Posted on Sept. 16: Nominations open for student senators

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Mackintosh.Evan.jpg” caption=”Evan Mackintosh”]Nominations for the election of students to University Senate open today.

Twelve student positions, one graduate and one undergraduate from each of the six Faculties are sought for Senate  the governing body responsible for making decisions on academic policy.

“I think it is important for students to consider running for these positions because of the significance of the decisions that are made at the University Senate,” says Evan Mackintosh, president of McMaster Students Union. “Students need strong voices at the Senate to ensure that their opinions influence the direction of the institution. McMaster is a student-centred University; therefore, its students must actively participate in the governance of the whole.”

Students are elected by and from the students in their respective Faculties for a two-year term. Their responsibilities include attending approximately 11 Senate meetings per year and being involved in some Senate committee work.

Four graduate student seats in the Faculties of Business, Engineering, Health Sciences and Social Sciences, and four undergraduate student seats, one from Business, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, need to be filled.

Nominations close Sept. 30. The elections will be held at the end of October.

For nomination forms and more information on the student elections to Senate, visit the Senate Secretariat Room 210, Gilmour Hall, ext. 24337 or e-mail morrisj@mcmaster.ca.

Photo caption: Evan Mackintosh, president of McMaster Students Union.