Archivist note: Originally published on the Elections WordPress site. May 1, 2014 @ 01:18, “Candidates’ Statements for Emergency Dorm President Elections”
ERDMAN
Shakhari Badgett and Jessica Bernal
Shakhari and I are both rising sophomores and would like to run for Erdman Dorm President because we both value the importance of communication and interaction when building a strong community. We understand Erdman is a dorm for primarily singles and at times that can call for less interaction and less bonding, but we believe having dorm tea’s and advocating for a tight Erdman community is the way to go.
We are both active in clubs and activities on campus and can aid to anyone’s questions and help if needed.
We are both very approachable and open to suggestions and we strive for communication. That being said, I really enjoy sending out emails and I’m a very organized person.
Jihan Liang and Ziyi Yan
Our names are Ziyi Yan ’16, Mathmatics and Economics double major and Jihan Liang ’16, Psychology major. We are current leaders of Dao Cha Tea club, a club on Bryn Mawr campus and because of positions in the club, we understand and know how to make members feel connected within our community by holding social events. We perceive dorm as a community and we believe that the goal of dorm presidents is to let the residents in Erdman to feel belongingness in our group. Because we already familiarize ourselves of organizing events from being the leaders of tea club, we are passionate about holding dorm activities.
We have a number of goals in mind, starting with making residents in Erdman feel comfortable and stress-free, especially for new students. We already hold fun activities in our tea club that could also be great for the residents as well, such as Do-it-yourself bubble tea session and also meditation session to distress. We would love to try out new activity ideas such as outdoor BBQ and picnic. Another reason that we’d love to become the co-president of Erdman is that we consider this position as a good opportunity to share our passion and make new friends. When it comes to handling budgets, Jihan has worked as the treasurer for tea club and Ziyi is majoring in both Economics and Mathematics, so we’re confident that we know how to reasonably spend our budgets. Moreover, we are both outgoing person and would love to become friends with everyone in Erdman. Therefore, we will try our best to help building a dorm that like a family and enable residents to have the best experience they can have for their year in Erdman.
We appreciate your suggestions and support! Thank you!
Ann Lin
Hello Erdman!
I’m Ann. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m from Taiwan, but have also lived in California and Australia and I run cross country and track for Bryn Mawr. From talking to my own dorm president throughout the year about what she’s been doing, I feel like I understand the role very well. I know the level of commitment that this role requires and I’m prepared to give it and make Erdman a priority. We all picked BMC so that we could be part of a small community of people who all care about each other unconditionally, however, the community at Erdman is even smaller and I want to help strengthen this. The way I see it, the dorm president’s most important responsibility is connecting with everyone in the dorm to earn their trust. I feel like my experience with moving every few years, I have learned to understand and become friends with people from many different backgrounds. With this, I hope that people will be more willing and comfortable with coming to me with issues as I can understand many points of view. Every student should feel comfortable here and I want to makes sure that happens.
Cheers.
RHOADS SOUTH
Serena Dunlap
My name is Serena Dunlap and I am a sophomore about to be a junior. I just transferred to Bryn Mawr, but I love to be involved and help others. I just received the position on the Outreach and Communications Committee. At my previous college I was VP of Student Government and President of Environmental Club so I have experience being involved. I believe everyone should be involved at least once in their life to understand the responsibilities of being a leader.
Neha Kamran
Hi! My name is Neha Kamran and I’ll be living in Rhoads South next year. I would be so excited to be Dorm President and bring the dorm together as a community as much as possible. I have served as Dorm President in Haffner my sophomore year and it was a lot of fun but it also means that I have experience with the position and everything it involves. If elected, I would love to hear from you and know what you would like me to bring up at SGA meetings, what changes you want in the dorm, and just about anything else you would like to talk about. I look forward to living in Rhoads South next year and meeting you all.