The PP (first year) Council is the student government of first year engineers, with the PP Council President sitting on the EUS Board of Directors. The PP council is given a budget, some advice and guidance from the EUS President, and access to tons of support, and then they are let loose!  From paintballing to poker parties, any event that the council comes up with and is willing to organize can be done.  The council also sees to the Academic and Professional concerns of first years.  Being part of council is a great way to get involved without a ton of time committed, meet a large number of first years, and develop your leadership skills.

The following is a list of the first year council positions, and the elected candidates:

President: The PP President is the departmental head of First Year Engineering. Their duties include sitting on PAF council, attending the Student Advisory Committee, and–of course–running the PP Council.

Jonathan Munro

Vice President: The VP is the Presidents right-hand man or woman, and is typically in charge of three major projects of PP Council, namely the Ball Model, a Film fEUSt submission, and an E-Week event.

Hans Seidemann

Secretary: The Secretary is in charge of taking minutes, organizing meetings, and generally running the show.

Amy Leson

Treasurer: The Treasurer is charged with managing the finances of the First Year Council. Their duties include getting reimbursements for items purchased, depositing money made from events, and keeping track of the budget throughout the year. Elections resulted in a tie between:

Eddy Wu

Theo Twist

Social Coordinator: The Social Coordinator is in charge of the setup and running of events throughout the year! Past events have included a Halloween Party, a Sealand Awareness Event, and a charity Games night.

Vicki Pistner

Sports and Charity: The Sports and Charity Representative’s job is to organize and coordinate First Year teams for participation in REC leagues and events, as well as to run events for collection of items or donations for charity.

Michael Farrell

Publicity Representative: The Publicity Representative is in charge of making sure that announcements and advertisements for events and other important happenings get out to First Years! Classroom announcements, facebook events, chalk on the roads, giant sandwich boards, etc.

Adham Fouad

Academic Representative: The Academic Representative is the go-to person for any concerns and complaints with First Year curriculum or classes. They work closely with the VP Academics of the EUS, as well as APSC faculty members.

Ian Campbell

Project Organization Officer: The Project Organization Officer is to be involved with the fun goofy side of First Year Council. While responsible for helping planning and construction on regular projects, the Organization Officer has free reign to set up everything else: field trips (TRIUMF, the shipyards), world records (worlds longest Slip n Slide), and make sure that Engineering traditions are preformed properly.

Joshua De Guzman