The
Multicultural students and interested parties at Burlington County College,
having established the Multicultural Student Union (MSU), realizing the need
to promote awareness of diverse issues within the College community and
surrounding communities, are hereby recognized as a club/organization.
FALL
2005
“I plunged into the job of
creating something from nothing.” Mary McLeod-Bethune
Office:
Pemberton Campus – Lewis M. Parker Building
Telephone:
Extension 1810 @ (609) 894-9311 or (856) 222- 9311
Email: msu@bcc.edu
Historically
Black Colleges & Universities College Fair – New Jersey (HBCU-CFNJ)
Past
Activities:
- Workshop(s)
- November: Coat Drive & HBCU College Fair
- December: Food Basket Collection
- December: Toy Drive
- Habitat for Humanity
Other
links:
Activities September 2005 - December 2005
Scholarships 100 +
“Opportunity
does not wake those who are sleeping.” Chinese Proverb
“Whatever you can dream, begin to do it. Boldness has the power and magic in it.' Goethe
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October 2005 |
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Date |
Place |
Time |
Event |
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Wednesday |
10/5 |
Pemberton
Campus – Pemberton Campus Parker Center Gallery (next to Café) Room 157 |
12:30 PM |
Election of
Officers |
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Wednesday |
10/13 |
Willingboro
Center |
5 PM |
Pizza with the
President of BCC |
“Remember that you are needed. There is at least one important work to be done that will not be
done unless
you do it.” -Charles Allen
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November 2005 |
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Event |
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Monday |
11/7 |
BCC Locations |
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Spring 2006 Registration Begins |
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Tuesday |
11/8 |
Pemberton Campus
Parker Center Private Dining Room – Room 155 (next to Cafeteria) |
12:30 – 1:30 PM |
MSU Meeting HBCU Training Session |
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Wednesday |
11/9 |
Pemberton
Campus Parker Center Gallery |
12:15 PM |
Pizza with the
President of BCC |
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Monday |
11/14 |
Historically Black Colleges & Universities Malcolm Bernard HBCU College Fair – New Jersey Motivational Speaker Mr. Ed Smith, Author “EZ Does
It” |
8:30 AM – 12:30
PM |
Pemberton
Campus Gymnasium |
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Saturday |
11/19 |
Mt. Laurel Campus Enterprise Center |
6 PM |
Annual
Toy Drive & Gospel Concert (entry, “new” toy) |
“What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if that drop were missing, the ocean would lack
something.” -Mother Teresa
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MISSION & PURPOSE
4To
promote unity and mutual understanding among its members at Burlington County
College and the community at large.
4To promote cultural and
social exchanges in conjunction with other organizations with common goals in
and outside the
College.
4To create and promote
a forum that will allow the exchange of ideas on issues affecting the student
body?
4To stimulate ALL
students involvement in College affairs.
4To identify and plan
educational, cultural, and social activities and events of interest to
multicultural students.
4To render assistance
to new multicultural students in settling down at the College and their general
integration into the
community
ADVISOR
Ms. Cheryl McLeod
Pemberton Campus - Parker Center
Room 413K
cmcleod@bcc.edu
Extension 1591 at (609) 894-9311 or (856) 222-9311
MSU OFFICERS - Academic Year 2005 - 06
President
– Omar Jones
Vice-President
– Jennifer Jones
Secretary
– Joanna Mulcahy
Treasurer
– Diana Banks
Web
Master – Vacant
Officers Duties
- Presides over all meetings
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Appoint and establish any necessary committees
- Vote only in the case of a tie
- Present new business to the club
- Prepare meeting agenda
- Develop goals for the club along with the
advisor, officers and members
- Oversee public relations
- Assist advisor and treasurer prepare
budget/annual report
- Assist the advisor and other officers
Vice-President
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Perform duties of the President in the absence
of the President
- Act as Membership Committee Coordinator
- Help advisor and president prepare annual
report
- Communicate with advisor and president on a
regular basis
- Keep up to date with club/committee(s) progress
Secretary
- Assist President
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Notify members of meetings, flyers, bulletin
board, e-mail
- Take minutes at the meetings and post on web
site or email
- Read minutes from previous meeting
- Maintain a file on club correspondence
- Maintain a club calendar
- Prepare end-of-year report for Student
Activities awards banquet
- Oversee Membership committee
- Type meetings agenda
- Remove telephone messages
Treasurer
- Assist President
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Oversee/coordinate fundraising committee
- Maintain MSU college account
- Receive and deposit all monies
- Keep set of books of expenditures and income
- Prepare financial reports for the meetings
- Along with advisor and President, prepare
budget for presentation to College Finance Committee
- Keep all financial records and file them
- Prepare reports for advisor, officers, and
finance committee
Committees:
Fundraising
Committee
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Assist MSU officer’s
- Report to President and Treasurer
- Research and develop fundraising ideas
- Present fundraising ideas to the club for
approval
- Distribute information
- Assist officers in organizing and coordinating
fundraising projects
Membership
Committee
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Assist officers in recruiting students to club
- Plan membership drive and orientations
- Gather information about new members; give to
advisor.
Public
Relations Committee
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Record organization functions; i.e. photo
graphs, college newspaper
- Assist with designing and distributing flyers,
letters, and other mailings
- Assist MSU Secretary by posting advertisement
literature throughout the campus
- Assist with bulletin boards
Webmaster
- Attend MSU Meetings & Activities
- Create web pages that focus on meetings and
activities
- Update Website
- Submit changes to Advisor
- Notify Web Advisor is there is any trouble with
the site