Welcome Back!

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Williams: With the inevitable end of the summer upon us, we’d like to welcome you all back to campus for this upcoming school year. We’d also like to extend a warm welcome to the incoming Class of 2017! As you prepare for your departure to Williams, we’d like to present you all with an update Read more about Welcome Back![…]

Student Organization Re-Registration 2013-14

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Hello from the Purple Valley! Come back soon? It’s awfully quiet on campus without you. This is just a reminder email that the re-registration deadline for the 2013-14 academic year is Thursday, August 1, 2013. This applies to all groups (subgroups, clubs/organizations, club sports). If you want to: *Book a space on campus *Rent college Read more about Student Organization Re-Registration 2013-14[…]

A Message from College Council: We’re Following the Bylaws!

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Greetings, Williams! As the dust from this past election cycle settles and we all bid farewell to the fun known as midterm season and approach Spring Break (!), the 2013-14 College Council is excited to begin working on the projects that matter to you! First, Max and I want to thank YOU for the honor Read more about A Message from College Council: We’re Following the Bylaws![…]

College Council Election Results

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Williams: Thank you for your thoughtful participation in and engagement with these College Council elections. 1,386 of you voted– that’s 65% of the student body– and the results are below. For a complete report of the poll results, follow this link: https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=29229dyQx8SefT54U8kY2Pif  Congratulations to the new Council! We are excited for your leadership. Without further Read more about College Council Election Results[…]

The Great Ideas Campaign!

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Williams College: College Council is excited to announce the start of the 5th annual Great Ideas Campaign! What’s missing from your college experience? What would make it better? College Council can make any Great Idea happen. There is no idea too small or too big. Submit a proposal to [email protected] or fill out this form. There’s no deadline. We’ll work Read more about The Great Ideas Campaign![…]

The State of This College

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Partners in Purple, we write as the semester comes to a close to tell you some of what we think is important to know about the College.

 

Williams is relentlessly self-reflecting and critical. We live here, we learn here, and we are invested here. Our job as a College Council is to keep this place functional, to support you in your endeavors, and to proactively make Williams work better for you. We are fortunate for an administration, College committees, academic departments, and campus offices that are attuned to our needs. We are your advocates; call on us. CC will bend over backwards for you. We are proud of College Council and the work that it is doing, and we are confident that it is serving you every day.

 

Read on for some of the specifics. We promise you will discover something that CC has done this semester that makes your experience at Williams a little brighter.

 

Sincerely,

Krista Pickett and Peter Skipper

CC Presidents

You Are Not Alone

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Williams:
On Thursday, October 11th, College Council’s Mental Health Committee will host You Are Not Alone, an evening of solidarity and support for students who have been impacted by issues affecting their emotional, psychological, or social wellbeing. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. You Are Not Alone will be the culminating event of the College’s Break the Silence Week, a five-day initiative to raise awareness and promote thoughtful and sensitive discussion about depression and suicide.
You Are Not Alone will begin at 9 p.m. in Goodrich Hall. Four students will speak about the challenges they have faced relating to their own ability to fully thrive at Williams or in the world beyond; an open mic for the student body will follow. Counselors from the Health Center and the Chaplain’s Office will be available as resources.
Many students at Williams struggle with depression, alcoholism, disordered eating, heartbreak, anxiety, coming to terms with their sexuality, or a variety of other mental health challenges. Many struggle with the notion of effortless perfection. Many struggle in ways they cannot even articulate. We hope this event will give students a fuller understanding of the nature and spectrum of mental health challenges on campus. We also hope that it will be a step for the Williams community toward becoming an environment where struggle is not equated with failure.
To continue this honest discussion, the Mental Health Committee will facilitate a weekly support network, Good Company, beginning on 10/18, on Thursdays at 9 p.m. in Griffin 1. Come to share. Come to listen. Come to be together, in Good Company.
Please support the Williams community and ‘You Are Not Alone’ on Thursday, October 11th.
Sincerely,
Krista Pickett and Gia Recco
Co-Chairs of Mental Health Committee

ELECTION RESULTS!

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Hello, friends!


Without further ado, we present your newly-elected College Council and Honor and Discipline Committee members.

1,128 (52.4%) Williams students voted in this election, a 22% increase from last year’s Fall turnout. Thank you for participating, and please know that CC will continue working hard to make your college experience better. You do not need to be a member of College Council to initiate a campus improvement project. We will gladly help and/or serve as a resource to you in your endeavors.

College Council and Honor and Discipline Committee are excellent ways to get involved, but there are many more opportunities to be the change you wish to see. Click here for a list of student groups at Williams.

Questions? kmp3 or pjs1
Looking for something? collegecouncil.williams.edu

SuperFan? Join the Facebook movement (football game vs. Trinity, 1:30pm, TOMORROW! Bring $5 for a sweet pair of SF sunglasses)

No Wednesday night plans? Stop by a CC meeting, from 7-9pm in Hopkins 001. All are welcome.


We are so proud to represent you.

Krista Pickett and Peter Skipper
CC Presidents