Associated Students
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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE 2007 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Adopted February 5th, 2007
Whereas, The purpose of the Humboldt State University 2007 Leadership Conference, "Ignite: Lighting the Passion Within," is to host a meeting of current and future leaders both locally and abroad in a quest to educate and build personal skills and awareness of Social and Environmental Responsibility and;
Whereas, the Associated Students of Humboldt State University are in support of the 2007 Leadership Conference in association with the Graduation Pledge Alliance (GPA) and;
Whereas, the GPA was founded at Humboldt State University in 1987 by students and is to this day a student-led, Associated Students program and;
Whereas, the Graduate Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility has since been spread around the world and;
Whereas, it is stated in the University’s Strategic Plan that, “We believe that individuals must be environmentally, economically and socially responsible in the quest for viable and sustainable communities,” and;
Whereas, the international GPA organization requests our assistance in supporting the further development of campus pledge programs around the world and;
Whereas, the 2007 Leadership Conference will be celebrating 20 years of graduation pledges taken around the world and will draw members of the global community including pledged and non-pledged graduates, students, staff and faculty bringing greater prestige to Humboldt State University, therefore be it;
Resolved, Associated Students will show their support by reviewing a special line item in GPA’s budget for 2007-08 in consideration of the conference, committing toward conference publicity on the campus of Humboldt State University, sponsoring Associated Student council and executive members in conference attendance, leading and/or organizing one, or more, workshops at the conference and inviting ASI’s from the California State University system, and be it further;
Resolved, that Associated Students support the 2007 Leadership Conference and be it finally,
Resolved, that this document will be forwarded to President Rollin Richmond, and his executive committee: Richard C. Vrem Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs; Steven Butler; Vice President for Student Affairs; Carl Coffey, Vice President for Administrative Affairs; Robert Gunsalus, Vice President for University Advancement; Saeed Mortazavi, Chair, Academic Senate; and in addition: Carol Terry, University Budget, Associate Vice President; Jená Burgess, Vice-Provost; office of Extended Education; and the international GPA organization Executive Committee.
Authored by: Brandon Hemenway, Johnathan Wu, and Noelle Perlmutter
Signed by: _____________________________ Saqib Keval, Representative College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
_____________________________ Tyler Smith, Representative College of Natural Resources and Sciences |