SOS and FST Positions Available! Apply Now!

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:35:06 -0400

The nationally recognized UMBC SGA is comprised of 4 elected Executive positions: President, Executive Vice President, Vice President for Student Organizations (VPSO), and Treasurer, along with members of the Finance Board and Senate.

The VPSO and Treasurer each work with teams that support their roles on campus and within SGA. The VPSO's team is called the Student Organization Support (SOS) Team and the Treasurer's is named the Financial Support Team (FST). Both teams rely on students wanting to take initiative and work together make a change on campus!

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Student Organization Support Team (SOS): Members of the SOS team will work with the Vice President for Student Organizations. The SOS Team's goal will be to provide the necessary support to help organizations improve and grow.

There are 5 positions available:

1. Director of Student Organization Support - to serve as a partner for the VPSO. They will oversee all directors and work with everyone to make sure initiatives are being done in an effective and timely manner.

2. Assistant Director for Campus Involvement - will help organizations become more involved on campus. He or she will be reaching out to organizations who wish to hold events/organize initiatives on campus as well as coordinate with athletics on bringing organizations to sporting events.

3. Assistant Director for Public Relations (PR) - will help organizations with their PR efforts on campus. He or she will work with organizations to market their club and make better use of their website and social media accounts.

4. Assistant Director for Collaboration - will help organizations with similar events/interests/goals work together. He or she will review past events and initiatives and match organizations with similar goals to increase collaboration.

5. Assistant Director for Financial Assistance - will guide organizations through the process of requesting SGA funds. He or she will be required to attend Finance Board meetings every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and will work closely with a member of the Financial Support Team (FST) to communicate and assist organizations.

Financial Support Team (FST): Members of the FST will work with and assist the SGA Treasurer with weekly clerical work, which includes filing papers, entering data, and answering questions, in order to create an efficient, problem-solving system that best benefits student organizations.

There are 2 positions available:

1. Director of the FST - This student will be expected to help the Treasurer review submitted Allocation Request Forms, respond to and send e-mails to organizations, and input data. This student will need to be available twice a week for two hours.

2. Assistant Director for Financial Assistance - This student will be expected to respond to organizations’ finance-related questions, attend FB meetings at least twice a month, and work with a member of the Student Organization Support (SOS) Team.

SGA Retreat

The SGA Retreat is on August 22nd-24th. Applicants for the Student Organization Support Team and Financial Support Team positions are strongly encouraged to RSVP and attend. (More information on the Retreat and the RSVP form can be found by clicking this link.) The deadline to RSVP for the Retreat is August 5th.

Application

To accentuate the importance of attending the Retreat, we are setting a priority deadline for all SOS and FST applications on August 4th at noon.

While we will begin reviewing applications following this date, we will continue to collect applications until August 12th at noon.

Application Link:

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Questions?

Contact Hannah Khan, Vice President for Student Organizations, regarding SOS positions: Khan12@umbc.edu

Contact Haneen Daham, Treasurer, regarding FST positions: dhaneen1@umbc.edu