STUDENT LIFE
Whitney Gallagher, Springfield, Mo., senior; Ryan Northup, Edmund, Okla., senior; Stephanie Gomez, Newton senior; and Ellen Stolle, Prairie Village senior, gather after the first Board of Class Officers meeting of the year. The Board plans to involve the student body this year by keeping them informed via e-mail and inviting them to meetings.
Group seeks input for campus decisions
Board of Class Officers to involve student body in activities, awards, class gift
BY JEFF DETERS
jdeters@kansan.com
It's 2 p.m. Friday afternoon, and in the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union Ryan Northup hands out papers with an outline of the topics to be discussed at the first Board of Class Officers meeting of the year.
The board helps plan activities like Rock Chalk and also helps select students and faculty for awards such as the HOPE award. It will help design this year's senior class banner and will help decide this year's senior class gift
Northup, Edmund, Okla., senior, is senior class president of the board. He and three others make up this year's board: Whitney Gallagher, Springfield, Mo., senior, and senior class vice president; Ellen Stolle, Prairie Village senior, and senior class secretary; and Stephanie Gomez, Newton senior, and senior class treasurer.
"We see it as an organization that has privilege and we want to expand that and use that and try to get students more involved," Northup said.
Northup previously served as sophomore class officer and had been active in the board over the past few years. He became senior class president through an internal election and said this year the board would be communicating more with the senior class via e-mail, informing them about award selections and
"We see it as an organization that has privilege and we want to expand that and use that and try to get students more involved."
The board meets once every other week
is making them feel like they're responsible for something and they can feel like they have things to do." Gallagher said.
"One of the keys to keep people wanting to be involved in the Board of Class Officers
RYAN NORTHUP Senior class president of BOCO
the benefits of paying class dues and also asking for input on ideas for the class gift, banner and motto.
ets once every other week and Gallagher said all students were welcome to attend the meetings.
Stolle said.
As secretary, Stolle takes notes during the meetings and is also in charge of advertising and recruiting. She said this year there is one particular goal that she wanted to achieve.
Currently there are four officers in the senior, junior and sophomore classes, but not the freshman class. Stolle said they will begin recruiting additional members in the
"As far as recruitment goes, I'd like to make sure that we have at least four officers for each class,"
coming weeks.
As treasurer, Gomez manages a budget of about $10,000 a year. Gomez said she must keep one objective in mind.
"Definitely not spend all of it," she said.
"But make sure it is distributed and used properly, so it's not like most of it is going to one thing or to one group or another."
Lori Reeser, associate vice provost for student success, is in her second year as a the board advisor. Having worked with members of the group before, she said students should feel confident.
"This group is so significant to the senior class," Reesor said. "It's an experienced group of student leaders who have an excellent breadth of depth in organizations across campus and they have a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and energy to get the work done."
Edited by Rachel Bock
CAMPUS
Business cards now available for students
The University Career Center is offering business cards for students to purchase on the Career Center's Web site.
The cards come with either the University's logo or the Jayhawk mascot, and each contains the student's
name, major, anticipated graduation date and contact information.
Students can purchase the cards in quantities of 250 or more. The University logo cards start at $10.96 for a pack of 250, and the Jayhawk cards start at $17.60.
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Graduates transition to Capitol
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Recent graduates are using their experience from campaigns and internships to try their luck in Washington. The KU alumni have landed jobs with the U.S. Senate, and litigation and polling companies. They have discovered life in the nation's capitol is much different from life on campus.
Graduates have experienced a change in their financial, social and professional situations. They agreed internships and opportunities provided through the University have helped them get where they are today.
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Students are asked to send invitations via AT&T wireless phones or online at the AT&T Blue Room (http://www.attblueroom.com/). The school with the most invitations will receive the free concert.
AT&T's promotion, dubbed "The World's Largest Pep Rally," is open to Division I football schools from across the nation. The winner receives a free concert from the band on the week of Nov. 12. The concert would act as a pep rally for KU's Nov. 17 game against Iowa State at Memorial Stadium.
The University of Kansas is in a competition that could bring the Dave Matthews Band to campus for a free concert.
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Brandon Bohning, 2007 graduate, said connections are everything in D.C., but he wouldn't know half of what he knows now without his valuable experiences from the political science department and internships.
Photo media offered as new major
KU competes to bring DMB to campus
The Art and Design building will undergo renovations this summer to build dark rooms, labs and other classrooms for photo media students.
Photo media, a major focused in photography and digital media, will be offered for students in the School of Fine Arts beginning this spring.
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