Main Content:
To contact your Student Senate representatives you can contact the Student Senate at: 285-7207, stop by the Student Senate office located at CC403.
The Student Senate was organized in January of 1922. The Senate has
the responsibility for the general supervision of student activities
and acts in an advisory capacity in many cases in which closer cooperation
between representatives of the student body, the faculty, and the administration
is desirable.
The Student Senate consists of one representative or designee from each of the RCTC chartered clubs, three at-large student members, and one male and one female representative from the athletics program.
The Executive Committee consists of four officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Student Senate has much responsibility and the authority with which to meet these responsibilities. It serves as the official voice of the student body in all challenges facing the students and the college, and has the direct responsibility for the well-being of the student body.
The Senate appoints several committees to help run the student program. The most important of these committees is the Student Life Budget Committee. This committee has the responsibility to submit a student life budget plan to the senate and the college president for approval.
The Senate also appoints the student members to the many administrative and faculty committees on which students are represented. These student members give the students an active voice in policy-making at Rochester Community and Technical College.
Check out the Student Life Calendar
2011-2012 Student Senate
President Andrea White
My name is Andrea White and I am thrilled to have been elected to serve as RCTC’s Student President for this upcoming year! Serving on the Executive Board as the Senate Secretary last year showed me just what the senate can do and be and I am excited to be a part of it again this year. This is my 3rd year here at RCTC and I am studying for an associate’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences. I am currently serving as a Governing Council member within the Minnesota State College and Student Association working hard to serve students here in southeast Minnesota to the best of my abilities. Aside from my work as a student representative, (on the opposite side of the spectrum) a lot of my time is spent around my love of music. My ultimate goal is to work as an entrepreneur in the audio/music industry. I already hold a fun job as an on-air radio DJ for KROC, which I love, as well as numerous other positions over at Cumulus Radio.
I definitely enjoy working with people and being a part of making changes. I see working for students as fulfilling, which is why I ran for Student President back in the spring. This year is already off to a great start with a fantastic Executive Board which I am thrilled to be working with! RCTC Student Life and the Student Senate have so far made my RCTC college experience an excellent one! I urge any new or returning student to be a part of Student Life in some way.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to visit me in my office CC403 anytime. I’d love to help any way I can.
Sincerely,
Andrea White
(507) 285-7207
Office CC403
Vice President Elisha Odegaard
Is a Veteran of Minnesota Army National Guard. Having served nine and a half years as a combat medic in the 1-151st Field Artillery Battalion in south eastern MN. In that time he has had the pleasure of being deployed twice in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. Elisha has taken general course work at Fergus Falls Community and Technical College. He completed an Associate of Science degree in Funeral Studies at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He worked for a few years at a funeral home in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elisha is currently retaking all his sciences here at RCTC in the hope of some day getting into nursing school. He interests include Movies, Battlestar Galactica, LOTR, Camping, Free Food, Aquariums, traveling aboard and various forms of Caffeine addiction.
Secretary Shelby DeBoer
Hi, my name is Shelby DeBoer, a freshman at RCTC studying for a Certificate in Medical Transcription and Associates in Business Management. Recently I ran for Student Senate Secretary, and there I sit now. Musically inclined, baking enthusiast, animal lover; those are just a few of the words used to describe me. On the opposite end, I’d also be considered hard-working, and strictly organized. Employed at Mills Fleet Farm for the past 2 years in the Sporting Goods department has really given a fun, outside loving edge to this girl lately.
For more information contact the RCTC Student Senate at 507-285-7207
Updated: December 1, 2011
