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: Nichola Greenblatt
Vice President: Cynthia Chand
Treasurer: Derek Hanson

Senate Representatives
Senior: Megan Newcomb, Taylor Mason, Jason Normand, Lauren Vermilion, one position vacant
Junior: Samantha Martinez, Natalie Pate, Colleen Smyth, Jerome Sader, Andres Oswill
Sophomore: Natasha Parekh, Tori Leder, Rebecca Brownlee, Caroline Brinster, Teo Ekstrom

Freshman:to be elected September 2013

ASWU Sound
General Manager: TBD

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: Annie Gainza
Finance Manager: Daegan Mitchell
Kitchen Manager: Clara Timpe
Annex Coordinator: Victoria Binning

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!

Class Council Chairs:

2014: Susie Barnes
2015: Jessica Davison
2016: Itsel Venegas Trujillo
2017: TBD

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: Jordan Wildish

Coordinators:
Paige Gorry (Fall)
Hannah Staller
Claire Scheffer (Fall)
Hannah Leslie (Spring)
Summer Elias
Camille Debreczeny
Aki Uchida ASP Coordinator
Atshushi Kojima ASP Coordinator

Club Approval and Finance Committee

The Club Approval and Finance Committee (formerly known as COSO) is one of the ASWU Senate committees. The fundamental mission of ASWU is to facilitate the growth of a healthy, diverse, and sustainable community of student organizations at Willamette. The Club Approval and Finance Committee is committed to improving the infrastructure of student organizations by helping new groups focus their visions and improve upon their weaknesses.

This committee'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, the Club Approval and Finance Committee provides feedback, suggestions, and resources to newly forming student organizations. Once the affiliation materials have been reviewed and revised to their satisfaction, this committee has the authority to recommend new groups to ASWU Senate for official recognition as student organizations.

For more information contact ASWU Treasurer, Derek Hanson.

Family Weekend

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

2013 Lead Team

Coordinator: Rachel Vermeulen
Lead Team: Sara Cordes and Yasmine Genena

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 - President: Benny Kuo
Kappa Sigma - President: Wesley Dawn
Sigma Alpha Epsilon - President: Tait Stephens
Sigma Chi - President: Cody Plofker

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.

2013-2014 IM Supervisors

Danielle Nakatani
Jack Nelson
John Ludlow
Tia (Teah) Williams
Jenna Jones
Zach Douglass
Kendrick Arakaki
Ryan Schroeder
Xavier Wiltbank
Joelle (Jojo) Delong
Kathrin Miracle
Jessica Yi

Sports Club Council President
Jessica Yi

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 (hours TBA) or email them at leadershipconsultants@willamette.edu

Peter Adamson
Amara Fanucci
Ziv Feinberg
Kyle Flowers
Caitlin Gibson
Alex Schrimp

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)
Shannon Tebbetts (Training Coordinator)
Hannah Schwarz (Training Coordinator)
Jianing Chen
Brandon Guyton
Jillian Keller
Madeline McClelland
Liana Olson
Anelise Zimmer

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: Hannah Levy

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.

Co-coordinators:

Cassidy Gammill (Fall 2013)

Taylor Stone (Fall 2013 & Spring 2014)

Kanika Meister (Spring 2014)

Willamette Events Board (WEB)

Student leaders plan activities and events for the entire campus community. Through this experience students gain valuable leadership skills, make new friends, and have lots of fun.

Co-Presidents: Max Peterson and Tana Watanabe

American Studies Program Ambassadors: Seishu Furudate and Kaori Toyoda

Annual Events: Kendrick Arakaki and Tori Leder

Awareness, Discussion, and Dialogue: Sean Alvey and Molly Coffyn

Campus Events: Georgia Mayfield and Anotinette Shockey

Community Engagement: Audrey Mechling

Publicity: Kristin Bradshaw and Maddie Gordon

Random Fun: Ashley Turnidge and Isabel Seiden