Welcome to my very first Blog post. Now I've never considered myself much of a blogger, but I'll try my best to be as witty as Miss Tessa Burns below. Unfortunately I was unable to attend WING NIGHT last night, but I did manage to have a pool party at the Claymore. That's got to count for something....
In terms of Students' Union adventures, I have been hard at work talking to administration about plans for next year!!! I have begun work on having 24 Hour Study Space. I will be checking out a few possible options this week to see how the spaces could be repurposed to accomodate students studying. As well FROSH WEEK plans are well underway. The Student Orientation Committee has been discussing evening events, academic advising, and of course my favourite, the Jello Slide!!!
The Executive Team did a bit of traveling around this May, attending a Leadership Conference near Kentville with other Students' Union Execs from across the Province. There was even a student from Arkansas. Pictured here is Nick making friends with Acadia's Matt Rios... We also escaped the Nish another time to head near Pictou for a day of team goals, leadership initiatives, and office plans. It was an eventful day that involved a certain exec getting electrocuted by an electric fence, she got a wee bit too close to the horses. We also had great discussions about Core Values, and fun events for the year!!!
So far things are off to a good start! The month of May has flown by faster than anyone could have expected, all of a sudden we've got LA and New Jersey in the Stanley Cup Finals, we're 1/4 done summer, and I've turned into a One Direction obsessed teenager. I don't like to look at it that way though, the summer is still 3/4 full, and the Nish is that much closer to being repopulated. Plus One Direction is a legitimately great boy band.
Until we meet again dear X friends, remember to stay classy, and rep X all day everyday. I shall return with another blog very soon, outlining more about 24 Hour Study Space, Academic Resources, and the good ol Co-Curricular Record. Stay tuned for more Frosh Week updates.
In the words of Ellen Degeneres, "be kind to one another!"
Where did May go? Weren't we just at the last Wing Night? AND It's raining today... what a surprise!
Lots of things have been going on both in and out of the office recently! Earlier in May we attended a Leadership conference in Kentville with other university exec teams, it was really fun and beneficial. It's great to start building those relationships and connections with other universities in Nova Scotia so early in the term! Hopefully we will be able to bounce ideas back and forth, and learn from each other all year long in terms of the best ways to benefit you, the student body.
A lot of time lately has been spent evaluating and looking closely at the services we have to offer YOU through the Students' Union and I'm getting so excited for you guys to arrive in September! Our offices will include lots of new faces but still the same services you love, whether it be Drive U, X-Tutoring, your Student Advocates, the Environmental Office, or the Student Food Resource Centre. This summer I am also acting as the Off Campus Housing Coordinator, and updating the Off Campus Housing website (www.theuhousing.ca) with housing advertisements. If you still need a house OC in the fall, check it out!
I've been working closely with Rachel on a new project called Engaging Youth to Prevent Violence against Women at StFX, which has been implemented through collaborating with the Antigonish Woman's Resource Centre. Annie Chau, who was hired as the project coordinator, will be working closely back and forth between the AWRC and our campus. May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and advocating for these issues is a huge passion of mine so I'm really excited for the opportunity to raise awareness on campus with a great, determined group of women and men.
Speaking of Hump... I am the health and wellness advocate so being the month that it is and the box of condoms I have in my office, I have started to create this lovely wall of Sexual Health and Condom-Use F.A.Qs on my office window (Room 407-4TH Floor SUB). There are tons of brilliantly marketed condoms from the company "One" surrounding the provided info. It will be in blossom by the time you all arrive, so when you're reading the funny slogans they have written on the condoms themselves, you'll read the Frequently Asked Questions too... right? My door has an open door policy for free condoms, so feel free to come read the information and/or fill your boots. They're donated to the Students' Union for you.
Thanks for reading, I really am having the funnest summer in office, and outside of it. What isn't there to love about being around StFX ALL YEAR ROUND?!
Welcome to The U Summer Blog! This is a forum that we'll be using to let you know what we're up to this summer, projects we're working on and to get to know your Exec team and councillors a bit better!
This is your executive team for the 2012-2013 year - we're super excited for the school year and all the events and projects we have in the works!
