Engineering Student Council
The Engineering Student Council (ESC) represents the interests of SEAS students.
Composition
The council is composed of 30 positions, detailed as follows:
- Executive Board
- General Council President: Elizabeth Strauss
- VP - Policy: Prish Dunstan
- VP - Intergroup: Daniel Wong
- VP - Student Life: Kim Manis
- Secretary: Krissie Zambrano
- Policy Representatives
- Student Services Representative: Peter Valeiras
- Academic Affairs Representative: Samantha Wilner
- Pre-Professional and Alumni Affairs Representative: James Tsai
- Senior Class Council
- Class President - Eash Cumarasamy
- Vice President - Shreyans Khemka
- Representative - Jessica Aspis
- Representative - Amy Lin
- Junior Class Council
- Class President - Warren Reed
- Class Vice President - Erin Svokos
- Representative - Lauren Minches
- Representative - Sam John
- Sophomore Class Council
- Class President - Heather Lee
- Class Vice President - Lili Gu
- Representative - Gunnar Aasen
- Representative - Kelly Chen
- First-Year Class Council
- Class President - Kamal Yechoor
- Class Vice President - Mike Wymbs
- Representative - Jiaying Xu
- Representative - Dana Ibarra
- Council liaisons
- CCSC Liaison - Ken Yearwood
- Barnard Liaison - Rajat Roy
- GSSC Liaison - Whitney Green
- Director of Technology - Stephen Robinson
- University Senators
- Senior Senator - Sumeet Shah
- Junior Senator - Amit Bedi
Co-sponsorships
Any club that includes SEAS students or wants to hold an event that will include SEAS students can apply for ESC co-sponsorship. Applications must be submitted by 6pm on Friday to be considered at the next ESC meeting. Email VP Intergroup Daniel Wong at dsw2107@columbia.edu for more info. Always fill the application out in full and with as much information as possible.
- Segregate all costs to avoid ambiguity:
- Instead of "Decorations & Food - $500", write "Decorations - $200, Food - $300".
- When asking co-sponsorship from CCSC, ESC, SGA and GSSC, always ask in ratio (3:1:2:0.9) unless you have a specific reason against asking in ratio.
- Instead of "ESC - $500, CCSC - $500", write "ESC - $250, CCSC - $750".
Internal elections
The ESC internally elects executive board members, including the president. This has been the subject of much controversy over the years. The election rules can only be altered during the annual constitutional review. Several council members have proposed amendments calling for direct elections, so far none have been approved. Several years ago, someone accused the ESC of being insular and that it was only electing current council members to E-board positions. The ESC is also widely criticized by campus news sources such as Bwog and Spectator for holding internal elections.
Contact
You can email the council at esc@columbia.edu
