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The St. Paul Board of Colleges (SPBOC) is now seeking nominations for officers and college representatives from the St. Paul campus student body for the 2008-2009 academic year!

The St. Paul Board of Colleges (SPBOC) is the coordinating student representative body of the colleges on the St. Paul campus that include the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), College of Design (CDES), College of Biological Sciences (CBS), College of Veterinary Medicine (VetMed), and the College of Continuing Education (CCE). The primary role of SPBOC is to act as the voice of the St. Paul campus and to support student activities and community building through its small grant process and annual awards.

For more information on SPBOC, please go to the following link:

http://www.cfans.umn.edu/SPBOC.html

We are seeking nominations for the following positions:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

• Vice-President – Will assume the role of President in absence of the President.
• Secretary- Responsible for taking minutes at meetings and coordinating Board communications.

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES: Will communicate student concerns and questions from appropriate college to the Board and perform duties within the Board as assigned.

• College of Continuing Education Representative
• College of Design Representative
• College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Representative
• College of Biological Sciences Representative
• College of Education and Human Development Representative

5. Bailey Hall Representatives (2) – Must be a resident in Bailey Hall for academic year 2008-09.

6. At Large Representatives (2) – Can be from any college on the St. Paul campus. Web-development experience will be one of the main criteria for consideration.

A "Nomination Statement" is required for each student who wants to be officially considered for a position on the St. Paul Board of Colleges (SPBOC).

Nominees are required to provide the following information and respond to the following three questions (no more than a few sentences for each question):

Name:
Email address:
Phone number:
Position for which you are applying:
Will you be able to serve for the entire 2008-2009 academic year?

1. What are your qualifications and why do want to serve on the St. Paul Board of Colleges?

2. What can you contribute to the St. Paul Board of Colleges?

3. What is your vision for enhancing the role/impact of the St. Paul Board of Colleges?

Nominations

Nomination statements may be submitted electronically by the 25th of April to spboc@umn.edu. Applications will be reviewed during the regular SPBOC meeting on the 29th of April and new members notified by May 1, 2008. Questions? Please contact the SPBOC Board at spboc@umn.edu.