Now, after close to a year of being your President, I’d like to reflect on how I have done this past year.
More specifically, I’d like to reflect on the platform and ideas I ran on last year.
The first was school unity and school spirit. These are two things that were very important to me to get out there.
I feel confident in saying that I have accomplished that goal. This year, we have seen record numbers at sporting events, as well as record numbers at FUSA events in general.
Along with that there has been a spike in the number of involved students in all clubs and organizations. This has been a good sign and in the up-coming year, as I did last year, I intend to increase the budget so that there are more funds given to students and their respective groups.
The second issue of my platform last year was diversity.
I said that I wanted to increase diversity here at Fairfield.
This, of course, was not within my powers because, in fact, it is the admissions office that has the ability to increase diversity here at our school. What I meant to say was that I wanted to increase diversity by bringing more events to campus that would make everyone more aware of the topic of diversity.
By doing this I hoped to show the students different cultures so they can appreciate them. The speaker Bobby Moresco, who was involved in the movie Crash, a movie that touched on the topic of diversity, is an example of these events.
Another is the collaboration FUSA had with the Multicultural Center on the event called S.P.E.E.D. This event was a type of “speed dating” that was an effort to have students get to know each other and learn about people who were different and their backgrounds.
Now, these are some examples of what FUSA has done to help this effort. Next year I am excited to further FUSA’s commitment on bringing a diversified type of programming to Fairfield so that students can further learn about other people and their cultures.
The third point was town-gown relations.
This year, along side my phenomenal Vice President, Megan McConville ’08, we worked with the town of Fairfield to help improve our school’s image.
We met several times with First Selectmen Kenneth Flatto to discuss matters of the beach. We also were able to have FUSA members get involved with the local YMCA, and Park and Recreational Department to give back to the town.
This has helped our overall image with many members of the community and we were proud to see that our work and good results have helped out Fairfield’s image with the town.
What is in store for next year?
One plan is to have more alcohol at school events. Yes, you read right – more alcohol at FUSA events. It makes no sense why of-age students should not be able to enjoy a few beers at many of our FUSA events.
FUSA will use the school’s permit to serve alcohol. So you can look forward that at next year’s events.
Another goal of mine is to further work with the academic side of our great school. Improving teacher evaluations is just one thing, another is making sure teachers are up to par with their advising skills and recommendations.
At the same time FUSA will work to ensure that students are aware of all the help that is offered to students through their respective advisors.
Stag pride is always on the agenda. I promise to continue to boost the morale of the school by making you proud and happy to go here.
The ideas and goals that I have mentioned before go hand in hand with school pride. Having good academics and having events where students’ wants and needs are met, are things that can be done to make sure you are happy.
On the strictly athletic side of school pride, many records have been set this year in student attendance at games.
I want to see those numbers continue to climb. I will work with athletics to find creative ways to get students out there. Also with so many of our teams having great seasons, why would you not want to come out and cheer?
Finally, I encourage you to let me know what you want. FUSA will be having forums and town hall meetings in the coming months and years so you can voice your ideas.
In closing, I am proud to have served as your President and am even prouder to have another year to represent you.
I promise to work my hardest to ensure you have a good experience at Fairfield. I love Fairfield; this place is one that I proudly call home and I will work my hardest to make your time here as enjoyable as mine.
Williams is president of FUSA.
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