Student Activities CS
The Student Activities Subcommittee Chair, or his/her designee, will
- Assist Accommodations Chair in devising and implementing a plan for student housing.
- Coordinate with other subcommittee chairs to arrange for the following events:
- Student Colloquium Subcommittee:
- Organize a student colloquium with a topic or topics of interest to students, and invite speakers for the colloquium.
- Plan the colloquium for a convenient time, such as preceding the other student activities.
- Career Fair Subcommittee:
- Organize a career fair that brings students and other job seekers together with potential employers and/or representatives of the various employment sectors (private, government, academia, etc.).
- Select the ideal time for this event, such as preceding the student social.
- Coordinate with the Meeting Rooms Arrangement Subcommittee for a location if this event is held in the Convention Center or hotel.
- Student Social Subcommittee:
- Make arrangements for the Tuesday night off-site student social.
- Recommend to the LACs a policy regarding attendance at the student social.
- Implement all aspects of the student social.
- Student Mentor Luncheon Subcommittee:
- Plan, promote, and coordinate the student mentor luncheon.
- Organize a system for soliciting mentors and students.
- Work with Meeting Rooms Arrangements Subcommittee for a location, or find a nearby off-site location for the luncheon
- Student Recruitment Subcommittee:
- In coordination with the Volunteer Coordinator, find students to assist at the conference (for pay –usually 5-10 hours per student). Find students from WA-BC schools first, other areas if no further volunteers from WA-BC
- In coordination with the Promotions Committee, help to produce a flier about the various student activities to be convened at the conference. Distribute this widely via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc, and use for the AFS 2011 web site.
- Student T-shirt Subcommittee:
- Organize sufficient volunteers to promote and sell all of the conference T-shirts (net proceeds benefit student activities).
- Coordinate with conference planners on when and where to sell T-shirts
- Attend the T-shirt sales booth, handle all funds, and track T-shirt sales.
