Committees

Each WSA representative is internally elected to one of six standing committees. Additionally, each committee chair serves on the Executive Committee, which is chaired by the President.

WSA members also sit on various subcommittees and advisory committees. Click here to view the 2009-2010 organizational chart.

To learn more about the WSA committees, check out their pages.

Announcements

Send Us Your Thoughts on Campus Climate

This Thursday the 19th the Student Life Committee will be hosting a discussion about the campus climate.  In order to have a fruitful conversation send us any thoughts you have about the climate of name-calling, harassment, and other social justice and diversity issues on campus.
Send Toni (azosherafata@wesleyan.edu) any of your experiences and recommendations for how [...]

Committee Spotlights

Life on the SBC

As one of the SBC’s two newest members, I thought the time would be ripe for sharing my experiences thus far on the committee with the rest of the Wesleyan community. To start, we are an extremely (and uniquely?) tight knit group. For some reason, there is a pronounced camaraderie within the SBC that no [...]

Committee Spotlights

SBC Request of the Week

Last Monday, November 9, the SBC met with many groups who came to request funds for various events and activities. However, one group came with a request we hadn’t seen before. ASHA (Aids and Sexual Health Awareness) stepped forward with the most X-rated request in recent memory, requesting 2 dildos, poster board and velcro.
ASHA is [...]

Committee Spotlights

The SBC It Is A-Changin’

A frequent complaint about organizing bodies such as the Wesleyan Student Assembly is how much red tape one must cut through in order to make any real changes within its structure. Indeed, a formal, regimented assembly such as the WSA is full of committees, subcommittees and advisory committees that each have their own set [...]

Committee Spotlights

Food Consumed at the Last SBC Meeting…

Phish food ice cream
2 vitamin waters
4 coffees
Bag of candy
2 tapiocas
1 yogurt
1 rice pudding
2 bags of chips
Tostitos scoops
Queso
Fresh fruit salad
1 cake
1 soda
Salsa
Pasta
Fruit roll up
Rolos
Apple harvest – sensible foods
Dayquil
Excedrin
Spaghetti and beef pasta sauce
2 pieces of pizza
Green beans
Zucchini and onions
Crusted pork loin
Ice cream (more)
Grilled cheeseburger with swiss

Committee Spotlights

The SBC’s Commitment to Transparency

This year the Student Budget Committee (SBC) is taking measures to ensure that its actions and decisions are completely transparent to the student body. Since its budget is drawn from the Student Activities Fee, ultimately the money comes straight from the pockets of Wesleyan students. The budget’s final use, therefore, should be well known by [...]