Common Application

Westmont College Student Association

The Westmont College Student Association serves as the “voice” of the student body. This council of elected officers represents the student population to the College administration. WCSA also oversees clubs and helps to fund student-initiated projects and programs around campus. WCSA is committed to connecting and unifying all the constituencies that make up the Westmont community.

WCSA Website (http://blogs.westmont.edu/wcsa/)

The President

The President represents the student body to the faculty, staff, administration, and the Santa Barbara community. This representation will be fulfilled by the President’s presence on college committees and in presentations to various administrators, faculty, alumni, and/or parent groups. The President will oversee WCSA by leading weekly meetings and evaluating all major decisions made by the organization.

The duties of the President include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend all meetings of the General and Executive Councils.
2. To serve as the official representative of the students to the faculty, staff, administration, and the Santa Barbara community.
3. To preside over and set the agenda for WCSA General Council meetings.
4. To appoint WCSA members, and other students, if necessary, to college committees.
5. To fill any WCSA vacancies, which occur more than 30 days before a general election, with an appointee. This appointment requires a three-fourths majority General Council vote to be confirmed.
6. To veto any vote of the General Council within 7 days of the initial vote. This veto can be overturned by a three-fourths vote from the General Council.
7. To meet with the College President, and other administrators, on a regular basis inform them of student needs and to receive updates about any relevant decisions made by the administration.
8. To sit on the President's Council and the Academic Senate.
9. To break ties, when they occur, on official WCSA General Council votes.
10. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.

The Vice President

The Vice President will support and supervise the Class Presidents. The Vice President will sit on college committees and represent the student body in meetings with faculty, administrators, alumni, and/or parent groups.

The duties of the Vice President include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend all meetings of the General and Executive Councils.
2. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
3. To function as the WCSA President in the event that the President is unable to perform their aforementioned duties. When acting as President, the Vice President is not able to vote on General Council decisions.
4. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
5. To lend advice to the President in the process of recommending appointments (which would be subject to a General Council confirmation vote) to the General Council to fill a vacant, dismissed, or recalled position.
6. To support and supervise Class Presidents through regular individual meetings.
7. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.

Business manager

The Business Manager oversees the financial outlays and revenues of WCSA; this involves proposing a semester budget, controlling funds, disbursing funds, and offering advice on the appropriation of finances with regard to proposals and daily activities of WCSA.

The duties of the Business Manager include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend all meetings of the General and Executive Councils.
2. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
3. To provide the General Council with an annual budget. This budget will be discussed, amended, as necessary, and approved by a majority vote at the start of the school year.
4. To oversee the revenues, expenditures, and debts of all WCSA monies, and to periodically report the financial condition of WCSA to the General Council.
5. To support and guide business managers from other affiliated student organizations funded by student fees. The Business Manager will plan and facilitate a meeting between all of the student organizations’ business managers each semester to discuss student fees and fund distribution.
6. To function as the WCSA President in the event that neither the President nor the Vice President is able to perform their aforementioned duties. When acting as President, the Vice President is not able to vote on General Council decisions.
7. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
8. To lend advice to the President in the process of recommending appointments (which would be subject to a General Council confirmation vote) to the General Council to fill a vacant, dismissed, or recalled position.
9. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.

Class Presidents

The Class Presidents represent their respective classes on WCSA. As elected officials, they act as liaisons between their peers and the General Council, communicating ideas, suggestions, and concerns of the student body to WCSA

Sophomore Class President

The duties of the Sophomore Class President include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend weekly meetings of the General Council.
2. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
3. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
4. To organize sophomore class chapel at the beginning of first semester.
5. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
6. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.
7. To control and budget the funds allocated for their class.

Junior Class President

The duties of the Junior Class President include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend weekly meetings of the General Council.
2. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
3. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
4. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
5. To organize junior class chapel at the beginning of first semester.
6. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.
7. To control and budget the funds allocated for their class.

Senior Class President

The duties of the Senior Class President include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To attend weekly meetings of the General Council.
2. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
3. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
4. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
5. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.
6. To organize senior class chapel at the beginning of first semester.
7. To collect nominations for student and faculty speakers for Baccalaureate.
8. To control and budget the funds allocated for their class.

Multicultural Representative

The Multicultural Representative is an elected member of the WCSA General Council and represents minority students—students of color, missionary, third culture, and international students. The Multicultural Representative strives to ensure that the needs, ideas, suggestions, and concerns of minority students are communicated to WCSA as well as staff, faculty, and administration. The Multicultural Representative will encourage students to engage in global conversations.

The duties of the Multicultural Representative include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. To maintain focus and attention on the Westmont Learning Standard for Diversity by representing the minority student populations.
2. To attend weekly meetings of the General Council.
3. To cast a vote on every General Council decision that comes to a vote.
4. To sit on committees as appointed by the WCSA President.
5. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
6. To attend and participate in WCSA activities.

WCSA Administrator
Meetings and Sports Clubs

The WCSA administrator is an appointed position.

The duties of the WCSA Administrator include, but are not limited to, the following:
General
1. To attend all meetings of the General Council.
2. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
3. To sit on any committees to which the President appoints them.
4. To follow all guidelines assigned to the General Councils.

Specific
5. To print the agenda and relevant documents for each WCSA meeting and distribute that agenda to all at the general council meeting.
6. To take accurate and inclusive minutes at every WCSA meeting; distributing the minutes to all staff members and advisors before the next meeting; keeping copies of all minutes electronically on the WCSA office computer.
7. To maintain important WCSA documents from in an accessible electronic filing system on the office computer
8. To provide primary support for athletic clubs: includes reviewing funding requests, room reservations, event support, and general support.
9. To keep WCSA website updated with all club information and photos.
10. To assist the General Clubs Manager in overseeing the club application process, planning club officer informational meetings and organizing the club kickoff dinner.

WCSA Administrator
Office and General Clubs

The WCSA administrator is an appointed position.

The duties of the WCSA Administrator include, but are not limited to, the following:

General
1. To attend all meetings of the General Council.
2. To give a weekly oral report at all WCSA General Council meetings.
3. To sit on any committees to which the President appoints them.
4. To follow all guidelines assigned to the General Councils.

Specific
5. To assign office hours to each member of WCSA Coalesce and distribute all pertinent WCSA staff information.
6. To keep the WCSA office organized and its supplies stocked.
7. To administer and oversee the club application process at the beginning of each semester
8. To plan club officer informational meetings at the beginning of each semester.
9. To plan and organize club kick off dinner at the beginning of the fall semester.
10. To provide primary support for academic, social, service and issue based club leaders: includes reviewing funding requests, room reservations, event support, and general support.