In September, I wrote about one of the most exciting times of the year, GCSU elections! Check out my post here for more information about elections.
The difference between my post then and my post now is that I am running for President!
Making the decision to run for President of the Glendon College Student Union wasn’t as easy as you would think. Although I had been on council for 3 years and presidency seemed like the only option for me, I still was nervous to run.
In those three years on council, I served as:
Being a member of the GCSU council has been amazing. You get to meet some really awesome people, gain valuable experience for future jobs, and give back to the community.
I have been on the GCSU almost as long as I’ve been a student at Glendon. When you’ve been part of an organization that long, you can’t help but want it to excel and become something special. But that can only happen with the right team. And believe me, I thought day in and day out about whether or not to run for council again this year.
The “road to elections” went something like this:
- GCSU elections are being advertised; do I want to run?
- I think I should take it easy my last year and not run
- I have been a part of GCSU for so long I am going to run
- So, President?
- But what about school, do I want to be taking a full course load and be President?
- Bilingualism; peux-je parle français? I know I can get by, but how well?
- I can’t even French, so I should just let someone who can better represent all students at Glendon be the President
- I am not going to run
- If I am not President I could focus on my future and maybe find a business-esque summer job
- But I’ve planned this path for so long (Be VP Social, then VP Finance so I know everything about the GCSU and then run for President)
- return to step 3
/endless loop
Needless to say, I put a lot of thought into running for President. I wasn’t indecisive, I knew I wanted to run. I just had to be sure that I believed I would be the best person for the position. I do think I am, but that’s beside the point.
When I graduate, I want to be able to say I was here (- Beyonce). No that doesn’t mean I want my face on the wall. I want the people I’ve met in university to know that I genuinely cared about their needs while I served as a member of the GCSU council.
I think what pushed me to decide to run was the fact that whenever I went home, or was hanging out with friends/family, all I could think about was “If I was President I would…”
With all those thoughts rushing through my head, I decided I could not go a year without being on GCSU. What was stopping me was that I didn’t know if I would be the “perfect” candidate. It took me a long time to realize that there will not always be a perfect person for a position. But I know that I am passionate about leading the GCSU to a great year, and if elected, I hope to interact with a lot of you next year! To get a little taste of what to expect if you ever want to run in elections below is my poster and here’s a link to my campaign page.
If you visit the campus next week, you’ll be able to see all the fun election posters around too!