Student Governance & Funding Boards
Mission
The Activities Board at Columbia is part of Columbia's student government responsible for recognizing and funding student groups on campus. We work with student councils, the Columbia administration, and the four other undergraduate governing boards to promote student life at Columbia. Our groups have a broad range of functions, including pre-professional, academic, competition, cultural, special interest, performance, publication, media, performing arts and large scale events.
Our Constitutional Responsibilities include:
Representing and serving the interests of our groups
Making recommendations for new group recognition to the Columbia administration
Allocating funds and approving expenditures of recognized groups
Setting funding and policy guidelines for recognized groups
Enforcing guidelines through a Judiciary Committee
De-recognizing defunct groups
Structure
The Board has three standing committees: Policy, Awards, and Outreach.
Policy
The Policy Committee pursues projects to improve student group programming. Recent projects include installing a trophy case and publication racks in Lerner, removing several unnecessary spending guidelines, and developing a policy allowing un-recognized groups seeking recognition to reserve certain spaces through the ABC.
Awards
The awards committee makes recommendation and reviews groups for ABC Awards, designed to award successful ABC groups both large and small. Specific awards include the “Best New Group Award,” the “ABC Group of the Month Award” and the “ABC Group of the Year Award.” More details on the awards themselves will be on the ABC website in the coming months.
Outreach
The Outreach Committee focuses on informing ABC groups of resources and relevant developments through various methods, such as social media and the newly established weekly office hours.
The Activities Board at Columbia is part of Columbia's student government responsible for recognizing and funding student groups on campus. We work with student councils, the Columbia administration, and the four other undergraduate governing boards to promote student life at Columbia. Our groups have a broad range of functions, including pre-professional, academic, competition, cultural, special interest, performance, publication, media, performing arts and large scale events.
Our Constitutional Responsibilities include:
Representing and serving the interests of our groups
Making recommendations for new group recognition to the Columbia administration
Allocating funds and approving expenditures of recognized groups
Setting funding and policy guidelines for recognized groups
Enforcing guidelines through a Judiciary Committee
De-recognizing defunct groups
Structure
The Board has three standing committees: Policy, Awards, and Outreach.
Policy
The Policy Committee pursues projects to improve student group programming. Recent projects include installing a trophy case and publication racks in Lerner, removing several unnecessary spending guidelines, and developing a policy allowing un-recognized groups seeking recognition to reserve certain spaces through the ABC.
Awards
The awards committee makes recommendation and reviews groups for ABC Awards, designed to award successful ABC groups both large and small. Specific awards include the “Best New Group Award,” the “ABC Group of the Month Award” and the “ABC Group of the Year Award.” More details on the awards themselves will be on the ABC website in the coming months.
Outreach
The Outreach Committee focuses on informing ABC groups of resources and relevant developments through various methods, such as social media and the newly established weekly office hours.
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