Student Activities Committee Shape Your Study Abroad Experience

Become a member of the DIS Student Activities Committee (SAC) and help suggest, promote, and lead fun activities and events for you and your peers during the semester.
Representing your peers on the DIS Student Activities Committee gives you the opportunity to:

• have fun discussing, receiving and suggesting ideas for social events with your peers

• enrich the study abroad experience of you and your peers by heightening awareness of, and encouraging participation in Denmark’s many social and cultural offerings

• develop your creative skills by coming up with your own initiatives for social and cultural activities

• expand  your organizational skills by developing those ideas and turning them into realizable proposals and fun events that you lead yourself

• strengthen your leadership capacity by actualizing all of the sharing of responsibilities that working on a representative board entails

What’s The Committee All About?

The primary function of the Student Activities Committee is to consider and develop proposals for student-initiated immersion activities, such as sporting events, museum outings, guided tours, theatrical performances, concerts, and so forth, with the goal of offering six social and cultural activities over the semester for the student body to participate in.

The Student Activities Committee works with the Housing & Student Affairs Department to prioritize initiatives and allocate financial subsidies, and also has the responsibility of promoting the activities offered, organizing and leading all events, which includes handling all logistical and financial matters.

How It’s Organized

There are 12 representative positions available on the committee. The members will be chosen by DIS staff based on the application submitted and housing category. Ideally, there will be 2-3 students from each housing category represented each semester. This system of representation is designed to maximize the committee’s accessibility and ability to reach out to the student body at large. The SAC convenes for meetings approximately every other Monday evening for a total of six meetings over the span of a semester.

How To Become a SAC Representative

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Student Activities Committee, you may nominate yourself by submitting an application here. All applications must be a minimum of 250 words and should address your motivation for joining the committee as well as what makes you a qualified candidate to represent your peers. All platforms must be submitted byJanuary 30, 2012. If you are selected to be a member of the committee you will be notified by February 1, 2012 and the committee members will be announced to the DIS community shortly after. The first SAC meeting will take place on Monday, February 6, 2012.

SAC Blog:

Check out the Student Activities Committee Blog here.