Hello Rossier Students,
The time has come to elect officers for the 2012-2013 Education Graduate Organization (EGO) executive board. As a part of EGO, you will have the opportunity to work with each of the student groups within the Rossier School of Education, the Graduate Student Government (GSG), and
plan great events such as football tailgates, professional development events, town hall meetings, Homecoming events, and much more.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1) Be an enrolled graduate student at the Rossier School of Education for the 2012-2013 academic year.
2) Candidates for the President position MUST have past leadership experience on a student organization board.
3) Candidates for the Treasurer position MUST have past leadership experience on a USC student organization board.
4) It is highly recommended that candidates for the Treasurer position are on-campus regularly during regular business hours (M-F 9am-5pm) in order to pick-up funding materials from GSG that are needed for all funded EGO and student organization events.
5) Must be able to attend the following events during the 2012-2013 academic year:
All EGO Town Hall Meetings (1/month)
All EGO-sponsored social events (~2/month)
All EGO Board meetings (TBD)
Summer E-Board Transition Meeting (May or June)
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE OPEN EGO POSITIONS:
President: Responsibilities include: running EGO; overseeing the planning and execution of all EGO events; delegating tasks; being the face and presence of EGO to all Rossier student organizations and GSG.
Vice President: Responsibilities include: supporting the EGO President and chairing committees. Other duties as assigned by the President.
Treasurer: Responsibilities include: managing the EGO budget (i.e. creating budgets and submitting budget proposals to GSG); processing funding requests from all student organizations within the Rossier School of Education; meeting and training all finance representatives for each of the student
organizations under EGO on funding policies and procedures; and maintaining frequent contact with the GSG Finance Chair and the Education Senators to stay abreast of funding updates/issues.
Social and Special Events Chair: Responsibilities include: planning and executing all EGO
events, particularly fall tailgate events and end-of-the-year socials, as well as working closely with the EGO Treasurer to determine the available funding for events.
Communications Chair: Responsibilities include: maintaining the EGO website; maintaining and distributing the monthly EGO newsletter; updating EGO Facebook and Twitter accounts; and corresponding with Rossier student organizations and program advisors.
GSG Senators (4 Positions Available): Responsibilities include: attending all Graduate Student
Government (GSG) meetings and relaying GSG-related information to EGO and Rossier student organizations.
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If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please email a letter of intent that includes your name, program, qualifications, and reasons why you are interested in the position (in 300 words or less), to [email protected]. Include “Letter of Intent - NAME” in the subject line.
The deadline to submit letters of intent is Friday, April 6, 2012 at 11:59pm. Elections will begin the following Monday, April 9, 2012 and will run until Monday, April 16, 2012!