Student Steering Committee

smcardle — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:16:53 +0000

Student Steering Committee Siobhan McArdle Handa Friday, 6/2/2023, at 4:16 PM

Mission

The Student Steering Committee's mission is two-fold: (1) to represent student perspectives and interests to the faculty (e.g., on matters of policy and curriculum, or during the faculty hiring process), and (2) to pioneer community-building efforts amongst our students, staff, and faculty (e.g., by running events, creating shared resources for students, or English-ifying Johnson Chapel).

Resources

To that end, the Student Steering Committee gets three kinds of support: (1) a dedicated group of faculty who serve as liaisons to the committee, providing advice and support as needed, (2) a dedicated budget to run events and pursue new initiatives, and (3) support from department staff, who have, for instance, compiled a calendar of initiatives pursued and events run by committees past.

Committee initiatives include:

Meeting with faculty about three times a semester
Organizing events like the English Department Open House
Representing the department at the annual Major Fair
Putting together the monthly English Department newsletter

Please note that you need not be a declared English major in order to serve on this committee.

If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact smcardle@amherst.edu.

Amherst College: Student Steering Committee

Student Steering Committee

Mission

Resources

Committee initiatives include:

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