Every year, two students are selected as funding directors for the IU Student Association Funding Board to assist campus groups in applying for student government funds.
Directors are phased out on a bi-yearly basis, with each director appointed before the spring or fall semester begins. Each serves a year-long term, and with the spring semester approaching, a funding director spot is opening up.
This system helps ensure someone in the position is always comfortable with the
system, current funding director and senior Kristina Anderson said.
“It allows for both stability and a fresh start at the time,” Anderson said.
Anderson, who began her one-year term last April, was also a previous board member. She said the director position has given her a chance to expand her skill set.
“It’s kind of given me an opportunity to grow because I’ve been able to work with the administration and student organizations, and in a way that kind of expanded from the board member role,” Anderson said.
Funding directors assist student organization throughout the funding application process and work closely with the Funding Board. However, their role does not involve making decisions on who receives student activities organization funding.
“Serving as a mentor and aide for those student groups is very important,” Anderson said.
Senior Alex Swider will soon be phased out of his role as funding director. Swider’s term began in the 2010 spring semester .
Swider said the position tied strongly into his accounting major and gave him a greater understanding of the function of student groups on campus.
The difficulty of the position, Swider said, lies in keeping up with e-mails and committing time to processing applications. The funding directors pledge a speedy response time for every e-mail they receive.
Funding directors also receive a yearly stipend of $1,500 with the newly adopted IUSA budget. Changes made to last year’s bylaws yielded a new definition for the funding
director position, bringing it closer to IUSA and creating more separation from the Funding Board.
Funding director applications for the spring opening are available at www.iusa.indiana.edu.
IUSA President and senior Michael Coleman said applications will be accepted from any interested students, although the Funding Board chooses based on recommendations from its own membership.
Coleman said these individuals will have a leg up in the application process.
“Their experience is not matched by anyone else who isn’t on Funding Board,” Coleman said.
Coleman and the current directors will choose candidates and present their recommendations to the IUSA Congress for final approval near the start of the spring semester.
Directors are phased out on a bi-yearly basis, with each director appointed before the spring or fall semester begins. Each serves a year-long term, and with the spring semester approaching, a funding director spot is opening up.
This system helps ensure someone in the position is always comfortable with the
system, current funding director and senior Kristina Anderson said.
“It allows for both stability and a fresh start at the time,” Anderson said.
Anderson, who began her one-year term last April, was also a previous board member. She said the director position has given her a chance to expand her skill set.
“It’s kind of given me an opportunity to grow because I’ve been able to work with the administration and student organizations, and in a way that kind of expanded from the board member role,” Anderson said.
Funding directors assist student organization throughout the funding application process and work closely with the Funding Board. However, their role does not involve making decisions on who receives student activities organization funding.
“Serving as a mentor and aide for those student groups is very important,” Anderson said.
Senior Alex Swider will soon be phased out of his role as funding director. Swider’s term began in the 2010 spring semester .
Swider said the position tied strongly into his accounting major and gave him a greater understanding of the function of student groups on campus.
The difficulty of the position, Swider said, lies in keeping up with e-mails and committing time to processing applications. The funding directors pledge a speedy response time for every e-mail they receive.
Funding directors also receive a yearly stipend of $1,500 with the newly adopted IUSA budget. Changes made to last year’s bylaws yielded a new definition for the funding
director position, bringing it closer to IUSA and creating more separation from the Funding Board.
Funding director applications for the spring opening are available at www.iusa.indiana.edu.
IUSA President and senior Michael Coleman said applications will be accepted from any interested students, although the Funding Board chooses based on recommendations from its own membership.
Coleman said these individuals will have a leg up in the application process.
“Their experience is not matched by anyone else who isn’t on Funding Board,” Coleman said.
Coleman and the current directors will choose candidates and present their recommendations to the IUSA Congress for final approval near the start of the spring semester.
