Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union

Infobox Canadian Student Association
name = Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union


motto =
established =
institution = Wilfrid Laurier University
president = Colin Le Fevre
location = Waterloo, Ontario
members =
affiliated = CASA, OUSA
colours = Purple & Yellow
homepage = http://www.wlusu.com/
The Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union (WLUSU) represents undergraduate students at both campuses of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario and Brantford, Ontario Canada. It operates the Fred Nichols Campus Centre in Waterloo as well as a students' centre on Laurier's Brantford Campus.

Governance

WLUSU is governed by a Board of Directors made up of 15 Directors who are elected at large. WLUSU has adopted Policy Governance as a guide for its governance structure which has led to many recent changes. For instance, The President and Vice President: University Affairs no longer serve as members of the Board. However, the President, all Vice Presidents, and a member of the First Year Council all attend meetings of the Board for informational purposes.

The Management Committee is composed of the President (elected) and Vice Presidents (hired).

The Chair of the Board is elected from amongst the Directors following the General Meeting of the corporation. The role serves to liaise between the day-to-day organization and the Directors as well as greater community surrounding the University. The Board Chairperson, as Chief Governance Officer, and the President, as Chief Executive Officer, are the sole officers of WLUSU.

Directors are faced with the challenge of representing student concerns, while making effective corporate decisions.

Brantford Campus

Brantford students are members of WLUSU. In addition to electing members of the Board of Directors, Brantford students also elect a Campus Council made up of the Vice President of Brantford Operations and four Councillors. WLUSU Brantford is largely disconnected from the Waterloo WLUSU, although the two bodies communicate regularly.

WLUSU Brantford hires two Assistant Vice Presidents. One in charge of Internal Operations and another overseeing Student Affairs. Under the AVP:IO is a Hiring Coodrinator and the AdHawks Coordinator in charge of mareting. The AVP:SA has eight coordinators in charge of eight committees which include: Orientation Week, Shinerama, Foot Patrol, Laurier Students for Literacy, BAACHUS, Laurier Brantford Athletics, Brantford Activities Team, and Legal Resources.

External Representation

The Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union is a founding member of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance. Federally, WLUSU recently became members of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations which they helped to found in 1995.

ee also

*List of Ontario students' associations

External links

* [http://www.wlusu.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.radiolaurier.com Radio Laurier]
* [http://www.wlu.ca/ University Site]
* [http://www.wlusucc.com/ Campus Clubs]
* [http://www.blueprintmagazine.ca/ Blueprint Magazine online]
* [http://wlusp.com Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications]
* [http://clublaurier.ca ClubLaurier.ca]
* [http://www.cordweekly.com/ Cord Weekly online]