Exciting things happening! First things first (to permit the cliche), check out the extravaganza that is WORK YOUR B.A! I’ve been working on this series of events since September with a great team of volunteers and coordinators. Here is the full schedule.We have two events coming up this week: WORK YOUR BA WARMUP! Arts Undergraduate Research Event January 14, 4:30 …
Happy New Year! Essay Centre Recruitment, MoA & Teaching Awards
Happy New Year! I hope that you all enjoyed the break and were able to take some time to rest and recuperate. My Council Report for this week is available here, but as always, I wanted to pick out a few key happenings in my portfolio to share with you: AUS Essay Centre The AUS Essay Centre is currently recruiting volunteer …
Numbers and numbers and more numbers
Hi everyone, Here’s the audited financial statements for the AUS for the past school year. Every year (as of three years ago) we get audited by an external firm, and the financial statements are sent to McGill University, Revenu Quebec, and the Canadian Revenue Agency. The two biggest reasons why audited financial statements are necessary are to receive your …
IKEA Opportunity, Inquire Within — AUIF 2015
Hello everyone, The AUIF application is ready! Pulling the blurb inside the application: The Arts Undergraduate Improvement Fund Committee (AUIFC) is an annual funding session that allocates roughly $200,000 (exact amount to be determined after the Winter semester fee opt-out period) towards capital improvements and their one-time installation costs for groups affiliated with the Faculty of Arts. This year, …
The Real Diary of Li Xue, Part 1
Hello everyone! Hope you’re all doing well, and that McLennan’s ventilation is satisfactory this time of year. I myself have been holed up in the music library… And I am sick of studying. Here are some things happening in my portfolio right now. I went alphabetically off the top of the my head by topic. If there’s something …
As the semester winds down…
Hi everyone, I briefly wanted to draw your attention to our new Updates section with postings by user ‘cbrc’. These postings are by the AUS Constitutional By-law Review Committee, a committee under my portfolio. This semester, I am trying a new project where we condense important news updates from legislative council or general AUS operations and place them in this …