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Second Decade Society

Second Decade Society Committees 

Development & Membership

The Development & Membership 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.

The committee also 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.

Projects include:

  • 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 Development and Membership committee works 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:

  • Participating in admissions office presentations at high schools across the country
  • Hosting accepted student receptions
  • Interviewing student applicants through the National Alumni Schools Committee (NASC)

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
  • Designing and executing Interviewing Techniques and Etiquette panel discussion on the Homewood campus
  • Providing industry-specific mock job interviews for students
  • Participating in the Finance Networking Event at Homewood
  • Participating in the Law Networking Event at Homewood

Student Leadership

The Student Leadership Committee is comprised of two components: Awards and Student Life.

Awards 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 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 include:

  • Sponsoring student bus trips to area cultural and social destinations (Fall 2009)
  • Baltimore based student-alumni scavenger hunt (Spring 2010 and Fall 2010)
  • Reviewing proposals and interviewing candidates for the Florence “Meg” Long Walsh / SDS Leadership Award. (Each Fall)
  • Reviewing proposals and interviewing candidates for summer internships. (Each Spring)