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Executive Agenda 2010-2011
Morgan DeBaun – President
Kirsten Miller – VP of Administration
Eliot Walker – VP of Finance
John Harrison York - VP of Programming
Cody Katz - VP of Public Relations

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Our Vision
Eliot Walker John Harrison York Morgan DeBaun Kirsten Miller Cody Katz
The purpose of this proposal is to present to the campus community the potential vision for the Executive Administration
of Student Union. This document is meant to provide an outline of our goals and mission, and as a foundation to support
dialogue about building community at Washington University.
Our campus community has a diverse student population encompassing different cultures, orientations, political
ideologies, and faiths. Throughout the year Student Union should be fostering school pride by uniting students over
common experiences and sharing their differences.
These uncertain times continue to challenge Wash U, both present and future. Budget cuts across campus will continue to
shape our lives for the next four years and our community needs to maximize our current resources available to us.
Holding a unique position in influencing the Wash U. experience, Student Union must responsibly distribute the student
activity fee, but also maintain a strong student voice. All students should have access to Student Union’s resources, and
feel supported by the rest of our student body.
This document is to serve as a springboard for further dialogue; please reflect and discuss on the meaning of ‘community’
and how we can work to strengthen ours. We hope that the student body and Student Union leaders can work together to
increase common understanding, and ownership of problems and solutions, and strengthen our campus’ capacity to effect
positive change.
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Empowering Students
Giving Students the Tools They Need
Any Student Has Access to the who are passionate about an
Student Activity Fee issue
• Create action steps
Any student that pays the student resolutions
activity fee will be able to appeal to
treasury as an individual Workshops and Training
• Collaborations, speakers, and
conferences • Developing workshops that will
• Institutionalizing the Treasury help students or student groups
Liaison Program to make it learn more about activism and
easier for individual students group decision making
to appeal • Create a shared knowledge
• Publicize a list of Frequently network for different student
Asked Questions that groups to share experiences and
treasurers may ask skills with one another
• Invite students and student
Utilizing SU’s influence groups to Senate Committee
meetings. Advertise subjects of
• Create a resolution writing meetings.
handbook • Re-vamp presidents and
• Encourage and foster dialogue treasurers training
between Senators and students
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4. Enhancing Students’ Space
Reviving the Women’s Building
Creating a Student Center Fostering Dialogue and Interactions
Developing an engaging space so that students
feel more comfortable hanging out in their • SU and student groups sponsoring a
suites. “Cheap Cultural Food Lunch” in the
Women’s Building
• Computers for students to check • Ex. Every Friday from 11-1 there is a
their email and a study space. different cultural student group
• Wireless in the Women’s Building selling food. This serves as a
• Campus card reader access fundraiser for the groups and brings
• Capital investments to create an life into the building
engaging space for students (comfy • Creating an open door policy for
chairs, flat screen) suites and offices
• Re-organizing the underpass paint • Establishing a permanent student
system and reserving system art gallery
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Increasing Shared Experiences
Big Speakers, Big Programs, School Pride
School Pride
I am Wash. U. Campaign
Big Programs • Work with Bear Necessities
Prioritizing events in the beginning and Campus bookstore to
Big Speakers of the year to identify key
Allocating $100,000 for 2-3 first have uniform WU shirts
traditions we do not want to
semester speakers. • Distribute “Wash. U. Pride
conflict with when allocating
shirts” at the beginning of
appeal money.
•Applied for by student the school year
groups • Calendar of events • Collaborate with CS40 to
• Big Names like Karl Rove, identified included in establish new traditions
or Michelle Obama treasury’s binders and given surrounding WU identity
Continuing support for second at president and treasurers
semester Assembly Speakers training. Familiarize student body with
• Using the Link as a tool Wash U. fight song
Maximizing SU’s resources by when student groups are
working with CS40 and NSA to co- planning their activities • Work with the Bomb Squad
sponsor large scale events. and Red Alert to identify
Student Union bringing back club ways SU can promote the
fight song.
nights.
• Include the fight song in the
• Student group run and
student planner or other
sponsored as a fundraiser
• Various St. Louis club official WU information
locations such as Soulard, • Solicit help from Res-Life
the Landing, and the and CS40 to teach incoming
Central West End freshmen the fight song
• WUSAS & RAs.
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Morgan – Debaun@wustl.edu Cody – codymkatz@gmail.com
Kirsten – Kirsmiller@gmail.com John Harrison – jhy2006@gmail.com
Eliot – ewalks@gmail.com