Stuco: a year in review

Exactly one year ago I was sworn into the office of Student Council President. Along with my office I was also provided three companions that each brought to our journey their own unique talents, values and goals. Over the last year we have experienced the good, bad & ugly in our attempt to make this Forest experience a bit more relaxing, enjoyable and enriching. It has been such a fulfilling experience to serve alongside them. Together we have worked to bring about a wave of changes that will certainly have a lasting impact on the future of our program. It is certainly my hope that as they depart they will carry with them some thing positive from our year-long journey in student government, as I certainly will. With all this said I now will begin my second term within this office, I now have three new companions who are clearly up for the great tasks at hand. I am very optimistic that the year ahead will hold for us even more positive and enriching opportunities.

On a another note our little Spring Party provided a wonderful opportunity for me to enjoy an evening with my sweetheart. She and I got to spend time together and to hang out with our Forest friends and to simply enjoy a night on the town. This is not easy when your expecting twins, so we soaked up the fun. Good Times.........

A Year of Change

I recently gathered many Student Council photos from the past year to put together some photos to be displayed at St. Michael's Educational Sports Bar & Grille. St. Michael's is our student hang out and the place where we hold our monthly meetings. I know it may sound weird to hold Student Council meetings at a bar but some how it works.... it works very well. The atmosphere is so conducive to getting new perspectives out on the table and to having everyone relaxed during the meeting. With this said I should note that during our meeting we are not partaking of items from the bar but just from the kitchen :)

The owners of St. Michael's were very excited about having Forest call this place our hang out that they even offered to put up any memorabilia that we brought them. So at our last meeting we gave them some of our official t-shirts and these photos. Hence, I needed to gather the photos.

While I was doing this I realized how many changes our Council has been involved with this year. In some strange form of synchronicity it was also the year the name of the school officially changed along with a new logo. It was simply a year of change for Forest Institute. It has certainly been an honor to be involved in these changes. With change comes many expectations, I certainly am hopeful of the impact these many changes will have on the future at Forest Institute.