Hi everyone!! My name is Gabriella Rosales, and I would be honored to be elected as your sophomore Macaulay Scholars Council representative! These past two semesters, I made an effort to increase connectivity, both through Macaulay central and at our home campus. One of my goals before I was elected was to reinstate the Macaulay Olympics. I not only helped bring it back to life, but I was a strong advocate for it to take place here at CSI and aided with coordinating on the backend. Through the Macaulay Olympics and over the past few months, Staten Island has certainly stepped away from ‘forgotten borough,’ and is recognized as an integral part of Macaulay student life. Another one of my goals was to advocate for the Macaulay central administration to visit CSI to meet with us and the cohort to get to know our needs better. Dean Byrne, Dean Hoover, and Provost Meeks all visited us and talked with us in Anita and Lisa’s office. Pushing for initiatives like these to help foster an open space where your ideas are welcome and heard is so important to me.
I currently do my best to promote our campus and activities that we do on social media, collaborating with other Macaulay accounts to make our voices and accomplishments seen. I love talking to all of you and always welcome any feedback or suggestions, I’m here for all of you and hope to continue to create a strong family here at CSI. For the next semester, I hope to push for the next Macaulay Olympics to happen, continue chats with the deans, and create a tradition out of the Macaulay CSI Picnic! I would also love to implement a Macaulay Open Mic Night, Cultural Cuisine Potluck, Game Night, and in the future, possibly host an Alumni Career Panel!
Creating more events for our campus at CSI would make commuting easier, and there is definitely a need for bonding between the classes here. Mingling with students older than us is so important as it allows for us to help one another! I am always open to trying new things, and with my experiences in the council this past year, I have a lot of motivation going forward to continue to push for more events to help make your experience a great one!
The goal of being on the council is, “To unify all 8 Macaulay Honors College campuses, build community, and increase communication.” I hope to continue to be present in the Macaulay building to help connect and unify the Macaulay campuses together! Vote me to be your MSC Sophomore Rep! Vote for Gaby! 🙂
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