Spring 2006 MilVets and GSSC Election candidates statements
From: MilVets VP
To: MilVets General Body
Date: 02APR06
Re: MilVets and GSSC Election Statements
CONTENTS:
1. MilVets E-Board candidate statements: Luke Stalcup, Peter Kim.
2. GSSC milvets candidate statements: Scott Stewart, Todd Murphy, Chris Foehner.
The MilVets E-Board election is Friday April 7, 7-9 pm in Lerner Ramp Lounge East. The GSSC on-line election is April 5-6.
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1. MilVets E-Board candidate statements:
Luke Stalcup: Candidate for President
I would like to announce my candidacy for MilVets President.
Since coming to Columbia, I have found MilVets to be a great resource, as it has helped me adjust to life here in New York and on campus. For me, first and foremost, MilVets is a social group. It is a group of people that I am glad to see and hang out with, whenever I can. As MilVets President, my primary goal will be to keep MilVets as an active resource that provides social networking for student veterans at Columbia. MilVets is, for its members and future members, a great resource to find and connect with other veterans and people who have a shared experience. It should be focused on providing that service to its membership.
MilVets is more than that, though. It is a group that can advocate for the benefit of all veterans at Columbia. As a member of the MilVets Executive Council, I have been working on that advocacy. I have been planning and coordinating with other members in the MilVets leadership to bring MilVets events to Columbia, develop a MilVets brand and logo, and generally raise the stock of Columbia's veterans in the world. MilVets will continue under my leadership to build on the advocacy of previous MilVets administrations. We will continue to host more and better events. We will apply for more funding, more funding, and more funding to host better social events for Milvets members. Everything we do should be to benefit the veteran community at CU. We will also continue to provide for MilVets members the means to take ideas and make them reality. Advocacy must advance our interests and we must continue to use our position as the primary veterans group on campus to create opportunities for CU veterans.
As President, I see my primary responsibilities as interacting with the university administration on behalf of veterans at Columbia and continuing to work to create an environment at Columbia where veterans are welcomed as important contributors to the intellectual environment. Until that day, I will continue to plan and find funding for bigger and better MilVets gatherings. Advocacy starts with a happy membership. Thank you.
Luke Stalcup
ls2367@columbia.edu
Peter S. Kim: Candidate for President
After careful consideration and countless conversations with MILVET members, I have decided to announce my candidacy for President of MILVETS. Below you will find some of my ideas and goals for this coming year. Like all the members of MILVETS, I have served my country… Now I’m ready to serve our community.
The Real World: As I’ve clearly expressed in the past to many of you, "It’s not what you know, it’s who you know." We all came to Columbia for different reasons, but I will go out on the limb to say that one of the big factors was the BRAND. Like Trump Enterprises, there is value by simply tacking on the name Columbia University with your resume. But unlike Trump, we need to do more than just have the brand recognition. We must leverage that brand name. We stand out from the majority of the student body as we have 2 distinguished brands (US Vets and CU) we can market ourselves with out in the real world with. Thus far, we (as MILVETS) have not capitalized on the resources around us. We all trudge along waiting for the day that we’ll get that coveted diploma, just as we had all trudged along waiting for our DD-214 during our active duty days. My vision is to host a MILVETS power hour (MPH) on a monthly basis, where executives from various fields to sit and speak with us. We’ll start with former military (like Commissioner Kelly and Senator McCain) then move on to military friendly companies. We’re in New York, how many Fortune 500 companies just down the road from us? I believe it is one of the most important things we can do… Market our brands to the Real World. As we situate ourselves for the future through networking, we’ll have a leg up on helping the next generation of veterans who are ready to pour into Columbia.
Funding Our Education: When all is said and done, the average cost per semester here (including room and board as released by CU) is a little over $29,000. For simplicity we’ll use $60,000 per year as our figure... For most MILVETS members, we pay our own way and are too old to qualify for some of the scholarships out there. Uncle Sam only provides $1138 per month through the ADMGIB (less for reservists) or $13,656 per year meaning we’d be $46,344 in the red before Financial Aid. That is a tremendous amount of debt incurred while we are here unless you’re working full time to offset costs. My goal (working hand in hand with the MPH) is to create a MILVETS scholarship fund that will be ran independently from CU and help offset tuition costs for scholarship winners. There are other ways I hope to help facilitate a monetary gain for our members that can be accomplished as we lay groundwork for military recruitment for GS.
Columbia At-Large: Columbia is not the most military friendly university in America. We can change this by educating the ignorant. Like Kennedy said "We can change the world, one person at a time". My goal is to sponsor CU events outside of the TEOS series where we can educate the student body such as an "Adopt a Servicemember" program where we would pair deployed personnel with a Columbia student or CU organization as a means to foster unity and change through intimacy.
I’ve outlined some of my goals and solutions and I hope that MILVETS members will understand the need to grow and be proactive for our self-interest. I believe that MILVETS has undergone a period of stability this past year and now it is the time to grow.
Peter Kim
pk2197@columbia.edu
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2. GSSC milvets candidate statements:
Scott Stewart: Candidate for Senior Class President
Senior Class President
The Senior Class President is an incredibly significant position with distinct characteristics that no other office within the General Studies Student Council possesses or requires. On the one hand, the person (s) fulfilling the duties of the office have to consider the wildly random wants and desires from a group of people who are both single-mindedly focused on graduating and equally focused on filling every last moment of their undergraduate careers creating memories that will last a lifetime.
The office of the Senior Class President requires that those two independent yet crucial frames of mind are allowed to live and succeed side-by-side without drastically compromising the ability or effectiveness of accomplishing one or the other. As a candidate for this office, I would focus on issues that would support this theory. Working closely with the Alumni & Career Education Representative, the Student Services Representative, the Social Chair and the Vice-President for Student Life, I would begin year long information sessions on how to effectively pay off student loans, what it means to be an alumni (and all that that entails), as well as host no less than four career fairs on campus throughout the fall and spring semesters. This would encourage seniors to begin focusing early on potential careers in the private sector or to move onto graduate schools. I would also begin raising money for a Senior Scholarship fund that would help seniors (the number of seniors that this would affect is negotiable) pay off their student loans for the first three months out of school (up to a specific amount). This Scholarship fund could be paid into/and or receive donations from every student in the School so as to keep it well funded.
Then, focusing on the social endeavors of the senior class, I would host events both on and off-campus so as to maximize the potential for every senior to be involved in some sort of social activity during their senior year. During this time in most senior’s lives it is important that great memories are made and encouraged. Working with the Social Chair and the Vice-President for Student Life, I believe this can be accomplished with little effort.
Any candidate for Senior Class President must understand not only the nature of the graduating class, but how best to make their transition from undergrads to the private sector or graduate students operate as smoothly as possible. It isn’t just about throwing a few parties, it’s also taking the time educate and inform the senior class on paying off student loans, and providing financial assistance where possible, and creating networking opportunities that provide access to graduate schools and the private sector.
Thank you for your time,
Scott Stewart
dss2112@columbia.edu
Todd J. Murphy: Candidate for Delegate at large
Todd Murphy was born and raised in Texas. After graduating high school he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was sent to boot camp in December of 2000. Upon completing his service in December 2005, he was accepted into Columbia and moved to New York. The spring semester was Todd’s first semester at Columbia, and he was active as a board member of the Columbia Military Veterans and as a Delegate at Large. He plans to major in archeology, graduating in 2008.
Todd Murphy
tjm2122@columbia.edu
Christopher G Foehner: Candidate for Vice President of Communications
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized." -Sun Tzu
Hello, my name is Christopher Foehner, currently a junior working on a degree in economics, and I am running for the position of Vice President of Communications.
Background: I served in the United States Marine Corps Infantry, 2001-2005, as a unit leader and as navigator/ platoon liaison. After my most recent tour of duty in Iraq, I enrolled in community college in New Jersey to obtain my associate in science degree. While at community college, I participated in several school activities, including VP of Publicity for Phi Theta Kappa, President of the Architectural/Engineering Society, a member of Mu Alpha Theta and Psi Beta. After my graduation in 2005, I came to New York after my acceptance into Columbia University to continue my education, where I currently reside.
General Studies is undoubtedly known for is community-strengthening tradition. From all walks of life, we form a unique network of scholars, applying previous experience and bringing it into the classroom.
As a team, we need to build upon our strengths and condition our weaknesses. We must support each other’s goals and formulate new ideas, all for the sake of education. What is important is that we act not as individuals with self-contrived notions of triumph and grandeur, but as members of an institution dedicated to an educational passion to excel. Then, as a team, we will grow.
As Vice President of Communications, I hope to reinforce the connection between the student body and administration. The basis for success is effective communication; superior mentorship, consistency in alumni affairs, and dependable student participation are just a few of the things important for us to get the most out of the Columbia experience.
Every achievement during our educational career is another opportunity. With your help, we will strive to preserve the principles considered essential while exploiting the reformations that we, as students, deem as beneficial to future and current success.
Christopher Foehner
___________
BONUS. Eric's basic leadership principles:
Inspire with Vision.
Do your job and your duty.
Accomplish mission.
Take care of your people.
Create leaders.
Lead well, milvets.
Eric Chen
Vice President
U.S. Military Veterans of Columbia University
www.columbia.edu/cu/usmilvetscu
To: MilVets General Body
Date: 02APR06
Re: MilVets and GSSC Election Statements
CONTENTS:
1. MilVets E-Board candidate statements: Luke Stalcup, Peter Kim.
2. GSSC milvets candidate statements: Scott Stewart, Todd Murphy, Chris Foehner.
The MilVets E-Board election is Friday April 7, 7-9 pm in Lerner Ramp Lounge East. The GSSC on-line election is April 5-6.
___________
1. MilVets E-Board candidate statements:
Luke Stalcup: Candidate for President
I would like to announce my candidacy for MilVets President.
Since coming to Columbia, I have found MilVets to be a great resource, as it has helped me adjust to life here in New York and on campus. For me, first and foremost, MilVets is a social group. It is a group of people that I am glad to see and hang out with, whenever I can. As MilVets President, my primary goal will be to keep MilVets as an active resource that provides social networking for student veterans at Columbia. MilVets is, for its members and future members, a great resource to find and connect with other veterans and people who have a shared experience. It should be focused on providing that service to its membership.
MilVets is more than that, though. It is a group that can advocate for the benefit of all veterans at Columbia. As a member of the MilVets Executive Council, I have been working on that advocacy. I have been planning and coordinating with other members in the MilVets leadership to bring MilVets events to Columbia, develop a MilVets brand and logo, and generally raise the stock of Columbia's veterans in the world. MilVets will continue under my leadership to build on the advocacy of previous MilVets administrations. We will continue to host more and better events. We will apply for more funding, more funding, and more funding to host better social events for Milvets members. Everything we do should be to benefit the veteran community at CU. We will also continue to provide for MilVets members the means to take ideas and make them reality. Advocacy must advance our interests and we must continue to use our position as the primary veterans group on campus to create opportunities for CU veterans.
As President, I see my primary responsibilities as interacting with the university administration on behalf of veterans at Columbia and continuing to work to create an environment at Columbia where veterans are welcomed as important contributors to the intellectual environment. Until that day, I will continue to plan and find funding for bigger and better MilVets gatherings. Advocacy starts with a happy membership. Thank you.
Luke Stalcup
ls2367@columbia.edu
Peter S. Kim: Candidate for President
After careful consideration and countless conversations with MILVET members, I have decided to announce my candidacy for President of MILVETS. Below you will find some of my ideas and goals for this coming year. Like all the members of MILVETS, I have served my country… Now I’m ready to serve our community.
The Real World: As I’ve clearly expressed in the past to many of you, "It’s not what you know, it’s who you know." We all came to Columbia for different reasons, but I will go out on the limb to say that one of the big factors was the BRAND. Like Trump Enterprises, there is value by simply tacking on the name Columbia University with your resume. But unlike Trump, we need to do more than just have the brand recognition. We must leverage that brand name. We stand out from the majority of the student body as we have 2 distinguished brands (US Vets and CU) we can market ourselves with out in the real world with. Thus far, we (as MILVETS) have not capitalized on the resources around us. We all trudge along waiting for the day that we’ll get that coveted diploma, just as we had all trudged along waiting for our DD-214 during our active duty days. My vision is to host a MILVETS power hour (MPH) on a monthly basis, where executives from various fields to sit and speak with us. We’ll start with former military (like Commissioner Kelly and Senator McCain) then move on to military friendly companies. We’re in New York, how many Fortune 500 companies just down the road from us? I believe it is one of the most important things we can do… Market our brands to the Real World. As we situate ourselves for the future through networking, we’ll have a leg up on helping the next generation of veterans who are ready to pour into Columbia.
Funding Our Education: When all is said and done, the average cost per semester here (including room and board as released by CU) is a little over $29,000. For simplicity we’ll use $60,000 per year as our figure... For most MILVETS members, we pay our own way and are too old to qualify for some of the scholarships out there. Uncle Sam only provides $1138 per month through the ADMGIB (less for reservists) or $13,656 per year meaning we’d be $46,344 in the red before Financial Aid. That is a tremendous amount of debt incurred while we are here unless you’re working full time to offset costs. My goal (working hand in hand with the MPH) is to create a MILVETS scholarship fund that will be ran independently from CU and help offset tuition costs for scholarship winners. There are other ways I hope to help facilitate a monetary gain for our members that can be accomplished as we lay groundwork for military recruitment for GS.
Columbia At-Large: Columbia is not the most military friendly university in America. We can change this by educating the ignorant. Like Kennedy said "We can change the world, one person at a time". My goal is to sponsor CU events outside of the TEOS series where we can educate the student body such as an "Adopt a Servicemember" program where we would pair deployed personnel with a Columbia student or CU organization as a means to foster unity and change through intimacy.
I’ve outlined some of my goals and solutions and I hope that MILVETS members will understand the need to grow and be proactive for our self-interest. I believe that MILVETS has undergone a period of stability this past year and now it is the time to grow.
Peter Kim
pk2197@columbia.edu
___________
2. GSSC milvets candidate statements:
Scott Stewart: Candidate for Senior Class President
Senior Class President
The Senior Class President is an incredibly significant position with distinct characteristics that no other office within the General Studies Student Council possesses or requires. On the one hand, the person (s) fulfilling the duties of the office have to consider the wildly random wants and desires from a group of people who are both single-mindedly focused on graduating and equally focused on filling every last moment of their undergraduate careers creating memories that will last a lifetime.
The office of the Senior Class President requires that those two independent yet crucial frames of mind are allowed to live and succeed side-by-side without drastically compromising the ability or effectiveness of accomplishing one or the other. As a candidate for this office, I would focus on issues that would support this theory. Working closely with the Alumni & Career Education Representative, the Student Services Representative, the Social Chair and the Vice-President for Student Life, I would begin year long information sessions on how to effectively pay off student loans, what it means to be an alumni (and all that that entails), as well as host no less than four career fairs on campus throughout the fall and spring semesters. This would encourage seniors to begin focusing early on potential careers in the private sector or to move onto graduate schools. I would also begin raising money for a Senior Scholarship fund that would help seniors (the number of seniors that this would affect is negotiable) pay off their student loans for the first three months out of school (up to a specific amount). This Scholarship fund could be paid into/and or receive donations from every student in the School so as to keep it well funded.
Then, focusing on the social endeavors of the senior class, I would host events both on and off-campus so as to maximize the potential for every senior to be involved in some sort of social activity during their senior year. During this time in most senior’s lives it is important that great memories are made and encouraged. Working with the Social Chair and the Vice-President for Student Life, I believe this can be accomplished with little effort.
Any candidate for Senior Class President must understand not only the nature of the graduating class, but how best to make their transition from undergrads to the private sector or graduate students operate as smoothly as possible. It isn’t just about throwing a few parties, it’s also taking the time educate and inform the senior class on paying off student loans, and providing financial assistance where possible, and creating networking opportunities that provide access to graduate schools and the private sector.
Thank you for your time,
Scott Stewart
dss2112@columbia.edu
Todd J. Murphy: Candidate for Delegate at large
Todd Murphy was born and raised in Texas. After graduating high school he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was sent to boot camp in December of 2000. Upon completing his service in December 2005, he was accepted into Columbia and moved to New York. The spring semester was Todd’s first semester at Columbia, and he was active as a board member of the Columbia Military Veterans and as a Delegate at Large. He plans to major in archeology, graduating in 2008.
Todd Murphy
tjm2122@columbia.edu
Christopher G Foehner: Candidate for Vice President of Communications
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized." -Sun Tzu
Hello, my name is Christopher Foehner, currently a junior working on a degree in economics, and I am running for the position of Vice President of Communications.
Background: I served in the United States Marine Corps Infantry, 2001-2005, as a unit leader and as navigator/ platoon liaison. After my most recent tour of duty in Iraq, I enrolled in community college in New Jersey to obtain my associate in science degree. While at community college, I participated in several school activities, including VP of Publicity for Phi Theta Kappa, President of the Architectural/Engineering Society, a member of Mu Alpha Theta and Psi Beta. After my graduation in 2005, I came to New York after my acceptance into Columbia University to continue my education, where I currently reside.
General Studies is undoubtedly known for is community-strengthening tradition. From all walks of life, we form a unique network of scholars, applying previous experience and bringing it into the classroom.
As a team, we need to build upon our strengths and condition our weaknesses. We must support each other’s goals and formulate new ideas, all for the sake of education. What is important is that we act not as individuals with self-contrived notions of triumph and grandeur, but as members of an institution dedicated to an educational passion to excel. Then, as a team, we will grow.
As Vice President of Communications, I hope to reinforce the connection between the student body and administration. The basis for success is effective communication; superior mentorship, consistency in alumni affairs, and dependable student participation are just a few of the things important for us to get the most out of the Columbia experience.
Every achievement during our educational career is another opportunity. With your help, we will strive to preserve the principles considered essential while exploiting the reformations that we, as students, deem as beneficial to future and current success.
Christopher Foehner
___________
BONUS. Eric's basic leadership principles:
Inspire with Vision.
Do your job and your duty.
Accomplish mission.
Take care of your people.
Create leaders.
Lead well, milvets.
Eric Chen
Vice President
U.S. Military Veterans of Columbia University
www.columbia.edu/cu/usmilvetscu
posted by MilVets Admin on 4/02/2006 10:29:00 PM
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