Welcome to the new ASPC website

President

• Familiarize students with ways to get involved and address problems on campus
• Hold weekly "town-hall"meetings with student leaders to share news and promote cooperation
• Work with the board of trustees and the administration in making sure we implement an effective and well-rounded heath and wellness program on campus
• Increase transparency and increase the exchange of information between Senate and the student body
• Make the ASPC experience fun, efficient, and productive for everybody involved!

 

Commissioner of Environmental Affairs

• Increase awareness in the student body about Pomona's resource uses and environmental impact, while creating ways for student involvement in mitigating these impacts.
• Facilitate and encourage student participation and experiential learning at the Pomona College Organic Farm.
• Advertise and direct resources to alternative transportation programs like Green Bikes, Carpooling, FlexCar, and folding bikes to allow students to reduce their dependence on cars.'
• Connect Pomona students to environmental issues in the greater Los Angeles area, particularly in the field of environmental justice.
• Create coalitions with other on-campus student organizations focusing on social justice, workers' rights and well-being, community, and identity.
• Work with the Food Committee and interested students to improve the quality, healthiness, and environmental-friendliness of dining hall options, and educate the student body on the current successes and projects facilitated by dining hall staff.
• Represent the student body on the President's Advisory Committee on Sustainability (PACS) and its drafting of the Pomona College Sustainability Action Plan.
• Oversee and coordinate the subcommittees of the EQC (Environmental Quality Committee): Energy, Food, Farm, Environmental Justice, Social Outreach, Communications, and Waste.
• Open the environmental community and environmental opportunities to a greater number of students, faculty, and staff.

 

Commissioner of Community Relations

• Develop a tutoring program in which students tutor the children of administrative staff, grounds, housekeeping, and dining hall workers. Collaborate with the Volunteer Center, Workers' Support Committee, Empowered Latino/as in Action and various support organizations.

• Facilitate the interaction between Pomona's dining hall, housekeeping, and grounds workers with students.

• Serve on the President's Advisory Diversity Committee, Student Affairs Committee, and Senate and be the voice of marginalized groups on campus.

• Hold the annual Community Action Summit to facilitate inter-organizational conversation and coalition building amongst student activist and support groups.

• Further develop coalition building by creating the space for activist and support groups to discuss and work together in weekly lunch meetings.

• Chair the Student Diversity Committee.

• Work with the TSL to be more inclusive of activist and support group agendas, by encouraging the groups to use the TSL to further push their agendas. Also, create visibility for the array of activist and support organizations by profiling a different organization weekly.

 

Senior Class President

Organizes...

• Junior/Senior Social
• Outdoor Movie
• Senior SYR
• Class Ice Skating
• Vegas Turnaround
• Take Back Frank
• Senior Class Gift
• Class Banner
• Senior T-Shirt
• Senior Service Day
• Selection of student Commencement and Class Day Speakers

 

South Campus Representative

• Chair the Residence Hall Committee and work with it to ensure general improvements are made to South Campus lounges (have vending machines and televisions fixed, etc.)
• Chair the Food Committee and work with it to improve dining at Frank (get better surveying methods and have hard copies of nutritional information provided in the dining halls, etc.)
• Improve Pendleton Pool (get new lounge chairs, etc.)
• Work on pest control

 

Sophomore Class President

• Form the Sophomore Class Council
• Plan events and fundraisers to be put on by the Sophomore Class
• Look into getting nutrition facts more readily available in Frank and Frary
• Class Name Selection

 

Commissioner of Academic Affairs

• Ensure student representation in the Dean of College Search (Partially Complete)
• Work with Dean Kates on specific issues of student representation in academic processes
• Work to improve first year advising
• Organize and execute another first year advising fair
• Work to improve communication between the administration/faculty and the student body on academic issues

 

Vice President for Finance

• Review Judicial Board process for sexual assault incidents and provide recommendations to improve it. [IN PROGRESS]
• Increase the stipend for ASPC President, VP for Finance, and VP for Campus Activities. [NOT STARTED]
• Assess the current budgeting process and implement adjustments to improve efficiency. [IN PROGRESS]

 

Commissioner of Sports & Clubs

• Plan Homecoming 2008 (In progress)
• Take students to off-campus sporting events (In Progess)
• Re-Do the Club Leader Handbook (All most finished)
• Get more students to sporting events. SCHOOL SPIRIT!! CHIRP!!! (Constant)

 

Vice President for Campus Activities

• Launch new Claremont Events website to Pomona students (done)
• Launch new Claremont Events website to all 5C students (in progress)
• Update CCLA website with current information and link it to the new Claremont Events site (next project)
• Program events for this semester: Pomona, 5C, and off-campus (continually for fall 2008)

 

Commissioner of Off-Campus Relations 

• (Re)Start Food Salvage Program with Sodexho
• Act as liaison between ASPC and the Volunteer Center or the new Center for Community Partnerships.
• Work with Chamber of Commerce on:' publicizing Village events on the campus to the students, publicizing Village Student Discounts to the students and partnering with more stores in the Village (especially the Village Expansion) to establish Student Discount programs.
• Work with / get to know the City of Claremont via attending city council meetings, etc.
• Expand PCIPs in Claremont:' find and contact organizations that want to participate
• Education! Work with local schools for Art Day, panels, and workshops!

 

Commissioner of Communications

• Arrange for on-campus speakers
• Upgrade ASPC Website to enhance Senate visibility on campus
• Work with the Office of Communications to update the Pomona Website
• Digester Improvement
• Apply for Tournees Film Festival 2009
• Work with all campus media clubs and publications

 

First Year Class President

• Ensure the general welfare of the Class of 2012.
• Work toward establishing getting the Class 2012 more involved in the Pomona Community.
• Promoting more freshman interaction with higher classes.
• Organizing fun and positive class events.
• Making members of the Class of 2012 more aware of their rights/duties/responsibilities at Pomona.
• Designing an amazing class banner

 

Junior Class President

• Program social events both on and off campus that bring the Junior Class together (i.e. Study Abroad Party, Santa Monica Beach day)
• Complete our class banner
• Collaborate with the CDO to put on resume, career, and internship workshops for the juniors
• Provide more volunteer opportunities for the junior class in collaboration with the Volunteer Center
• Discuss commencement speakers
• Make Junior T-shirts
• Program Junior/Senior social
• Chair the Junior Class committee and assist in accomplishing the above goals
• Provide a better security system for bikes kept on campus
• Reviewing the Sexual Misconduct Policy to address issues of underreporting of incidents.