We have the candidates for the coming year's officer positions! Voting is now open until April 30th. The ballot is a google form accessed at the bottom of this post. Here are the candidates' campaign speeches:
I am running for President or Vice President because I believe that due to my experience as the Vice President of BioCOM in this online environment and the roles that I have held in clubs prior to the pandemic that I would be a good fit for navigating the difficult transition that we will be encountering this upcoming year as we transition back to in-person classes and, potentially, in-person club meetings. While I do not know what this upcoming school year has in store for us, I am committed to campaigning for the members of this club as they best see fit, whether that be in the form of in-person events, online events, or a mix of both. I want to find the best way to bring this club together socially while also ensuring that the health of its members is always prioritized.
My name is Julia Labuda, a current sophomore, and I am an Ancient Studies major as well as a Geography and Environmental Systems major. I have applied for the Secretary role, as I am most interested in helping and informing people, as well as organizing information. I already have a year's worth of experience with this role which will help me to create posts for the club's events. I also would like to help the club branch out to different social media platforms so that future events can reach more people. This will help to generate more community interest in the events and increase attendance.
I am suited to this role due to my natural organizational skills, great writing skills, and a love to help people. Whenever someone needs something done I make sure to do whatever they need in the best way I can. If someone asks me a question I am more than happy to answer it or direct them to the right path. Lastly, I just genuinely enjoy being part of a community that has likewise interests and sharing that with others. I am happy to help organize the fun activities this club has to offer, and am delighted when people tell us they had a blast!
- Mary Nolan, running for Vice President:
Hi everyone! My name is Mary Nolan and I'm currently a sophomore Chemical engineering major, Ancient Studies minor. I’ve had a love for ancient history and mythology since I was a kid and have been so happy to incorporate it into my college career. When I learned about this group halfway through the semester, I knew I had to join. I am a responsible and hard-working person and think I would make a great Vice President. This is something that I’m very passionate about and I think my excitement and determination will make me a great leader of this group. I would love to help manage, organize, and plan events, activities, and other exciting things for this club. Thank you so much for your time!
Thank you to all that applied to this year's election! Since we had no campaign for Treasurer, please email us if you are interested in the position.
If you have any questions regarding voting or about the election in general, please contact our Secretary at jlabuda1@umbc.edu
Voting Ballot Here: https://forms.gle/vJkZ8fDQUYp8QWGf6
We will be holding elections for the President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary positions within the club. Anyone interested in one of these positions is more than welcome to join the election. To run for a position, please fill out the Council Elections google form provided below before April 22nd. The voting will be held from April 22nd to April 30th. Due to the virtual nature of this election, the ballots will be submitted on a google form. We will post all the candidates and their speeches on April 22nd, as well as open the virtual ballots. Please look out for a post in the coming week for access to the ballot via google form. Anyone can vote for any person interested in the positions, whether it be for themselves or for another person. Those who have won these positions will start their term on May 1st, up until the next year.
We hope that you will join us in this process. If you have any questions please contact our Secretary at jlabuda1@umbc.edu.
Thank you!
ANCS Council Election google form: https://forms.gle/ch3SdRhkYZm2q1nt7
]]>Thank you to everyone who joined us for Scribe School! A special thank you to Dr. Lane for sharing his knowledge on Linear B and more! We hope you all had a blast, and if you couldn’t make it this time, we hope you will next year!
Dr. Lane shared the slides he made for the lecture, which we will share here for any who are interested.
Thank you again!
Thank you to all the people who showed up to our trivia night! We all had a lot of fun, and we hope more people can join us next time! A special thank you to our winners!
If you have any questions for us at the Ancient Studies Council, join us for Involvement Fest tomorrow! It will be from 12 - 2pm, on WebEx teams. The link to the meeting is here: https://eurl.io/#oHMpsw6gs
We hope to see you there!
Salvete and Χαίρετε!
We hope that you all had a warm and restful winter break, and we welcome you back! Online classes are difficult in more ways than one, so we at the council wanted to take this opportunity to plan some fun and interesting events to help everyone to ease into the new semester!
To get to know more about the Ancient Studies Council, learn more about our events, or talk about Ancient Studies, come join us during Involvement Fest. Our virtual meeting will be on Tuesday, February 2nd, at 12-1pm on WebEx Teams.
We are also excited to share our love for ancient studies with our upcoming events!
Our first event will be Trivia Night. For extra incentive, besides showing off your knowledge of ancient history, we will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places prizes! We will have handmade olive oil soap (made by our very own treasurer, Abigail), a 3D paper sculpture kit of a Greek goddess, and an art commission of your likeness as a god or goddess (to be drawn by our very own vice president, Dakota)!
For our second event, Dr. Lane will be giving a lecture on an ancient system of writing called Linear B! There will be a demonstration of Linear B in clay, which you are welcome to participate alongside.
Our last event will be an Ancient Cooking night, using inspiration from the ancient cookbook, Apicius. Tasty!
The dates for these events are still in the works, but we will be sure to update you all when they solidify. If you have any questions about our events, Involvement Fest, or anything else on your mind, feel free to email us!
Gobby Caggiano, President -gcaggi1@umbc.edu
Dakota Pereira, Vice President - dpereir1@umbc.edu
Abigail Kennedy, Treasurer - akenned1@umbc.edu
Julia Labuda, Secretary - jlabuda1@umbc.edu
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