Black Student Council

• Calls and presides over all council meetings

• Creates and sends an agenda twenty-four (24) hours prior to each meeting

• Is the chief liaison between the Black student body and administration

• Meets with advisors and/or administration on a regular basis

• Assists and supports the President in executing their duties

• In the absence of the President, assumes all the powers and functions of the President

• Carries out other duties, administrative or otherwise, assigned by the President

• Oversees the function and operation of the BSC Auxiliary Committee

• Serves as co-director of the conference grant funding program

• Keeps accurate financial records and justifies expenditures of the BSC

• Creates a working budget for BSC each semester based on the total allocated budget, which is presented to the Treasurer by Tisch Student Affairs

• Informs the E-Board of the budget scope and spending targets as they prepare for programs and distribute club funding

• Takes detailed, concise notes and minutes of all BSC meetings

• Records attendance at all BSC functions

• Tracks delegates’ unexcused absences and reports absence issues to the President

• Is responsible for organizing an online archive of BSC materials

• Is responsible for overseeing all BSC events.

• Is responsible for the logistics of BSC meetings. Ensures that spaces are left in their original condition by directing BSC crew members to support cleanup.

• Maintains communication with other multicultural organizations, including but not limited to, Black Student Union, The Collective, Divine Nine, CMEP, FLIP, and others in order to collaborate on events and programming

• Works with the Artistic Director on event collaborations co-sponsored by the BSC

• Is responsible for the promotion of all BSC events and programs

• Creates promotional posters, emails, online campaigns, and other advertisements

• Is responsible for maintaining email and social media accounts

• Collaborates with Student Affairs and staff/faculty advisors to update the Tisch BSC webpage

• Collaborates with the Events Manager to coordinate at least one (1) art-inclusive event or program sponsored by both BSC and The Collective

• Collaborates with the Outreach Director to build, support, and maintain artistic programming for the Tisch community

• Steers BSC towards relevant social discourse in order to improve advocacy that directly supports students of the Black diaspora in the Tisch community

• Coordinates collaboration between BSC and external organizations, with respect to guidelines set by Tisch Student Affairs

• Builds new and strengthens existing relationships between other undergraduate and graduate student organizations at Tisch

• Committee members are obligated to attend and support BSC-organized events

• Committee members - composed of departmental representatives from across the school - collect feedback from their respective programs

• Shares feedback and provides suggestions throughout the year, serving as advisors to the E-Board