Graduate Business Association

Please find below the results of the GBA Elections.

Executive Board Elections

President: Ryan Bell

J-term President:  Steven Moore

VP, Academics:  Cindy Revol

VP, Alumni:  Yaniv Kalish

VP, Clubs and Careers:  Jacob Linetsky

VP, Community:  Andrea Osborn

VP, Events:  Coleman Skeeter

VP, Finance:  Anna Baghdasaryan

VP, Honor:  Darren DeVleeschouwer

VP, Information and Infrastructure:  Tal Hayat

The Executive Vice President will be elected by the GBA Council in April. The First Year Senator, Adeel Ahamed, will continue to serve and join the new executive board as the Second Year Senator.

Grade Disclosure Referendum

Participation

The community accomplished record results with 91.3% total MBA participation by poll closing at 7pm today. 45.5% of EMBAs participated in the vote.

70% of MBA students participated in the first 10 hours of the election.

This satisfies the 75% participation requirement.

Threshold

4.9% of all voters abstained. Excluding ‘Abstains’, 76.7% of those participating voted for Grade Non-Disclosure.

This satisfies the 75% in favor threshold requirement.

Based on the results above, the referendum passes.  The Student Body Grade Non-Disclosure Policy will be implemented effective Fall 2011. This means that the Student Body has voted to refrain from disclosing specific class grades, GPAs or transcripts to potential employers until a full-time position has been offered.

Congratulations to all the candidates and to everyone who participated in this week’s elections.

We are happy to announce that we have cleared the 75% MBA participation requirement necessary to make the Grad Non-Disclosure vote valid.  We are currently at 87+% participation of the MBA class.  75% of the non-abstain votes must be in favor of the GND proposal for it to go into effect.

Polls will remain open until 7pm today and results will be released this evening.

All candidates for the GBA Executive Board gave a speech. Please go check them out:

• 2011 GBA Election Speeches

Voting for the 2012 GBA Executive Board and the Grade Non-Disclosure Referendum will commence today, Tuesday March 22 at 2pm and conclude on Thursday, March 24 at 7pm.  All students will receive an individual voting link from the current GBA Executive Board.  Reminder emails will be sent daily to students who have not yet voted.

Campaign speeches will be given by the candidates TODAY from 12:30-2pm in Uris 301.  Good luck to all candidates!

Please join us in congratulating the new J-Term AVPs of The Retail & Luxury Goods Club, I-Prep and the Healthcare Industry Association. See the complete announcements.

The IDC, MAC and the Hermes Society congratulate their new AVPs of J-Term and new members, respectively. See the complete announcements.

Academics Committee

Are you interested in shaping the academic experience at CBS?
If so, please consider serving as a member of the Academics Committee.

Elections are being held for one j-term student from the Class of 2012 to serve as a member of the Academics Committee in order to represent student interest and help improve the CBS academic experience for all students.  Please note the deadline for submission of statements is Friday, February 11th.

Below, you will find:
(1) More info about the Academics Committee and what the position entails
(2) Election deadlines and next steps

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(1) MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACADEMICS COMMITTEE

What is the Academics Committee?

• The Academics Committee is a sub-committee of the GBA that meets regularly with Vice Dean Ziv and key members of the faculty and administration to address curricular and other academic issues.
• It’s the only committee that brings together students, faculty, and administration.
• In years past, the Academics Committee has launched the CBS Peer Course Review website, advised changes to the bidding process, initiated video clips for elective professors, created the Elective Faculty Access Program (EFAP), and worked on integrating the Honor Code into CBS academics.
• This year’s committee has more great ideas to improve the academic experience, but we could use your help and participation!

What does this position entail?

• Term: 2 years
• Duties:
  • Represent student interests and needs to CBS faculty, administration, and staff
  • Work as part of a team to initiate positive change in CBS academics
  • Attend 3 regular Academics Committee meetings per semester
  • Serve on Academics Committee subcommittees (as needed)
    • You will have the opportunity to lead initiatives and teams of students around specific academic issues that you are passionate about.
    • If there is not a specific issue that you want to focus on, we also have many other projects and ideas to choose from.
    • Projects range in size and time commitment, so we can work with you to fit your needs and interests.

For more information on the student Academics Committee role, feel free to contact current members:

• Miranda Soffian
  Academics Committee member (’12)          msoffian12@gsb.columbia.edu
• Cindy Revol
  Academics Committee member (’12)           crevol12@gsb.columbia.edu
• Jenna Stephenson
  Academics Committee member (’12)           jstephenson12@gsb.columbia.edu
• Michelle Levin
  Academics Committee member (’12)           mlevin12@gsb.columbia.edu
• Michael Connor
  Academics Committee member (’11)           mconnor11@gsb.columbia.edu
• Jan Kaumanns
  Academics Committee member (’11)           jkaumanns11@gsb.columbia.edu
• Stefan Sterns
  Academics Committee member (’11)           ssterns11@gsb.columbia.edu
• Blaire Fernandez
  Academics Committee member (’11)           bfernandez11@gsb.columbia.edu
• Jordan Dubnow
  Academics Committee member (’11)           jdubnow11@gsb.columbia.edu
• Billy Carey
  GBA VP of Academics (’11)                        wcarey11@gsb.columbia.edu

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(2) ELECTION DEADLINES AND NEXT STEPS

The polls will be open online from Monday, February 14th to Wednesday, February 16th.  The entire student body will be eligible to vote.

To add your name to the list of candidates, please email me at wcarey11@gsb.columbia.edu with a statement of intent (250 words max) no later than 11:59PM on Friday, February 11th.
Please note that there will be no speeches. Statements will be posted online on Monday, February 14th. An email will be sent out to the student body when the polls are available.  Also, campaigning is not required, but should you choose to do so, you may only begin after voting opens on Monday, the 14th.  More details will be sent out on Saturday to the candidates once all of the statements are submitted.