The campaigning period is underway and it’s time for you to learn all about your candidates! If you’re at the North campus, hopefully you were able to make it out to Electionfest and talk to your candidates. If you’re a Lakeshore student, please do your best to make it to the A/B cafe, tomorrow (Wed. Feb 25) between 11am and 3pm for Electionfest Lakeshore!
The candidate platforms and photos are up online and on the HSF boards all over campus as well! You can find out who is running for each position and what they stand for by clicking the links just to the left of this post, or by clicking the links below:
Here they are, the nominated candidates for this year’s HSF elections. Get to know them well, because five of them will be representing you for the 2009/2010 school year! Pictures and platforms are coming soon, but for now, the names are [insert drumroll here]…
President
Shugufa Kaker
Ramandeep Kaur
Davinderjeet Singh
Abhishek Tyagi
VP Administration, Lakeshore
Kristen Arcega
Alexandra Kelly
VP Administration, North
Melissa Mendes
Gurteghvir Singh
Bradley Watson
We received hundreds of votes, but in the end illScarlettjust barely edged out Jully Black as the winner of the YouVote concert! That means illScarlett will be performing at CAPS on Wednesday February 25th at 9pm! And it’s FREE!
For those of you out there who are unfamiliar with illScarlett and for those of you who absolutely can’t wait for the show, here’s a video of the band performing their single Nothing Special to tide you over.
There is much more that comes along with being the Vice President of Campus Life than just planning and implementing events. The position is really what you make out of it; your commitment to your students and to the HSF vision is what will drive you to be more than the ‘go to’ person for events. Personally, I not only run events, but I sit on many committees, answer student questions and concerns even if it does not have regard to events, I have involvement with the College Student Alliance and help manage clubs on campus, but ultimately being aleader that can follow the direction of the Humber Students. This position holds importance to giving students their best campus life during their year. Students depend on this executive to give them that memorable year they have been looking for before they either graduate or their beginning to post secondary life.
The first step in being a great leader is the ability to listen and to feel what students want and the ability to be inclusive as much as possible. Being a student executive is not a right but a privilege which is given to you by your peers and it is your responsibility to give them what they deserve.
The ability to work well with a team, and understand the structure and the job descriptions pertaining to your distinct position is vital.Being the VP of Campus Life is awesome because you get to see your ideas unfold and the feedback from students always makes you feel like you accomplished something. This position requires you to be yourself and to be very interactive with your students. When you get ideas for events, as crazy as they might sound, try to work with it and make it happen…there’s nothing better than the feeling that you did something good for someone who took the time to give you feedback.Remember that you yourself are also a student, so when it comes to events and who would like it, don’t second guess yourself because there is no one who would know better than yourself!
Last but certainly not least….HAVE FUN! Having a fun personality is contagious and it spreads!
For all those who are running for my position…remember that you are all potential leaders and no matter if you get the position or not, never give up on striving to be your best!
P.S. EXPERIENCE is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted!
Hopefully you managed to make it out to the North Student Centre and Lakeshore H Caf to enjoy the FREE LUNCH that you voted on earlier this week!
And we hope you’re not sick of voting yet, because we’ve got an even bigger prize for you to vote on until the end of the week! HSF is bringing you a free concert! And YOU get to choose exactly who you want to see! Voting is on at the PR Booth at both campuses until 4:30pm on Friday February 13th!
And the options are….
Dragonette
Jully Black
illScarlet
The Stills
Remember, this is your change to make your voice heard! Vote on the band you want to see at Humber on February 25th!
