Introduction
The purpose of the Funding at Columbia University (F@CU or FaCU) is to facilitate, support, and enrich student development in the form of student activities of campus. FaCU strives to support student development on campus, through fair and transparent allocation of the Student Activities Fee, based upon the needs of each student group.
The FaCU Committee is composed of the incoming and outgoing Presidents and Treasurers of each undergraduate Student Council, for a total of 16 members. This committee meets during reading week at the end of the Spring semester each year to determine the governing board allocations for the following year, after reviewing the allocation application packets submitted and presentations made by the various governing boards.
Allocations listed to the right indicate only the additional contribution to the budgets of the five governing boards and any special allocations that will be made by the four undergraduate Councils for the academic year indicated. The actual budgets of each of these governing bodies will consist of these allocations and also include any surplus that may exist from the previous year's allocation and/or revenue, or from any funding source external to the undergraduate Student Councils.
Listed are the allocations made to each of Columbia's five undergraduate governing boards and any special allocations as determined by the members of the FaCU Committee and ratified by each of the four Student Councils in May of each year for the following academic year. Depending on the governing board, either three or four of the Student Councils make contributions toward each allocation according to a ratio determined by relative student enrollment among the schools.
FaCU Timeline
Spring 2008
| Fri, April 11 |
FaCU Allocation Application Packets available, Guideline Revision Comment Period begins |
| Fri, April 25 |
FaCU Guideline Comment Period ends |
| Fri, May 2 |
FaCU Allocation Packets Due |
| Thurs, May 8 |
FaCU Presentations
(Light breakfast & dinner for committee provided by ESC) |
9:00-10:30a |
Inter-Greek Council |
10:30a-12:05p |
Club Sports Governing Board |
12:05-3:30p |
Break — a committee member has an exam |
3:30-5:00p |
Activities Board at Columbia |
5:05-6:35p |
Student Governing Board |
6:40-8:10p |
Community Impact |
8:10-8:30p |
Break — dinner |
8:30-10:00p |
WKCR |
Spring 2007
| Wed, April 18 |
FaCU Allocation Application Packets available |
| Mon, April 23 |
Allocation Packets Due for ABC, CI, CSGB |
| Sat, April 29 |
Allocation Packets Due for IGC, SGB, WKCR |
| Wed, May 2 |
FaCU Presentations
(Light breakfast for committee provided by SGA) |
9:00-9:55a |
Community Impact |
10:30-11:25 |
Student Governing Board |
11:30-12:25 |
Lunch |
12:30-1:25 |
Club Sports Governing Board |
2:00-2:55 |
WKCR |
3:30-4:25 |
Inter-Greek Council |
5:00-5:55 |
Activities Board at Columbia |
FaCU Committee Members
Spring 2008
| Outgoing |
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Incoming |
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| Michelle Diamond |
CCSC |
President |
|
George Krebs |
CCSC |
President-elect |
| Jennifer Choi |
CCSC |
VP Funding |
|
Laura Doan |
CCSC |
VP Funding-elect |
| Elizabeth Strauss |
ESC |
President |
|
Peter Valeiras |
ESC |
President-elect |
| Daniel Wong |
ESC |
VP Intergroup |
|
Lauren Minches |
ESC |
VP Intergroup-elect |
| Nancy Saunders |
GSSC |
President |
|
Brody Berg |
GSSC |
President-elect |
| Keith Hightower |
GSSC |
Treasurer |
|
Eleanor Colley |
GSSC |
Treasurer-elect |
| Laura Stoffel |
SGA |
President |
|
Sarah Besnoff |
SGA |
President-elect |
| Lara Rosner |
SGA |
VP Finance |
|
Amy Chen |
SGA |
VP Finance-elect |
Spring 2007
| Outgoing |
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Incoming |
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| Seth Flaxman |
CCSC |
President |
|
Michelle Diamond |
CCSC |
President-elect |
| Sarah Hwang |
CCSC |
VP Funding |
|
Jennifer Choi |
CCSC |
VP Funding-elect |
| Dan Okin |
ESC |
President |
|
Elizabeth Strauss |
ESC |
President-elect |
| Nathalie Torres |
ESC |
VP Intergroup |
|
Daniel Wong |
ESC |
VP Intergroup-elect |
| Susannah Karlsson |
GSSC |
President |
|
Nancy Saunders |
GSSC |
President-elect |
| Michael Park |
GSSC |
Treasurer |
|
Keith Hightower |
GSSC |
Treasurer-elect |
| Eman Bataineh |
SGA |
President |
|
Laura Stoffel |
SGA |
President-elect |
| Lara Rosner |
SGA |
VP Finance |
|
Lara Rosner |
SGA |
VP Finance-elect |
