{"id":1246,"date":"2015-09-14T20:25:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T01:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/macaulayscholarscouncil\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2015-09-14T20:25:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T01:25:37","slug":"run-for-the-2015-2016-macaulay-scholars-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/2015\/09\/14\/run-for-the-2015-2016-macaulay-scholars-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Run for the 2015-2016 Macaulay Scholars Council!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em>Want to be an integral part of the student force that fosters Macaulay spirit and involvement? \u00a0Want experience planning events? \u00a0Care about Macaulay and want to see it grow? \u00a0Would you like your voice to be heard and be the voice of others?<\/em><!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>Consider running to be a part of the Macaulay Scholars Council! \u00a0A total of 32 representatives will be chosen to represent the 4 classes at each of the 8 campuses. \u00a0Representatives meet every month to discuss campus and Macaulay Central news, plan events for the student body, and facilitate the fostering of Macaulay spirit. \u00a0Throughout the month, representatives keep in contact with the council about club activities, student rights and welfare, and any issues that occur on their respective campuses.<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding the Macaulay Scholars Council, please see the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>r<a href=\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/macaulayscholarscouncil\/about-the-council\/macaulay-scholars-council-charter\/\" target=\"_blank\">evised charter<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0If you have any questions, please contact scholarscouncil@macaulay.cuny.edu.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please review the election timeline below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>STEP 1: Students Apply for Candidacy.<\/h3>\n<div>Submit a statement of interest directly to your advisor\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>11:59pm,\u00a0Sunday, September 20th<\/strong>. All candidates, new and incumbent,\u00a0must send a\u00a0statement. Your statement will be shared with all student voters, so include details that highlight your leadership skills and the theme of your candidacy. <a href=\"http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/community\/now\/files\/2015\/09\/SampleCandidateStatement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Here&#8217;s a sample<\/span>.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>STEP 2:\u00a0Candidate Statements are released for viewing by the Macaulay student body.<\/h3>\n<div>A viewing period of candidate statements will be available from\u00a0<strong>Monday, September 21st \u2013 Sunday, September 27th<\/strong>. Your fellow students will use the statements to decide how to vote.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>STEP 3: Student body votes for their campus and class representatives.<\/h3>\n<div>Voting takes place <strong>Monday, September 28th \u2013 Thursday, October 1st.<\/strong> During this election period all students\u00a0will be invited via email to cast their votes online for a candidate in the same campus and class.<\/div>\n<h3>STEP 4: 32 representatives are selected to sit on the Scholars Council.<\/h3>\n<div><strong>Friday, October 2nd<\/strong>\u00a0winners announced!<\/div>\n<h3>STEP 5: Representatives\u00a0hold their first meeting.<\/h3>\n<div>Meet your fellow Macaulay Scholars Council representatives\u00a0at the\u00a0first (and MANDATORY) meeting,\u00a0<strong>Sunday, October 4th, 2:00pm-4:00pm. \u00a0<\/strong>At a subsequent meeting, representatives will vote for an executive board amongst the elected representatives.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to be an integral part of the student force that fosters Macaulay spirit and involvement? \u00a0Want experience planning events? \u00a0Care about Macaulay and want to see it grow? \u00a0Would you like your voice to be heard and be the voice of others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,9],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-election","tag-scholars-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}