Student Leadership Opportunities

In the Fall and Winter terms, Student Experience and Housing will hire 1-2 students leaders as our Residence Experience Peer Leaders. Our Residence Experience Peer Leaders work alongside our Residence Dons to ensure our students living in Renison Residence have a fun and exciting residence experience. 

Our Residence Experience Peer Leaders work with our Student Experience & Housing team to re-enforce community building opportunities in residence. The Peer Leaders will organize many social events for students to build friendships, enhance their student leadership skills, and have fun. 

Questions?

Stefany Kraft, Student Experience Coordinator
s2kraft@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1902

In the Fall and Winter terms, Student Experience and Housing will hire 1-2 student leaders to become our Student Experience Peer Leaders. These peer leaders have a focus on developing events and activities to support students at Renison studying in our daytime degree programs, including Culture & Language Studies courses and the School of Social Work. 

Our Student Experience Peer Leaders help to build programming that will allow Renison students to enhance their communication and leadership skills through educational workshops, social events, and fun outreach. 

Questions?

Stefany Kraft, Student Experience Coordinator
s2kraft@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1902

We recruit a team of 2-3 senior students in the Fall and Winter terms to serve as Social Development Studies (SDS) Peer Leaders. These student staff will work 3-6 hours per week. Hours will vary depending on times when SDS students are not in class, including lunches, evenings, and occasional weekends.

The Social Development Studies program (SDS) is a Bachelor of Arts major offering courses in human and social development, including psychology, sociology, and social work. Students develop skills in critical thinking, problem solving, interpersonal relations, leadership, civic engagement, and global citizenship. With a University of Waterloo degree and an SDS major, graduates attain an excellent foundation for graduate studies, professional programs, and careers in human and public service.

The SDS Peer Leaders coordinate event programming including social events and educational workshops, as well as provide one-on-one meet-up support to help students with developing their academic and personal goals. 

Questions?

Stefany Kraft, Student Experience Coordinator
s2kraft@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1902

Each term, Renison Food Services hires a Kitchen Porter who is a student. The Kitchen Porter works closely with the Renison Food Services team to ensure that clients and guests receive the highest level of customer care while adhering to all guidelines for food preparation, recipe adherence and catering standard excellence. The Kitchen Porter is a frontline position requiring the incumbent to work in a post-secondary food services environment. 

These positions are posted at the start of each term on the Renison Student Experience & Housing News page. 

Questions?

Tim Farley, Food Services Manager
tim.farley@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 1309 (Renison Cafeteria)

Throughout the year, Renison's Marketing and Recruitment department hires students into the roles of Marketing and Recruitment Assistants. 

The Marketing and Recruitment team will hire: 

• 3 co-op students annually, one per term
• 2 part-time student positions, funded through the International Work-Study Program
• 2 part-time student positions, funded through the Work-Study Program

Questions?

Grant Leach, Marketing & Recruitment Director
grant.leach@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 0203B (Renison International Office)

The Library Assistants provide front-line customer service in Renison's Lusi Wong Library. 

This opportunity may be great for you if you: 

• Are familiar with the library services and catalogue system and would be comfortable helping others find the materials they are looking for 
• Are comfortable working independently and intervening when patrons may be violating food, safety, or noise standards 
• You have customer service experience 

Library Assistants will assist with:

• Shelving books. 
• Shelf-reading assigned sections. 
• Checking out materials for students at Circulation. 
• Helping students with their printing. 
• Assisting students with research using library resources. 
• Answering questions about the campus and building. 
• Closing the library at the end of the night. 
• Booking out Study Rooms as required. 
• Ensuring proper use of the library facilities. 
• Completing special projects (e.g., outreach) as assigned. 

These positions are posted at the start of every term on the Lusi Wong Library website. 

Questions?

Tammy Kavanaugh, Library Supervisor
tammy.kavanaugh@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 1101 (Lusi Wong Library)

The Renison Board of Governors' responsibility of the Board is to lead Renison in pursuit of the Mission and achievement of the Goals

Policy. The Board's specific duties and responsibilities are consistent with its trusteeship role and are necessary for effective governance and management. The Board will:

• Establish and maintain effective governance and management,
• Maintain strategic oversight and insight,
• Exercise authority in areas that lie outside the authority delegated to the President,
• Be a voice for Renison to advance achievement of its Mission and Goals

Student membership on the Board of Governors is in the role of:

• the President of Renisix or its successor
• A Renison-registered Student elected by RASC;

These student membership roles along with the rest of the board members form collectively the " Ex Officio Board Members").

Student Board Member terms– one (1) year re-electable to a maximum of three (3) consecutive years of service.

Questions?

Lisa Kessig, Executive Assistant to the President's Office
lisa.kessig@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 2601 (President's Office)

The Student Affairs and Community Education (SACE) Council is the Renison body responsible for student affairs and community and professional education initiatives at Renison. Student Affairs includes Housing, Student Life, Renison International Office, and Student Wellness. Community and Professional Education (CAPE) includes Bridge to Academic Success in English (BASE), English for Academic Success (EFAS), General English at Renison (GEAR), all other programs within the English Language Institute (ELI), Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programs, and Renison courses, programs, and microcredentials that are not for University of Waterloo credit.

Two student representatives are voting members on SACE Council – one student from residence and one student from CAPE. Student reps are asked to attend meetings, participate in discussions and decisions, and then report back to their constituents on any matters that are relevant to them. SACE Council meetings are held twice per term for 1.5 hours. 

Questions?

Ally Vonk, Administrative & Research Officer
ally.vonk@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 2601 (President's Office) 

The Student Affairs Advisory Committee's mandate is to make recommendations to the SACE Council concerning Student Affairs at Renison. The duties of the Student Affairs Advisory Committee include making recommendations to the SACE Council concerning the approval of new Student Affairs programs and initiatives at Renison or the modification or deletion of existing Student Affairs programs and initiatives at Renison; make recommendations to the SACE Council on strategic planning in relation to Student Affairs; ensure adequate policies regarding Student Affairs are established and kept up to date; make recommendations to the SACE Council concerning work within SAAC subcommittees; promote staff access to professional development (PD) opportunities; ensure a ‘framework’ is in place to support and disseminate best/effective practices.

Two student representatives attend the Student Affairs Advisory Committee meetings held twice per term for 1.5 hours. Student reps are asked to attend meetings and participate in discussions and decisions to provide a student voice in decision-making.

Questions?

Ryan Connell, Assistant Director of Student Experience & Housing
ryan.connell@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 1108 (Ministry Centre)

The Renison Green Team is comprised of representatives from every department across Renison. Our goal is to provide expertise for the development and implementation of environmental and sustainability initiatives in and around Renison.

We welcome student reps who are committed to advocating and applying sustainable practices and ideas throughout the college. We especially like having one Renison Residence student representative and one non-resident student representative. 

Participating on the Renison Green Team involves:

• A one or two-semester commitment
• Working and collaborating with Renison Green Team members
• Providing a student lens on how to best promote sustainable actions to the Renison community
• Committing to assisting with a project or task during their tenure

The commitment will involvement 1-2 meetings per term; extra meetings as required for work on sub-committees.

Questions?

Renison Green Team
rension.greenteam@uwaterloo.ca

The Student Wellness Committee is an opportunity for student members to share input about student wellness needs, based on student perspective from personal experience and/or peers’ experiences at Renison.  As a committee, we will work on several areas:

• Advisory work: making recommendations to relevant leadership at Renison for how to best serve student wellness
• Event planning: planning and executing about two wellness events per year, usually around Bell Let’s Talk and Thrive Week.
• Improving awareness and access to resources: working with relevant Renison areas, we hope to improve the availability of flyers and online information about wellness resources at Renison and UW so that students know what to access.

Two 1.5-hour meetings per term and then about 2 hours per month of work outside the meeting times. 

Questions?

Scott McLeod, Chaplain
scott.mcleod@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1108 (Renison Ministry Centre)

The Student Advocacy Advisory Committee is an opportunity for students to share input based on their or their peers experience at Renison.

The Student Advocacy Advisory Committee advises and supports all Renison students, outside of their courses and when other resources have been spent, are unavailable, or unknown, with issues such as:

• student conduct appeals (student life and residence)
• sexual violence response
• issues of harassment
• physical safety/accident/slip and fall response
• physical accessibility concerns
• other issues, such as invisible barriers, as they emerge

The committee also serves as an advisory to Renison’s Managers and Directors Group (MDG) on issues facing and related to students; in this way, the committee serves to promote the collective voice of students on issues that our senior leadership/administration may advocate for with internal or external stakeholders. 

Two 1.5-hour meetings per term and then about 2 hours per month of work outside the meeting times. 

Questions?

Scott McLeod, Chaplain
scott.mcleod@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1108 (Renison Ministry Centre)

The Accessibility Matters Committee at Renison is an advisory body established to enhance equitable access on the Renison campus for students, staff, faculty, and visitors.

• Serves as a resource to the Renison community on issues related to accessibility;

• Serves as the Renison campus contact point for all accessibility concerns; Raises awareness and make recommendations to the Renison community and appropriate departmental and administrative contacts on real and potential barriers to accessibility, including sharing best practices for addressing issues and eliminating barriers;
• Provide, when needed, liaison with services on campus at the University of Waterloo to ensure that accessibility barriers are effectively responded to for student, staff, faculty, and visitor members of Renison’s community. 

1 meeting a month for the Fall and Winter semesters.

Questions?

Scott McLeod, Chaplain
scott.mcleod@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1108 (Renison Ministry Centre)

Renisix is tasked with enhancing the social atmosphere of the College for those who live in its residence halls. A student run council, Renisix gives students the opportunity to take ownership of their residence experience and provide opportunities for students to have fun and meet others in the University College. Working under the support of our Student Experience Coordinator, Renisix achieves its mandate by investigating what students want out of their residence experience and finding ways to provide for those wants.

Speak to your Don in September or January about how to get involved.

Questions?

Stefany Kraft, Residence Experience Coordinator
s2kraft@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 1902

The Renison Academic Student Council (RASC) is a student government composed of undergraduate Renison-registered students who take courses on campus. The goals of RASC are to advocate for the needs of its members; enhance members’ academic and social experience while at university; and engage members in democratic participation in the daily life and development of Renison University College. As a student run council, RASC works with other student governments on campus to ensure its members are aware of any discussions on campus that are important to fees they pay, programs they take, courses they are enrolled in, and any concerns they may have about Renison University College.

Questions?

Stefany Kraft, Student Experience Coordinator
s2kraft@uwaterloo.ca 
Office: Room 1902

Renison Student Ambassadors support Renison's Marketing and Recruitment team at several recruitment events and initiatives throughout the year which. Some of these initiatives may include, but are not limited to, delivering campus tours, creating social media content, and assisting with recruitment events. Renison Ambassadors share their personal experiences on what it is like to live and/or study at Renison, including answering questions about the Faculty of Arts and help future students decide if Renison is a good fit for them. Ambassadors have a powerful impact on our future students, and it provides student leaders with an opportunity to leave their (moose) tracks!  

Questions?

Grant Leach, Marketing & Recruitment Director
grant.leach@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 0203B (Renison International Office)

Every September, Renison hosts its popular One Sky Festival. The day-long festival welcomes around 50 volunteers in a variety of roles to support the event, including assisting with performers, running activity booths, etc.

Questions?

Karrie Cornies, Events and Conference Coordinator
kcornies@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 2304

In the summer and fall terms, Renison seeks the support of 4-5 student volunteers to assist with executing all details related to Renison's Convocation celebrations. Fall Convocation is in October every year and Spring Convocation is in June annually.

Questions?

Karrie Cornies, Events and Conference Coordinator
kcornies@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 2304

For over 60 years, with each Founders’ Day celebration, Renison staff, faculty, students, alumni, donors and other community members come together to honour our core values and the work that we do to promote them. This annual celebration includes formally recognizing individuals who live these values and help to advance them each and every day. To become a Renison Honouree is to be welcomed into a select company of founders of positive change.

For the annual Founders' Day celebrations, approximately 5 student volunteers help with the execution of the event in a variety of roles. 

Questions?

Karrie Cornies, Events and Conference Coordinator
kcornies@uwaterloo.ca
Office: Room 2304

The Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association manages more than 200 campus clubs that cover many different topics and interests, including clubs that fall into different categories such as: 

• Academic
• Business and entrepreneurial
• Charity, community service, and international development
• Creative arts, dance, and music
• Cultural
• Environmental and sustainability
• Games, recreation, and social
• Health promotion
• Media, publications, and web development
• Political and social awareness
• Religious and spiritual

Visit the WUSA Clubs website to learn more about all of the clubs available to join.