Monday, February 20, 2006

Do you care about your school?

Are you a member of a struggling degree program that often butts heads with Wesley administrators?

Do you want to have a say in the way our school develops?

Are you frustrated 'cuz there's no pressure in the basement water fountain? No change machine in the laundry room? No straight cues for the pool table?

Do you wanna do something about it?

Student Council nominations end this week on February 24th. We are looking for people who feel called to run as President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, or as a regular old representative (though it's worth nothing that the first four positions come with stipends).

Please nominate yourself or somebody else for one of these offices by filling out a form, getting the nominee's initials on it, and sticking it in the ballot box we've placed in the dining hall on the buffet table.

Personal Testimony

Having been selected for Council my first year, serving as VP my 2nd, and being a rep on this, my 3rd, I can say that it is a great platform for folks with vision. Being on Council I have been able to solicit donations for, and finally move a 9' pool table onto Wesley's campus whereas before we'd only had a warped ping-pong dealie.

Through Council I had access to student activity funds that would have paid for contemporary Christian artist Derek Webb to come to campus (if he hadn't cancelled), that have paid for Rev. Donald Messer, and that helped pay for Dr. Tony Campolo, on various World AIDS Day (week) commemorations. Many of these were joint Plumb Line/Council activities.

I have also been able to stop the waste of thousands of dollars that might have been spent on a bench or some such memorial gift (just because we had money) when student organizations could actually use the funds in their ministries.

Thanks to folks on Council this campus has wireless internet access in many areas. This happened because of our work and effort--not initiative on the part of our busy administrators.

I list these things in part to brag, but also to demonstrate that PARTICULARLY if you've ever thought "This place would be so much better if..." then a spot on Student Council is right up your alley.

Please consider nominating yourself or a friend.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jared,
How about posting the weekly menu and the weely newsletter to the web. It would so much easier to read and access. I just wish I had more time to be involved. PM&M and class work eat up too much of my time.

February 21, 2006 12:40 PM  

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