2020 Student Council


Follow the link on each officer's name to learn more about them and their take on their position.

Executive Officers  
Chair: Otis Brunner
Secretary: David O'Connell
Communications Officer: Hunter Barbee
Academic Officer: Agneesh Barua
Welfare Officer: Lorena Andreoli
Diversity Officer: Thato Mokhothu
Health and Safety Officer: Barnaby Smith
Faculty Assembly Representative: Julian Katzke
Events Officer: Ainash Garifullina
   
Non-Executive Officers  
IT Officer: Stefano Pascarelli
Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Representatives: Emily Maria & Isabel Anai Echeverria Oviedo
Culture and External Relations Representative: Miles Desforges
CDC Representative: Mohieldin Magdy Mahmoud Youssef
Sustainability Representative: Florian Lalande
   
Constitutional Officer Darshini Ravishankar

 

 

Student Council Meeting Agenda

January 18th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Welfare Officer meeting updates
  • Academic Officer meeting updates
  • Hustings

 

January 4th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Wrapping up from our executive tour
  • Nominations
  • Transitioning party
  • David’s announcement

 

December 21st

  • Taco rice?

 

December 14th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Faculty Executive Forum
  • December SAM
  • VP HR Agenda
  • President Gruss Agenda
  • OIST 10 year review panel
  • GS-SC Agenda
  • When to open nominations
  • BFM meeting today

 

December 7th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Parent-Teacher Council (student rep.)
  • Awards committee
  • New Council election timeline
  • Student parity proposal draft
  • Events for new students

 

November 30th

  • Monday Mailout
  • CDC Parent Teacher Council
  • New students arriving
  • VP HR meeting
  • Final SAM of 2020
  • FA summary

 

November 16th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Provost meeting debrief
  • GS meeting
  • Student Council awards update
  • Student initiative fund update

 

November 9th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Student Parents
  • Class2020 online event
  • ORC*Student Assembly plan
  • Residents association
  • Salary
  • RI orientation

 

November 2nd

  • Monday Mailout
  • Nominations for awards
  • Faculty Chair meeting debrief
  • Space Allocation Committee meeting debrief
  • Wednesday Welfare
  • Open Campus (Navii)

 

October 26th

  • Monday Mailout
  • SAM debrief
  • Getting people to nominate for awards
  • Sending sublease questions to BFM

 

October 19th

  • Monday Mailout
  • GS meeting debrief
  • SAM update slides
  • Awards Committee update
  • Campus housing questions
  • Movie screening

 

October 12th

  • Monday Mailout
  • SAM in October, topic and date (joint assembly with ORC pushed to November)
  • BFM action points
  • Email for new students

 

October 5th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Student’s feedback on COVID
  • BFM Meeting
  • Supervision Survey, Advertising and Anonymity
  • ORC-Student Assembly

 

September 28th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Faculty Assembly debrief
  • PRP Working Group
  • Student Council Awards 2020
  • Super Survey
  • ORC and Student Assembly Meeting
  • Exec Meetings and Agendas
  • Diversity Open Forum updates

 

September 14th

  • Monday Mailout
  • SAM debrief
  • GS meeting this week
  • BOG Academic meeting
  • Student success email
  • Advertising rules at OIST

 

September 7th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Exec Meetings (starting October)
  • Board of Governors & Councilors meeting
  • GS policy changes and the upcoming SAM
  • Engagement survey results

 

August 31st

  • Monday Mailout
  • Surveys: Amendments and Supervision
  • Diversity Discussion
  • September Students
  • New Lease Agreements for Student Housing
  • PRP updates and September (11th) SAM
  • Student involvement in Admission Workshop
  • BOG and BOC Meeting
  • Filming in housing facilities
  • Student Engagement Survey Results

 

August 24th

  • Meeting with ORC officers

 

August 17th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Food Services Committee
  • Philanthropy Committee
  • More Committees
  • BFM Meeting?
  • Supervision Survey
  • SAM (21st)
  • GS meeting (20th)
  • Monthly reports
  • Research Intern orientation

 

August 3rd

  • Monday mailout
  • ToR Amendments
  • Code of conduct updates
  • Officer blogs
  • Supervision survey updates
  • French toast in Aien
  • Intern orientation

 

July 27th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Officer bio
  • Amendments working groups
  • Code of conduct working group
  • Meeting with ORC

 

July 20th

  • Monday Mailout
  • Diversity discussions
  • GS meeting debrief
  • Amendments, next steps
  • Chair’s announcement
  • One-time payment from the university to compensate for Covid-19 troubles

 

July 13th

  • Monday Mailout
  • ORC collaboration
  • Student code of conduct draft
  • GS Meeting Agenda
  • Constitutional SAM Agenda
  • Intern survey
  • Supervision survey
  • OHS meeting report

 

July 6th

  • Monday Mailout
  • New Vending Machine Vendors
  • SC Website Posts by all officers
  • Code-of-Conduct committee
  • Upcoming Student Assembly Meeting
  • Constitutional Preamble (1 and 2)
  • Student Evictions from Campus Housing
  • JRF salary
  • Welfare Updates