Leadership Opportunities

Student Activities, in collaboration with the other offices in Student Involvement, advises many student leaders throughout Willamette. Check out the various leadership opportunities available through our offices below.

Associated Students of Willamette University (ASWU)

ASWU is the student organization designed to oversee student life at Willamette and serve as the primary source of student advocacy on campus.

Officers
President: Elizabeth Calixtro
Vice President Student Services: Cynthia Chand
Vice President of Administration: Alexis Gilbert
Vice President of Finance: Jamel Freeman

Senate Representatives
Senior: Elizabeth Guzman, Francis Tenny Pitsch, Brad Borque, Sean Harding, Bailey Moody
Junior: Derek Hanson, Jay Howard, Megan Newcomb, Taylor Mason, Atsushi Yoshida
Sophomore: Natalie Pate, Elizabeth Saul,Colleen Smyth, Soren Underdahl, Jerome Sader

Freshman: Nate Balk, Caroline Brinster, Becca Brownlee, Tori Leder, Natasha Parekh

ASWU Sound
General Manager: Jordan Loos

Bistro Willamette

The Bistro is a student-run cafe which serves as a gathering place for students, faculty and staff. Day-to-day management of the Bistro is handled by student managers. Applications are available as positions become available.

Managers
General Manager: Jo Reeder
Finance Manager: Lauren McKallor
Kitchen Manager: Allie Mack
Annex Coordinator: Greg Hill

Class Council

Class Council is a group from each class year that gets a budget to spend on social and educational programs to help their class build bonds and develop class unity. Anyone can join their Class Council at any time throughout their 4 years at WU!

2016: John Cheney
2015: Jessica Davison
2014: Susie Barnes
2013: Elizabeth Guzman

CSL (Community Service Learning)

CSL coordinators support the work of the Office of Community Service Learning, raise awareness of social justice issues, provide opportunities to address these issues through service in the community, and foster a cooperative spirit between Willamette and the surrounding community.

Lead Coordinator, Hannah Froiland
Paige Gorry
Erica Hayes (spring)
Caty Priebe
Sarai Rivas (fall)
Claire Scheffer
Hannah Staller (fall)
Becca Taylor (spring)
Jordan Wildish (spring)

COSO (Committee On Student Organizations)

COSO is one of the ASWU Senate committees, the fundamental mission of which is to facilitate the growth of a healthy, diverse, and sustainable community of student organizations at Willamette. COSO is committed to improving the infrastructure of student organizations by helping new groups focus their visions and improve upon their weaknesses.

COSO’s primary purpose is to evaluate the affiliation materials (Affiliation Form, Petition of Interest, and Constitution and Bylaws) of newly forming student organizations. In its evaluation process, COSO provides feedback, suggestions, and resources to newly forming student organizations. Once the affiliation materials have been reviewed and revised to their satisfaction, COSO has the authority to recommend new groups to ASWU Senate for official recognition as student organizations.

Contact ASWU Vice President of Student Services, Cynthia Chand, for more information on COSO.

Family Weekend

Family Weekend staff creates, plans, coordinates and attends all events during this program each fall semester.

2013 Lead Team
Coordinator, Rachel Vermeulen

Fraternities at Willamette

The fraternities below are listed with their charter year and current president. For more information on Greek life at Willamette, click here.

Phi Delta Theta - (1946; rechartered 1991) - President: Benny Kuo
Kappa Sigma Colony - President: Wesley Dawn
SAE - President: Tyler Holmer
Sigma Chi (1947) - President: Manta Dircks

Intramural Sports

Serving as an IM rep is one way to start building recreational leadership skills. The IM activities program also hires and trains students to work as intramural referees, scorekeepers and timekeepers. If you like sports, like to have fun, and want to enhance your leadership and assertiveness skills, this is the job for you. Students with work-study eligibility are encouraged to apply.

2012-2013 IM Supervisors
Kendrick Arakaki
Neil McIntyre
Teah Williams
Wes Wenzel
Xavier Wiltbank
Elena Wimberger
Jess Yi

ASP Intramural Supervisors
Takashi Izawa
Kevin (Yuto) Yaginuma

Outdoor Program
Rae Lloyd-Lever, Coordinator
Eri Noguchi, ASP Coordinator
Erica jensen
Michael Lukas
Jillian Keller
Brandon Guyton
Nicki Bailey, Staff & Training Coordinator

Outdoor Activities Council President
Rae Lloyd-Lever

Sports Club council President
Andi Price

Interfraternity Council (IFC)

IFC is the governing body for the men's fraternities, composed of elected representatives from each of Willamette's fraternities.

2013 Officers
President, Cole Altuzarra
VP Administration, Kevin Liebson
VP Recruitment, Alex Jasmund
VP Programming, Jared Virtue
VP Public Relations, Bryan Martz

Leadership Consultants

The Leadership Consultants are a new group from the Office of Student Activities. They are here to help student organizations and their leaders succeed. They have experience with running and being a part of a variety of student groups. They are here to offer resources, support, training, guidance, and help with problem solving. You can find them on the 2nd floor of the UC at the following hours or email them at leadershipconsultants@willamette.edu

Mondays,10:15-2
Wednesdays, 1-2
Thursdays, 3-4
Fridays, 10-1

Marshall Curry
Kenny Gebbhardt
Sveta Krishna
Lauren Riggs
Luz Rodriguez

NSOCO (New Student Orientation to Community Outreach)

NSOCO Leaders assist new students in doing community service in Salem and surrounding areas during the week-long Jump Start program in mid-August. The team of five lead evening activities and reflection, encouraging students to bring meaning to their experiences and their role in the Salem community.

2013 Leaders
Cassidy Gammill
Paige Gorry
Robert march
Emma Pesis
Hannah Staller

Outdoor Program

Located int the Montag Center, the Willamette Outdoor Program is a fantastic resource for the Willamette community to connect the varied and great aspects of the Pacific Northwest. We provide a variety of services that help students, faculty and staff through guided outings, gear rental, training opportunities and connection to related local events. We can even assist you in planning your own outings!

Rae Lloyd-Lever, Coordinator
Nicki Bailey
Erica Jensen
Jillian Keller
Michael Lukas
Maddi Niermeyer

Opening Days

The Opening Days staff facilitates the adjustment of each year's entering class to academic and campus life at Willamette during a five-day orientation program. Opening Days Coordinator and Leadership Team applications available in November and Leader applications available in January.

2013 Lead Team
Coordinator - Kyle Flowers

Lauren Branch

Brendan Dwyer

Colleen Smythe

Panhellenic Council (PHC)

Panhellenic Council is the governing body for Willamette's three sororities. The PHC Executive Council is comprised of six executive officers, who create and oversee programs for all of the sororities - President, Vice President of Recruitment, Vice President of Programming, Vice President of Public Relations, Vice President of Risk Management, and Vice President of Administration. Applications are available in February of each academic year to be considered for these executive officer positions.

Officers
President: Cassidy Gammill
Vice President of Recruitment: Lauren Branch
Vice President of External Programming: Elaine Carpenter
Vice President of Internal Programming: Rachel Ross
Vice President of Public Relations: Nicole Price
Vice President of Administration: Jessica Outhet

Sororities at Willamette

The sororities below are listed with their charter year and current president. For more information on Greek life at Willamette, click here.

Alpha Chi Omega (1944) - president: Danica Wahl
Delta Gamma (1945) - president: Megan Gross
Pi Beta Phi (1944) - president: Amara Fanucci

TaB (Take a Break)

Take-a-Break is a student-run alternative break program that sends groups of students, faculty, and staff to communities throughout Oregon and the United States to learn and serve. Student facilitators and coordinators play active roles in the development and support of TaB trips.

Program Director: Sveta Krishna

Tiger Club

Tiger club invites Willamette volunteers to provide after-school mentoring and tutoring to students at near-by Bush Elementary. Opportunities are available for Willamette students to serve as tutors as well as coordinators for the program.

Willamette Events Board (WEB)

Student leaders plan activities and events for the entire campus community. Through this experience students g ain valuable leadership skills, make new friends and have lots of fun. All students are eligible to join.

Co-Presidents: Annie Gainza & Nathan Combs

Annual Events: Gabi Rasmussen & Tana Watanabe

Campus Events: Kyle Flowers and John Cheney

Performing Arts: Margaret Woodcock

Publicity: Merideth Stroh and Kristin Garrison

Random Fun: Georgia Mayfield

Awareness Discussion & Dialogue: Tori Leder

American Studies Program Ambassador: Seishu Furudate and Kaori Toyoda