Student Life Archives - Alma Mater Society

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...

The Origin of the Queen’s Student Constables

Written by Jumphost on March 27, 2015. Posted in Community Issues, Kingston Living, My AMS, News, Student Life.

The Queen’s Student Constables is a peer to peer security service that embodies the unique idea of students being responsible for students. The Queen’s Student Constables are made up of Queen’s students, just like you, who wish to make a difference in the Queen’s Community. Queen’s has...

Tracking the history behind Tricolour Outlet

Written by Jumphost on March 25, 2015. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life, Tricolour Spirit.

Some of you rely on this service for its affordable and convenient transportation to and from campus, others for schools supplies and gael swag, but do you know how Tricolour Outlet came to be? Keep reading to find out more on the history of this student staple! Tricolour Express, the oldest aspect...

The Publishing & Copy Centre: From 1988 to Now

Written by Jumphost on March 20, 2015. Posted in Kingston Living, My AMS, News, Student Life.

The Publishing & Copy Centre (P&CC) is a 100% student-run service operated by the AMS and a staff composed of diverse, keen and hardworking undergraduate students; 35 Customer Service Representatives and 4 Managers. Students were seeking a low cost alternative to publishing, printing, binding...

Creating Common Ground

Written by Jumphost on March 20, 2015. Posted in Kingston Living, My AMS, News, Student Life.

Many of you are quite familiar with Common Ground, or CoGro as it’s better know, but do you know the history behind it? What’s become a staple for many of you in your daily lives actually started out as just an idea by a group of three students, who were hopeful in the idea of a Queen’s,...