Open for Nominations - AFSA Community Leadership Award

AFSA is currently taking nominations for its fourth rendition of the AFSA Annual Leadership Award. The deadline for nominations is Friday Oct. 9, 2015 at midnight. Students can win in the Overall, SAF Community Contributions, or  Contributions to a Worthwhile Endeavour Outside the University categories.

Selected by random draw, two students will be sitting on the Selection Committee along with AFSA President, Lynn Wu, and AFSA Chairman, Anna Liang. Two professors, to be named later, will also be sitting on the Selection Committee.

Please make your nominations through the following Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/a/uwafsa.ca/forms/d/1pB-2CfDU3TwUd_rTlvWrfk02mFwTzSYwu3j392Ir9QE/viewform

Along with the prize to be named later, students will be honoured with their award at the Fall SAF Awards Night, and will have their name engraved on the award that sits in the SAF/CMA Lounge.

More information on the award can be found on the Nomination Form.

Winners are expected to be announced in late October.

-The Award was created in Spring of 2012 by former President Nitish Sharma. Nitish oversaw the AFSA daily operations during the 2011-2012 academic year and noticed the need to better reward and recognize those making positive contributions to his/her academic community. The AFSA Community Leadership Award was thus founded that year and first awarded during the Spring 2012 term and handed out at the Fall 2012 SAF Awards Night.-

Arts Endowment Funds Refund Form and AFSA Levy Refund form

The Accounting and Finance Endowment Fund (AFEF), formerly known as the Accounting Endowment Fund (AEF), has and will always be for the betterment of the students of the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF). Starting Fall 2015, AFSA is no longer the organization that is the sole fiduciary of the fund, and is instead managed by the AFEF Board of Directors, who evaluate proposals each term.  Students enrolled in the SAF contribute $20 to the fund for each term they are on campus. Contributions made to the AFEF are fully tax-deductible and tax receipts are issued by the University of Waterloo prior to each tax season through Quest. For those students who do not want to contribute AFEF, refunds are now available for the period Fall 2015 from September 14 - October 2 (midnight) here: https://info.uwaterloo.ca/infofin/students/endowment_refund_form/form.php

Starting Fall 2015, students also contribute $30 to the Accounting & Finance Association fee (previously voted in by referendum by the SAF student body during 2014-15). It should be noted that you are not eligible for conference subsidies should you request a refund. Furthermore, additional restrictions may be added up to the discretion of the AFSA team. If you have any questions or concerns about the AFEF or refunds, please do not hesitate to contact the VP Finance, Ganatheepan Ganeshalingam , at vp.finance@uwafsa.ca.

You can request a refund for the $30 contribution to Accounting & Finance Association in the link below from September 25th - October 9th (midnight). The first step is to state your reasoning for requesting a refund and the second step is to provide your information as well as confirm your acknowledgement of the consequences of the refund.

https://docs.google.com/a/uwafsa.ca/forms/d/1n-6fFJT5nz6TmQh_XtdZMo7hJ6PXMGkIUWrVfJf58Mg/formResponse

Success Beyond the Classroom

Success Beyond the Classroom Alumni Seminar Series–hosted by School of Accounting & Finance Alumnus, Upkar Arora and Friends:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o3UzqqYgOk

Be sure to register by September 29th: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/success-beyond-the-classroom-alumni-seminar-series-tickets-18453700515

Check out their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SAF-Experiential-Learning-and-Career-Development-1492213051010572/timeline/

ELCD Workshops Fall 2015

AFSA Community Leadership Award Selection Committee

Hello upper years! AFSA is awarding its yearly Community Leadership awards for 2014-15. Regularly, 2 non-AFSA students are a part of the selection committee, along with 2 SAF faculty and 2 AFSA Exec/Board members. If you are interested in partaking in this annual tradition as one of the two "at large" (non-AFSA) students on the selection committee, please complete the form below.

Deadline to apply is Friday, Sept 25 and the students will be chosen by random draw.

https://docs.google.com/a/uwafsa.ca/forms/d/1OdqvN1guzBKRykZzaFlHrgHVEeBkduqJ_yXwoXYPriI/viewform

If you have any questions, please feel free to email president@uwafsa.ca

AFSA Applications!

AFSA Committee Applications are finally here! Get involved, have fun and come join us in the AFSA family! :) You may apply to a MAXIMUM of 3 committees of your choice. Click here for a brief overview of the committees and their VP's. Applications are due Friday, September 18th, 2015 at 11:59pm!!

Apply by following the instructions in the respective links for the committees you would like to join:

Admin: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/Q0fxKl

Communications: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/gneKS0

Corporate Relations: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/myu0he

Education: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/U6uFAn

Externa: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/rYo9BH

Finance: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/Fw9SfQ

Internal Events: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/aV60gf

Internal Services: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/LCdEwV

Marketing: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/nvRWIJ

President’s Special Project: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/JBH1he

Cheers and good luck!

Adopt a Co-op!

For all SAF people going on co-op in the winter, and for those who would like to share their previous work term experiences, this one’s for you!

Adopt-a-coop is a mentorship program where people will be paired with mentors in their desired areas of practice (eg. audit, tax, finance). These mentors will be able to give you advice in order to help you during the coop process, and prepare you for the workplace.

Register to be a mentor or mentee in the links below! (Note: you must have completed a coop placement in order to be a mentor)

The matches will be revealed at a launch event at 5-7 PM on September 24th in SAF lounge. There will also be a ton of food!

Mentor link: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/Pc8uuz

Mentee link: https://afsa.typeform.com/to/vSc9Yu

Calling for Grad Ball Organizing Committee Team!

Graduating students: AFSA is starting to take Grad Ball Organizing Team Applications. Sign up to be a part of the Grad Ball organizing committee!

SAF eMentorship

Excited to start your first year of university? Would you like some advice on academics and extracurriculars from upper year students of the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) who have once been in your shoes? 

AFSA Internal Services and the eMentorship team are proud to present to you eMentorship, a program that connects first year students like yourself with upper year mentors within SAF. eMentorship is a highly valued part of SAF, with a history of helping over 250 first-year students during the past two years. With the help of an eMentor, we hope that you will be able to smoothly transition from high school to university and adapt to the SAF culture. The eMentorship program will be available based on a first-come, first-served basis.

To sign up, please fill the form below by August 23, 2015:
http://signups.ementorship.ca

If you have any question or concerns, please feel free to email info@ementorship.ca. In addition, if you’re interested more about our program, our events, and more, please visit ementorship.ca