ASC VP of External: Tianna Hardman

Email: ascexternal@ambrose.edu

Who is Tianna?

Tianna is a third year English Literature major and a philosophy minor. She was born and raised in Calgary, and she loves tea! Tianna wants to be a teacher when she grows up, and would love to coach a volleyball team at her school. She loves travelling and spending as much time reading books on a plane as she can. Fun fact about her: She can play 3 different instruments, and she spent 7 years playing the alto sax in a band.

What does the VP of External Relations do?

From the Ambrose Student Council Bylaw IV, Section I, Clause III.

Duties of the Vice President of External Affairs:

• To attend all academic committees on campus as a student representative (APPC and TLC) and request a seat in any other relevant committees that would benefit from student representation.
• To work together with Accessibility Services, the Writing Centre, Student Life, etc., to drive student academic success through a holistic learning approach and foster a healthy academic environment.
• To operate as one of the financial signing officers alongside the ASC President and the VP – Internal Affairs.
• To advocate for programs and courses according to interests and needs of the student body.
• To actively work on a minimum of three (3) academic related advocacy tasks throughout the school year.
• To review and make any necessary edits to the ASC Governance documents.
• To chair the Student Program Advocacy Committee (SPAC) and oversee the SPAC representatives through regular meetings.
• To actively participate and be engaged in external advocacy groups.
• To manage external relations with non-Ambrose parties. These relations include (but are not limited to):
  • Maintaining an active role in the Alberta Students’ Executive Council (ASEC), acting as the Voting Delegate1 by attending conferences and communicating with student leaders from other Alberta institutions.
  • Maintaining an active role in the Calgary Students’ Alliance (CSA) by attending meetings and communicating with student leaders from other Calgary institutions.
  • To chair Student Council meetings in absence of the President.