Hey Hey!

Hi Folks:

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. It was a busy weekend for us here as we spent almost all of Saturday and Sunday interviewing UGBC applicants. We have some very impressive candidates indeed! It really motivated and made us excited to really kick things into gear. In the truest form of multi-tasking, we also are currently working on a number of initiatives. Here is some information on the following:

BC Dates Week- We are trying to do this in April, but we will keep you posted if it is feasible. Ideally, we'd like to bring in a speaker, do a panel on dating and then work with local businesses to get discounts to their restuarants. We are working closely with RHA in this endeavor.

Shuttles to Target/Watertown Mall- We have drafted a proposal for this and are looking to meet with Administrators very soon to make this happen. We feel pretty confident that this will be up and running by the fall in a pilot program.

Satellite Printing Stations- I wrote a proposal for these back in September and we have been working on them all year. In addition, I know that a lot of other students/organizations have voiced their opinions to make these a reality. I think this has a good shot of happening maybe for Fall 2009. We will keep you updated. Right now we are trying to find the space to do it and the required security/staffing to make sure the printers are maintained.

Freshman Welcome Week- It looks like UGBC will be playing a much bigger role in the Freshman Welcome Week. Details are forthcoming as plans get rolling.

Thats all I have for now. Look for more updates as they roll in.

Peace,

-Al

Senior Cabinet Announced

Hi Folks,

Hope everyone is enjoying their Tuesday. After a busy few weeks of meetings, planning sessions, more meetings and proposals Alex and I spent the past few days interviewing students for our Senior Cabinet Level positions such as Executive Directors, Associate Directors and the Chief of Staff. We had some really awesome and dedicated applicants and we have finally made our decisions. They are listed below.

Chief of Staff: Charlie Witmer

Campus Entertainment

Executive Director: Jimmy D'Ambra

Associate Director: Maureen Keegan

Communications

Executive Director: Sam Lipscomb

Associate Director: Shannon Pan

Social and Cultural Issues

Executive Director: Chrissy Pierro

Student Life

Executive Director: Poonam Misra

Associate Director: Colleen Nuzzolese

University Affairs

Executive Director: Justin Pike

Associate Director: Micaela Mabida

Congrats to all of these people and all those who applied to these positions!

From here, our Senior Level Cabinet will be assisting us with the rest of the interview process. If you applied to a department you should be receiving an email by the end of this week for information regarding interviews. We hope to finish the process and release the results by Monday April 5th 2009.

In the meantime, good luck to all those that applied. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at anytime.

Peace,

-Al

Applications!

Hey everyone,
I hope you are enjoying your Wednesday. As the application deadline gets closer Alex and I are more and more excited to officially begin the selection and interview process. Remember, you have until Friday March 20th at 11:59PM to turn it in. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail us and we would be glad to assist.

Also, if you are applying for an Executive Director or Associate Director position please expect an email soon with instructions on how to sign up for an interview. Those interviews will be hosted this Saturday and Sunday.

For all other applicants, interviews will begin on Thursday March 26th, 2009. Please expect an interview sometime next week for instructions on how to sign up for an interview. Everyone will have the opportunity to interview. In addition, please make sure that you are following the instructions on the application and applying for your top three choices.

Enjoy your day!

-Al

Monday Funday!

Greetings and Happy Monday,

I hope everyone enjoyed their St. Patricks Day Weekend. As you know already the application UGBC is live and running and we hope you choose to apply! Also, as a reminder, there is a UGBC Info session tonight at 8pm in Higgins 300. I know there was some confusion but it is tonight at 8pm in Higgins 300. We will give a brief overview of us, the structure and positions available and then we will have some UGBC members speak about their experiences in the Cabinet. We then will open it up to questions. 

Thats all I got, hope to see you tonight!

Update:

Hi everyone!

Happy Friday the 13th. As you may know, UGBC applications and position descriptions are now available on UGBC.org. This was released this past Wednesday and we have started to see some applications already! We appreciate the enthusiasm thus far and we encourage everyone and anyone to apply! As a sidenote: we spent some time tonight thinking, pondering and asking our magic 8 ball for answers (well maybe not) and actually made a few updates which should be updated very shortly. Please take a look again if you have already applied in case you are interested in other positions. If you have any questions please let us know.

On another note, while the Application and Selection process is a very time consuming process, we know that each and every day is important and thus we are beginning to start some of our work as we speak. We are in the preliminary stages of planning our platform idea of "BC Dates Week" which will examine the dating and hookup culture that currently exists on our campus. We intend to work with organizations such as Intersections, RHA and Nights on the Heights to name a few. Look for more information to come. In addition, we plan on releasing some information soon on what we intend to work on the remaining of this semseter. Finally, in order to make sure that we can take advantage of our time both Alex and I have decided to remain in Boston this summer to work on initaitives and goals. We made sure that commitment was an important part of our campaign, and we intend to follow through on it.

Okay, so, I have effectively managed to not do any homework tonight that I said I was going to do since I was on duty, horray! On that note, I'm going to bed. Take care, and enjoy your Friday the 13th!

-Al

Welcome Back!

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break. I don't know about all of you but its definitely been tough today trying to get back into the swing of classes! Anyway, just a quick update on the application process. Below are some key dates:

• Wednesday March 11th, 12:01 AM - UGBC Cabinet positions and UGBC application goes live on http://ugbc.org/apply
• Monday March 16th, 8PM- UGBC Application Info Session, Higgins 300, All are welcome
• Tuesday March 17th, 7PM- UGBC Application Info Session, Cushing 001, All are welcome
• Friday March 20th, 11:59PM- UGBC Applications due

If you have any questions feel free to e-mail us at AlAlex2009@gmail.com

Alex and I finished up the application as well as our Cabinet structure yesterday and we are excited to begin the process. We encourage anyone and everyone to apply for a position within our Cabinet. While we know we need to work hard and carry out our goals we cannot do it without your help!

-Al