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The Senior Class Council Application

Thanks for your interest in Class Councils!  The councils plan activities throughout the year for their entire class.  These events include planning social events, community service activities, fundraising, organizing class weeks such as Senior Week, career advising, working on the Class Gift selection and solicitation, and creating class identity and class community.

The Class Council members will be selected on their ability to represent and network with their class.  Your ability and willingness to communicate with different and varied groups of classmates will be important to your selection, as diversity within the council body will be a priority.  Although not exclusive, diverse elements we will look for will include: all undergraduate schools, different academic programs, gender, ethnicity, and different social communities such as campus activists, orientation leaders, library regulars, the Greek community, transfer students, the student-athlete community, etc.   In effect, the council will be expected to actively represent such groups by relaying relevant information to them, encouraging them to participate in events and programs, and by generally working to involve their individual communities in the greater community of their class.

 

There are important requirements for council members.  First, applicants must be in good academic standing in the class to whichever council he/she is applying.  Members are required to attend bi-weekly meetings in addition to committee meetings which may occur on a weekly basis as well. Members are also expected to come and support all council related activities, regardless of the sponsoring committee. It is important to realize that the meetings are not the only time commitments of council members. The majority of the work is done outside of formal meetings in the planning and implementation of events. 

 

Further, members that will join the Senior Class Council will be required to work at the 2007 Senior Week event, May 11-19.  All members are encouraged and expected to attend a Class Council retreat in the fall of 2007 and winter 2008.  All council members are also required to solicit donations for their Class Gift, including asking close friends to donate.

 

COUNCIL POSITIONS:

 

The following positions are interviewed or elected council members who serve on the executive council:  President, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Class Gift, Vice President for Class Identity, Vice President for Communications, Vice President for Development, and Class Editor.  The position descriptions below indicate the main functions of the officer, in addition to his/her role in leading a committee.  The president does not lead a committee but sits on the Alumni Affairs and Class Gift committee. The sub-positions and responsibilities of each committee indicate the tasks that are the basic functions of the committee.  The organization of these sub-positions and responsibilities should be determined by the committee each year, with the approval of the advisor. 

 

Council members are given the opportunity at the beginning of the year to rank their committee choices.  Advisors will then create committees based on those preferences.  When committees are established, the committee chair will facilitate the process of determining who within each committee will fulfill each sub-position.  The committee will submit a report to the advisor of each member's responsibilities.

 

Following selection in the spring of their junior year, the senior class officers are responsible for all class affairs through the class's 5th reunion, at which time new elections are held.  Elected officers will serve on the 5th Reunion Class Council.

 

            ·          President

·          Vice President and Committee of Alumni Affairs & Class Gift

·          Vice President and Committee for Class Identity

·          Vice President and Committee for Communications

·          Vice President and Committee for Community Development

DEADLINES
Applications are due at the front desk of Grasse Mount, submitted electronically to the advisor of the council you are applying to (see below), or submitted online by 12:00 noon on Friday, April 6, 2006.  Please sign up for an interview when you submit your application.  You can sign up at the front desk of Grasse Mount or call the advisor for the council you are applying to and sign up for a time on the day your council is interviewing. All interviews will take place in Grasse Mount, in the Bishop Joyce Room on the main level on the following days and times

Interview days:

 

Thursday, April 12th, 10am-6pm- 2010 Sophomore Class Council

 

Friday, April 13th, 10am-6pm - 2009 Junior Class Council

 

Saturday, April 14th, 10am-6pm - 2008 Senior Class Council

 

Sunday, April 15th, 12pm-3pm - Any Council Make-up Day

 

2010 Sophomore and 2009 Junior Class Council application questions and interview time sign-ups can be sent to Jennifer Granger, advisor to the First Year, Sophomore, and Junior Class Councils, at 656-3612 or via e-mail: jlgrange@uvm.edu.

 

2008 Senior Class Council application questions and interview time sign-ups can be sent to Jessica Belue, advisor to the Senior Class Council, at 656-9000 or via e-mail: jbelue@uvm.edu.

 

Thank you for your continued dedication to your UVM Class!

 

Apply for 2008 Senior Class Council here!

 

COUNCIL POSITIONS:

 

PRESIDENT

  • Plan and facilitate bi-weekly executive board meetings
  • Plan and facilitate weekly or bi-weekly full council meetings
  • Serve as public representative of council
  • Aid in planning and hosting council retreats
  • Oversee planning and implementation of class activities and gift solicitation
  • Serve as a member of the UVM Alumni Council
  • Maintain links between the class, Development and Alumni Relations, and the Student Government Association
  • Participate in selection of succeeding council
  • Meet weekly with advisor
  • Sits on the Class Council Alumni Affairs and Class Gift Committee
  • (Senior president) Serve as member of Honorary Degree Committee and/or the Kidder Award Committee
  • (Senior president) Prepare and deliver remarks at Commencement on behalf of Senior Class
  • (Senior president) Serve as the 5th Reunion Co-Chair

VICE PRESIDENT OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS & CLASS GIFT

  • Chair Alumni Affairs and Class Gift Committee
  • Chair weekly or bi-weekly committee meetings
  • Serve on Class Council Executive Board
  • Serve as second-in-command when president is not able to fulfill duties
  • Lead the class in raising money for the Class Gift
  • Monitor progress of funds raised and donor count
  • Meet weekly with advisor
  • Educate class about importance of annual giving and the progress of fundraising efforts
  • Develop relationships with both staff in Development and Alumni Relations and alumnae/i 

Committee for Alumni Affairs and Class Gift

·          Select alumni liaison:  The alumni liaison will become acquainted with the day-to-day operations of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) and will build partnerships with the office.  The liaison will meet with individuals in the office to understand their roles, will attend division wide staff meetings, and will attend at least one Alumni and Parent Programs meeting per semester.  The liaison will coordinate activities, events, and communication efforts to inform his/her class on alumni affairs.  This entails education on benefits of being involved as an alumnus/a, a welcome to the office, etc.

·          Coordinate kick-off and closing events for gift campaign efforts

·          Coordinate peer solicitations

·          Coordinate informational campaigns for the gift effort, informing students of the class gift, the philosophy behind the gift, and why giving is beneficial

·          Coordinate events with alumnae/i

 
VICE PRESIDENT FOR CLASS IDENTITY

·          Chair Class Identity Committee

·          Chair weekly or bi-weekly committee meetings

·          Oversee all social programming of the council

·          Serve on Class Council Executive Board

·          Train committee on how to plan events, use university services (reserving space and catering), etc.

·          Meet weekly with advisor

 

Committee for Class Identity

·          Plan social events:  Spearhead the planning of regular social events.  Some examples might include a class night downtown, a bowling night, or an apple-picking field trip.

·          Plan senior week/traditions:  Coordinate and oversee the planning of Senior Week or other annual traditional events.

·          Coordinate athletic events for class:  Develop a relationship with the director of marketing in athletics and facilitate the planning of any athletic-related events. 

·          Plan multicultural events:  Develop a relationship with the ALANA Student Center, the LGBTQA Services office, the Center for Cultural Pluralism, and other multicultural organizations to plan events for the class as a whole.

·          Plan cultural events:  Coordinate class and council participation in campus plays, musical events, art exhibits, etc.     

 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS

·          Chair the Communications Committee

·          Chair weekly or bi-weekly committee meetings

·          Take minutes of full council meetings and exec meetings and send to council

·          Gather items before each meeting and create an agenda for meetings

·          Facilitate the creation and enforcement of the attendance policy

·          Serve on Class Council Executive Board

·          Meet weekly with advisor

·          Approve/edit communications to the class and send final communications to advisor

 

Committee for Communications

·          Editors:  This elected position is the editor for the Senior Folklore or other class publication.  The Folklore editor coordinates Folklore publicity and Senior Portraits.

·          Select recruitment chair:  The recruitment chair for the Class Councils, with advisors, coordinates outreach, publicity, interviews, rubrics, and selection for incoming council members. 

·          Select Web chair:  This position will update the Web site weekly.

·          Coordinate publicity:  Create flyers, table tents, posters, painted sheets, chalking, publication in The Cynic, and other forms of printed, tangible publicity.

·          Coordinate newsletters and emails:  Coordinate class-wide bi-weekly emails and newsletters.  Coordinate publicity in the SGA email, the campus calendar, Facebook and other Web publicity. 

·          Create logos:  Design t-shirts, Senior Week glass, etc.

 

VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

·          Chair the Class Development Committee

·          Plan weekly or bi-weekly meetings for Community Development Committee

·          Oversee events for the development of the class and community

·          Meet weekly with advisor

·          Upkeep council budget and expenditures

·          Serve as the liaison to SGA

·          Serve on Class Council Executive Board

·          Lead fundraising efforts for operations of council (separate from class gift efforts)

 

Committee for Community Development:

·          Select career chair:  This position develops a relationship with the Career Connections staff person (Barb Diehl as of 2-2007) in Career Services.  The chair helps to publicize career-related events and plans some events specifically for the class.

·          Select Class Council liaison:  The Class Council liaison reads through the minutes of each councils' meetings and announces events and other important information.  This person also attends meetings with the other Class Council liaisons once a month to coordinate university-wide class events. 

·          Plan community service events:  Spearhead community service events both for the class and council in order to give back to the Burlington and Vermont communities.

·          Plan academic events:  Coordinate academic/educational events for the class. Work with faculty, community, etc.

·          Outreach:  Outreach to campus clubs and organizations to initiate support of campus-wide events.  Encourage council members to attend ongoing events.  Encourage partnerships with other groups to plan co-sponsored events.

·          Plan health and well-being events:  Develop a relationship with offices within the Center for Health and Well-Being in order to plan health-encouraging events for the class.