Student Life Archives - Alma Mater Society

Know Your Rights Campaign

Written by Communications on March 13, 2024. Posted in Community Issues, News, Student Life.

As the University District Safety Initiative (UDSI) gears up for enforcement from Monday, March 11th at 12 am until Monday, March 18th at 11:59 pm, the Social Issues Commission (SIC) Know Your Rights Campaign is ensuring students are well-informed about their legal rights and responsibilities. According...

2024 Rector Election Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 8:14 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 University Rector Election held amongst AMS and SGPS members. 2024 Rector Election: Niki Boytchuk-Hale: 2073 (42.8%) Leo Yang: 1759 (36.3%) None of the Above: 127 (2.6%) Abstain: 883 (18.2%) The 39th Rector...

AMS 2024 Winter Referendum Results

Written by Communications on February 8, 2024. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 12:26 AM KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 AMS Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 19.7%. AMS Sliding Scale for Reference: Voter turnout between 15-19.9% of AMS members requires 55% or higher to pass Voter turnout between 10-14.9% of AMS members requires...

Fall Semester Final Instalment of the Sustainability Hub

Written by Communications on November 28, 2023. Posted in Blog Post, News, Student Life.

On Thursday, November 30th, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the AMS Commission of Environmental Sustainability is hosting the final instalment of the Fall Sustainability Hub series in Victoria Hall’s Main floor lobby. This Instalment will focus on ways to live sustainably as a student. To learn more about...

Students are leaders in sustainability

Written by Jumphost on August 22, 2017. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

Hi everyone, I’m Palmer Lockridge, the Vice-President (University Affairs) for 2017-2018! I oversee and support the activities of the four AMS Commissions and the Clubs Office, which together make up the bulk of the “government-side” of the AMS. The hard-working student volunteers...

6 Things I Learned in First Year

Written by Jumphost on August 23, 2016. Posted in Student Life.

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Get to know our IT Support Officer Position

Written by Jumphost on April 26, 2016. Posted in Student Life.

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AMS Board of Directors

Written by Jumphost on April 11, 2016. Posted in Student Life.

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Child Development Centre 20th Annual Run/Walk

Written by Jumphost on March 29, 2016. Posted in Kingston Living, Student Life.

The AMS Goes Federal for the Week

Written by Jumphost on March 23, 2016. Posted in Academics, Student Life.

Introducing: 2016-17 AMS Executive Team

Written by Jumphost on February 25, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

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How Do We Hire?

Written by Jumphost on February 10, 2016. Posted in Student Life.

February 10, 2016 By: Tyler Lively, David Walker, and Carolyn Thompson This year we wanted to do things a little differently and as part of our commitment to an open AMS, we wanted to provide a detailed overview of the Executive Team hiring process. This year saw a record number of applicants for...

The Journal is Wrong About AGM, Here’s Why

Written by Jumphost on February 9, 2016. Posted in Community Issues, Student Life.

February 9, 2016 By: Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky In all our years at Queen’s, we never thought we would see the student newspaper call for its student government to listen less to students. Their strong call for the reinstatement of approving student activity fees through...

10 More Reasons to Submit your Application Today

Written by Jumphost on February 4, 2016. Posted in Academics, Student Life, Tricolour Spirit.

Council (full-time salaried positions) applications are due today at 4pm! If you’re still on the fence about applying, we wanted to give you a few more reasons to encourage you to submit your application for one (or more!) of these positions. Any one of these individuals would love to talk to...

Procrasti-Laugh

Written by Jumphost on December 14, 2015. Posted in Student Life.

It’s exam season which often means you forget to take time for yourself. You have to take these moments, to smile and laugh with your friends, it’s a small (but easy) way to take care of yourself. It’s little moments like this that can help you to keep going even in the most stressful...

The State of Non-Academic Discipline

Written by Jumphost on November 12, 2015. Posted in Community Issues, Student Life.

How and Where to Vote in Kingston

Written by Jumphost on October 16, 2015. Posted in Community Issues, Kingston Living, Student Life.

So you want to vote in Kingston but you don’t know where to go? Read this blog to find out more about the different locations to vote in Kingston- specifically the locations that match with your district. The easiest way to find out your exact poll locations is: Step 1: Go to the Elections...

ReUnion Ready: Planning the ReUnion Street Festival

Written by Jumphost on September 18, 2015. Posted in Student Life.

Last year the AMS executive team had the wildly ambitious idea to take an empty street during Homecoming and fill it with people, food and music. This Festival on Union Street was ultimately (and oh so cleverly named) the ReUnion Street Festival and deemed a resounding success from both those who...