in order to provide opportunities for GS students to get to know each other and be enriched by their community.
- Academic Affairs and Committee on Instruction Representative: The AACOI is responsible for providing opportunities to GS students to inform themselves about academic issues, and sits on the GS Committee on Instruction. The COI is a committee of faculty, students and administration that sets academic policy for GS.
- Alumni & Career Education Representative: The A&CCE Representative works with the CCE to proliferate career opportunities for GS students, and runs events that focus on post-graduation life.
- Student Services Representative: The Student Services Representative monitors student's concerns regarding basic University services, and acts on their behalf to improve these services and their delivery.
- Senior Class President: The Senior Class President is responsible for representing the senior class, developing a class community and coordinating events for seniors with the Dean of Students Office and the Office of Alumni Affairs.
- Junior Class President: The Junior Class President is responsible for representing the junior class, and enriching its social life at Columbia.
- Sophomore Class President: The Sophomore Class President is responsible for representing the sophomore class, and enriching its social life at Columbia.
- Class Vice President: The four Class Vice Presidents assist a Class Presidents with is or her responsibilities. The Class Vice Presidents vote only in absence of their respective class president, and only the 3 standing classes will be electing their
Vice-President.
- Parent's Liaison: The Parent's Liaison represents GS parents and seeks to answer their needs to the GSSC and to the Columbia administration as a whole. The Parents Liaison works to improve Columbia's services to our parent community.
- Student Workers Representative: The Student Workers Representative serves to enhance the social-life of working students, and to address issues of concern to the working student population.
- International Students Representative: The International Students Representative serves to enhance the social-life of international students, and to address issues of concern to the international student population.
- Delegates at Large: be assigned to and be members of either the Policy, Student Life, Finance, or Communications committees, where they will fulfill all special assignments as delegated by the GSSC. Four such positions exist. Delegates at Large are non-voting members.
