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Second Decade Society

Second Decade Society Committees 

Budget & Finance

The Budget and Finance Committee devises and implements an annual financial plan for SDS that reflects the School of Arts and Sciences’ priorities, as well as SDS’ goals of developing alumni leadership and improving the undergraduate experience.

Development

The Development Committee helps to secure and allocate SDS’ financial resources in accordance with the current priorities of both SDS and the School of Arts and Sciences. The committee also develops and implements fundraising strategy for SDS members and the broader contemporary alumni community.

Membership

The Membership Committee works to identify and cultivate future alumni leadership for the School of Arts and Sciences. The committee accomplishes this by identifying alumni who are leaders in their careers and communities and by selectively extending membership into the society.

The Budget and Finance, Development, and Membership committees work closely with one another on their core missions and a number of joint projects, including:

  • The Charles Commons Campaign (SDS has become part of the most critical community-building project on campus to date by permanently naming an SDS room in Charles Commons, the residential complex that has launched a new era of student life at Hopkins.)
  • The Annual Gift Drive (SDS members’ annual support makes possible the Florence “Meg” Long Walsh Award and the SDS Summer Internships, as well as other projects that enhance student life on campus and foster student leadership.)
  • The Budget and Finance, Development, and Membership committees also work together to empower and educate alumni about the importance of philanthropy and endowment; to develop marketing for SDS and raise the organizations profile among students and young alumni, and to foster among members a common understanding of what it means to be an SDS member.

Admissions

The Admissions Committee works closely with the dean of undergraduate admissions. The committee’s goal is to support programs and strategies that will consistently bring the school an academically excellent, creative, and diverse pool of applicants. The committee’s current and upcoming activities include:

  • Hosting student send-off parties (Summer 2008)
  • Participating in an admissions stakeholders call with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (October 2008)
  • Participating in admissions office presentations at high schools across the country (Ongoing)
  • Hosting accepted student receptions. (Spring 2009)
  • Interviewing student applicants through the National Alumni Schools Committee (NASC) (Ongoing)

Career

The Career Committee works with Homewood Career Center to provide opportunities for undergraduates to explore career options and gain valuable insight to possible career fields, as well as develop successful interviewing and networking skills. Members are encouraged to recruit students for internships at their companies, provide information sessions and/or tours of their places of business in conjunction with the Career Center, and teach Intersession courses at Homewood. The committee’s current and upcoming activities include:

  • Organizing and participating in NYC Finance Networking Nights (September 2008, with kick-off event in July)
  • Designing and executing Interviewing Techniques and Etiquette panel discussion on the Homewood campus (September 23)
  • Providing industry-specific mock job interviews for students (October 2008, January 2009)
  • Participating in the Finance Networking Event at Homewood (November 2008)
  • Participating in the Law Networking Event at Homewood (Spring 2009)

Awards and Programs

The Awards and Programs Committee works to ensure SDS’ ability to provide students the opportunity for leadership and career development. SDS supports the Florence “Meg” Long Walsh / SDS Leadership Award and summer internships.  Committee members participate in the selection process of award recipients.

Student Life

The Student Life Committee works with a variety of offices across the Homewood campus and engages in efforts to foster student leadership and improve the undergraduate experience at JHU.

Projects for the Awards and Programs and Student Life committees include:

  • Hosting a discussion on leadership at the Hopkins 100 Leadership Seminar (September 2008)
  • Hosting lacrosse primer (October 2008)
  • Engaging in Baltimore-Bound Survey (Fall 2008)
  • Sponsoring student bus trips to area cultural and social destinations (TBD)
  • Reviewing proposals and interviewing candidates for the Florence “Meg” Long Walsh / SDS Leadership Award. (Fall 2008)
  • Reviewing proposals and interviewing candidates for summer internships. (Spring 2009)