Participate in Making Decisions on Campus

This year I have had the opportunity to serve on both the University Library Committee and University Child Care Committee as an Associated Students of Madison (ASM) representative. If you are a student at Madison I highly encourage you to look at the list of committees and apply for one or two. They do not require a large time commitment and they are valuable experiences that let student voices be heard.

Below is an excerpt from the announcement.

Want to help make decisions about campus life instead of reading about them in the paper?

Join the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Shared Governance Committee – Apply for a standing committee seat for the 2009-2010 academic year!

Another 24 Hour Library on Campus?

The Daily Cardinal student paper reports that ASM, the student governing body, is looking into trying to increase library hours at Steenbock Library. With increased demand for expanded hours and shrinking budgets this could become a difficult issue to address.

Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee

This week I had the opportunity to meet with Steven Olikara, the new chair of the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee. I found out about his appointment from the student paper The Daily Cardinal. We've started discussing ideas on how we might collaborate on campus-wide initiatives. One thing that was clear from our meeting is that while there are numerous initiatives by different departments and schools around the UW Campus there is not enough communication between them. If we could find a way to increase communication it might be possible to learn from each other and avoid redundancy.

One very interesting program that Steven brought to my attention is the Posse Program at the School of Education. It appears to use techniques that are similar to LAMP. Use to the link to learn more about it.

We have an LAMP, AOF, ISIP, and international student social coming up on Friday, December 12, so look here again for an overview of that event.