it's summer time!

For those of you who are just graduating from high school and looking at coming to ABU in the fall, congratulations! This is an exciting time in your life.

For everyone - cherish your summer. I realized the other day that the end of next week will mark the middle of my summer vacation. I cannot believe that it is already almost half over. But the exciting thing about the end of summer is that we get to go back to school! I know that sounds ridiculous - but I am extremely excited for next year and what it will bring!

We have a great group of people serving as our council for next year, and we plan on bringing some much needed changes to council. We still have a couple positions that aren't filled though -so if you are interested please let me know (abusa.council@gmail.com).

If you are looking to get involved but don't know where to start consider joining (or starting) a society. Societies are a 'min-council' who are responsible to provide events and services to people in their faculty (for example: the Business society, the English society, the Sociology society, etc). This is a great way to get involved and also get to know new people

If you have a hobby that you really love, and you would like to obtain some funding to keep doing it, and you want to get a group of people together to do it, let us know and you may be eligible to start a club funded by the ABUSA! Whether you enjoy baking, cars, or rock climbing, we may be able to help you out!

If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas please send me an email. Although we have a lot of good ideas, we know that we are not perfect, and that there are many things we could do better, so please please please let me know! In the fall, the members of the executive will have office hours, where you will be able to come and visit us when you want to talk.

Finally, if you are going through something, especially academically related, but whatever it may be - please feel free to come and talk to us - if we can't help you, we will try to find someone who can. We are your student association, and we want to be able to help you in any way we can!

Thanks so much, and I hope you are having a great summer! I am excited to see you in the fall!


Amy Jones
President, ABUSA 09-10
abusa.council@gmail.com