AFSA Community Leadership Awards, 2013-2014 Academic Year

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SAF Students, it is with great honour and privilege that we announce the winners of the 2013-2014 Academic Year's AFSA Community Leadership Award winners! We considered nominations for the following categories:

- SAF Community Specific Contributions

- Contributions to a Worthwhile Endeavour Outside the University Community

- Service to the Greater University Community

Winners:

Ben Ma, 2A /2B AFM

Ben was awarded the SAF Specific Contributions category for his work with the Textbook Exchange program run in the current year and previous two academic terms and for other miscellaneous goodwill provided to the student community with midterm and exam aid initiatives. Ben was nominated for a host of other activities as well. Great work Ben!

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Anson Lee, 3A/3B Biotech/CPA

Anson's nomination was a result of his hard-work and dedication to many different organizations on campus, but Anson has been awarded the Worthwhile Endeavour Outside the University category for your work with the IB Alumni Advisory Council of the Americas and your work on that council as Vice-Chair. Great work Anson!

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Jean Wu, 2A/2B AFM

Jean was been awarded the Service to the Greater University category for her work with ACE Consulting Group and the positive contributions the organization has made on many University of Waterloo students and Kitchener-Waterloo community members! Great work Jean!

Jean Wu

Our winners will be invited to the SAF Awards Dinner in November where they will all be presented their awards by previous (and current) Chair of the Board, Michael Yang. Our award winners will also have their names engraved in our plaque in the SAF Lounge and will be awarded an additional miscellaneous prize in honour of their achievements. Hats off to all our great students leaders within the SAF and their contributions this past academic year and best of luck to everyone in their future endeavours.

AFSA Referendum Update and FAQ

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Wednesday at NOON, voting for the AFSA Referendum starts. Voting will continue until the evening of October 23rd.

VOTE at vote.feds.ca. Vote and decide where your money goes towards.

For more details on the referendum, please read the FAQ approved by AFSA & the School of Accounting & Finance:

http://www.uwafsa.ca/afsa-referendum-levy/

For more details on the proposed AFEF Constitution:

http://www.uwafsa.ca/afef-constitution/

ScareSAF Video Contest

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ScareSAF is a video contest taking place on the week of October 27th to the 31st. In this video contest students will take 6-10 second videos of themselves scaring other students and members of the SAF community and then upload them onto this page: www.facebook.com/scaresaf You can upload the videos to Twitter and use #ScareSAF as well. The uploader with the most posts each day will win free Chatime drink tickets. Additionally, every day we will have a special target to scare. The best scare video as determined by our judges on the daily targets will also win a free Chatime drink tickets.

The high profile targets are;

Monday - Gerry Zhan Tuesday - Michael Cheung Wednesday - Katherine Klebek Thursday - Bob Sproule Friday - Donna Psutka

Network of Empowered Women 3rd Annual Business Conference

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NEW will be hosting their 3rd Annual Business Conference on January 22nd-25th 2015 at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise! Join 100 delegates from across Canada as they hear from a variety of keynote speakers, attend workshops, and participate in exciting theme nights all at an incredible venue! For more information on this stellar opportunity feel free to contact the executive at uofanew@ualberta.ca or check out NEW’s website! Applications to attend NEW’s 2015 Conference are live at www.ualbertanew.ca. Deadline for applications is October 31st!

For more updates on NEW check out their Facebook page and enter their social media contest to be entered to win a free spot at the conference!

AFSA External Sponsorships - Clubs, Conferences, & other Student Groups

AFSA will be taking External Sponsorship proposals for the Fall 2014 term until Saturday, November 1st at 11:59PM. Please find the form and instructions here.

Any questions can be directed to Janet Hong, Vice President, Finance via j.hong@uwafsa.ca or Zac Hogg, Vice President, External Relations, via z.hogg@uwafsa.ca.