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Mid-Year Marks: 2019 Student Government Insider

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, December 12, 2019

Read below for all of the mid-year marks for the 2019 student government administrations of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s: Boyle, McGuire discuss mid-year progress Saint Mary’s SGA president reflects on semester of community-building during time of administrative transition Student government department reviews Saint Mary’s SGA committee reviews Senate examines finances, passes resolutions Student Union

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HPC encourages participation in dorm events, bridge with administration

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, December 12, 2019

This year’s Hall Presidents Council (HPC) co-chairs, seniors John Desler and Tom Walsh, have goals to make HPC more than a way to disseminate information but instead an opportunity to make hall events better and to make HPC a bridge between the students and the administration regarding residential policy. “Our job as HPC co-chairs [is]

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Hall Presidents Council encourages collaboration between dorms, hall improvement

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, December 6, 2018

As Hall Presidents Council (HPC) co-chairs this year, seniors Joe Trzaska and Brendan Watts said they have focused on making HPC a collaborative environment for hall presidents and vice presidents. “At HPC, our goal is to disseminate information, to encourage collaboration between the halls and we run the Hall of the Year competition, so it’s

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2017 Student Government Insider

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, December 7, 2017

Blais, Shewit reflect on first half of term, discuss ongoing projects Oppman, Lorenc check in on goals, evaluate progress thus far Directors of student life organize TEDx event at Notre Dame Saint Mary’s committee builds on Monthly Mingle initiative Student government conducts research on drinking culture at Notre Dame Student government association implements sustainable practices

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Hall President Council updates Rocknes, evaluates Hall of the Year selection process

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, December 7, 2017

As Hall President Council (HPC) co-chairs, seniors Alyssa Lyon and Brandon Ryan have brought changes to HPC focused on efficiency and collaboration. “We wanted to create an environment that was a lot more collaborative as opposed to competitive,” Lyon said. “We felt that presidents didn’t want to share what was going on in their dorm

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Stanford Hall recognized as 2016-2017 Hall of the Year

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Notre Dame’s Student Leadership Awards Banquet took place Monday evening at Legends where Hall Presidents Council (HPC) announced Stanford Hall as its Hall of the Year. Men’s Hall of the Year and Women’s Hall of the Year were also announced with Carroll Hall and Farley Hall taking home the awards respectively. HPC co-chair Christina Fernandez

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HPC encourages conversation, dorm leadership

Alexandra Muck | Friday, December 9, 2016

As co-chairs of the Hall Presidents’ Council (HPC) Elizabeth Feeley and Christina Fernandez said they are focused on making HPC more well-known on campus. To reach this goal, they said they are incorporating more leadership development into the program while also working to foster a strong sense of community in HPC by encouraging hall presidents

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Hall President’s Council facilitates dorm programming

Margaret Hynds | Friday, December 11, 2015

Every spring, each of the University’s 29 undergraduate residence halls elects a president and vice president to preside over the dorm’s government and to represent the dorm on Hall President’s Council (HPC). According to the council’s co-chair, senior Meredith Fraser, HPC meets every Tuesday evening and consists of the all dorm presidents and vice presidents

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Senate discusses DART changes

Jessica Merdes | Thursday, December 4, 2014

Student Senate met on Wednesday evening to discuss two resolutions presented by the Judicial Council and Hall President’s Council (HPC). Kathryn Peruski, president of the Judicial Council, presented a resolution that defines social media rules for campaigning for student government. According to Peruski, candidates are allowed to make social media accounts and pages as part