Boston university

Undergraduate Economics Association

Constitution

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Opening Remarks……………..…………………...........….…………………….……….3

Mission Statement…………………………………..…..………………………………...4

Organization……………………………………………………..………..…….............5-7

Core Activities……………………………………………………………………...…..7-9

Policy Regarding Representation and Plagiarism……………………………………..9-10

Contact Information…...………………………………………………………………...10

Tentative Schedule…………………………………..…………….…………………….10

Table of Contents

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Dear Members,

We would like to welcome you to the Boston University Undergraduate Economics

Association (BU UEA). The economy influences everybody, and we believe that in order

for people to make better decisions, both for themselves and others, they have to be well-

informed on the underlying economic conditions. The Boston University Undergraduate

Economics Association offers all students at Boston University a platform for gaining

insight into today’s worldwide economic issues. From a purely intellectual standpoint, we

are fortunate to witness policy makers confront novel economic challenges that are

currently plaguing the world economy. With a fragile U.S. economy, a European crisis,

and a slowing Chinese economy, the next several months promise to be exciting.

With this said, we thank you for your interest and are looking forward to working with

you.

Sincerely,

The BU UEA E-Board

Executive

Vice President

Sharjil Hannan

Vice President of

Operations

Cassandra Chin

Vice President of

Editorial Content

Daniel Currie

President

Fadi Humaid

Vice President of

Information Technology

Massimiliano Hasan

Vice President of

Marketing

Beixi Zhou

Opening Remarks

The Boston University Undergraduate Economics Association exists to socially,

academically, and professionally develop Boston University students interested in

Economics.

Values

Curiosity Integrity Respect Drive Learning Character Creativity

Strategy

General Meetings Guest Speakers

Website

Articles

Columnists

Journal

Events

Facebook Twitter

Google+ LinkedIn

Professional Networking Events

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Vision

BU UEA aims to provide students of Boston University a platform for gaining insight

into today’s economic issues.

Inform Debate Socialize

Mission Statement

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President

Planning & Strategy

Leadership & Vision

Articles

Columnists

Research

Journal

Website

Content

Website

Development

Website

Maintenance

Data

Maintenance

VP of Editorial Content

VP of Information Technology

Event

Development

Project

Development

Treasury

SAO

Presentations

Marketing

Presentations

Event

Planning

Networking

Social

Networks

E-mails

Event

Supervision

Project

Execution

Executive Vice President

VP of Marketing

VP of Operations

E-Board Meetings

In addition to all other responsibilities, the executive board will meet once a week for

coordination, evaluation, and planning. Time and place of these meetings may vary.

President The President is the leader of the organization. This individual presides over all

activities of the organization and is responsible for managing and motivating club

members. He or she primarily spearheads efforts necessary to strategically coordinate

the activities of the organization by setting club milestones to progress towards. Other

responsibilities include overall planning, oversight, and evaluation of all organization

activities.

Responsibilities:

Conveys the vision to the club

Determines overarching strategy and execution plan

Plans and oversees the full spectrum of organization activities

Evaluates organization performance

Chooses goals and milestones

Delegates tasks

Organization

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Executive Vice President The Executive Vice President is second in command after the President. In the absence

of the President, the Executive Vice President fulfills the President’s role, if necessary.

The Executive Vice President serves as a supporting role to the President and assists in

the completion of the day-to-day tasks.

Responsibilities:

Assists the President in the organization of all events and activities

Leads the organization in any absence of the President

Serves as treasurer

Acts as the point of contact and maintains relations with the BU Student Activities

Office, BU Allocations Board, and all other donor organizations

Helps the E-Board organize the weekly meetings, specifically in creating and

delivering presentations

Vice President of Marketing The Vice President of Marketing is responsible for marketing, as well as building and

maintaining BU UEA’s network with professors, faculty, alumni, and other student

organizations. His or her role is especially important since fostering mutually beneficial

relationships allows the organization to execute its activities and events at the highest

level of quality.

Responsibilities:

Actively promotes BU UEA activities around the BU campus and the Boston area

Reaches out to alumni, professors, faculty, and student organizations

Develops, builds, and maintains BU UEA’s growing and active network

Plans the marketing campaigns for the association and its events

Prepares and delivers presentations

Vice President of Operations The Vice President of Operations executes and coordinates the daily operations of the

organization, including communication, event supervision, and website/social media

content management.

Responsibilities:

Informs network of BU UEA activities through social media and e-mail

Ensures clear communication within the executive board

Updates the content of the Constitution, website, and social media

Generates and updates performance metrics

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Vice President of Editorial Content The Vice President of Editorial Content presides over the content of the BU UEA

website. He or she is responsible for editing and regulating the economic content of

writers and columnists, as well as choosing the topics of the weekly meetings in which

he or she governs the discussions. The position requires extensive economic research and

understanding.

Responsibilities:

Oversees and edits website content

Assists student writers

Supports economic research

Organizes the publication of the Journal

Vice President of Information Technology The Vice President of Information Technology is responsible for the maintenance and

design of the BU UEA website.

Responsibilities:

Maintains, develops, and designs the BU UEA website

Provides technical support when necessary

General Meetings & Events

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Social Networks

Core

Website

BU UEA Website

The BU UEA website represents the

club’s main set of activities. The

website functions as a vehicle for

students to debate and post about

economic issues and topics, not only

through writing articles, but also by

commenting on articles written by

other students. The website provides a

constructive platform for columnists

and writers to showcase their

economic and writing talent. Student

authors will be given free rein to write

on any topic related to economics and

are even encouraged to incorporate

their other interests, such as politics,

Core Activities

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philosophy, and psychology. Writing articles will serve

as an opportunity for students to build on their creative

abilities in writing and economic analysis, practicing the

same set of skills they have gained from their academic

background and classrooms. It will also provide

Articles

Columnists

Article Competition

The BU UEA Journal

exposure to different ideas and critiques from a diverse pool of students. All articles will

be regulated and, if necessary, edited by the Vice President of Editorial Content.

All articles are automatically entered in the BU UEA Article Competition, which takes

place twice every semester. The first winner will be announced at the middle of the

semester and the second winner will be announced before the last day of classes. A

student writer may win the competition more than once each semester, but the same

articles will not compete for more than one competition. Winners will receive a

certificate for winning and are guaranteed to be featured in the club’s journal, which is

published online every semester. The winners of this competition will be chosen by a

weighted equation:

0.28 x quantity + 0.14 x quality + 0.58 x traffic

This equation assigns specific weights (which are subject to change) to certain variables:

quantity, quality, and traffic. Quantity represents the numbers of articles that have been

published throughout the competition. Quality takes into consideration how the article

was rated by website visitors, on a scale from 0 to 5 stars. Traffic measures the amount

of readers the article was able to attract. The individual with the highest resulting

numeral will be declared the winner.

To be classified as a student writer, a member must simply write an article and submit his

or her work via e-mail to uea@bu.edu. The BU UEA keeps track of all of its student

writers and will send them specific student writer information, individualized support,

and other opportunities.

The best student writers will be given the privilege to become columnists for the BU

UEA website. Columnists will be provided a designated area within the BU UEA

webpage, which they may name as they wish. Columnists may choose to focus their

writing on a specific subject or on an array of different economic subjects. Columnists

will be expected to write regularly and meet certain criteria. To be eligible for

application, student writers will have to have been active writers for the BU UEA for at

least a semester and have written a certain number of articles for the BU UEA.

At the end of each semester, the best articles will be compiled into the club’s published

journal. The BU UEA Economics Journal will be available on the BU UEA website and

distributed virtually to members, faculty, and alumni.

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updated and maintained daily, tracking current economic issues and topics. The

social websites are also utilized to inform members of events and opportunities and

spark discussion through interesting polls. The performance of the BU UEA social

websites is measured using a handful of metrics that take into account different aspects

of member activity. The social websites are maintained by the Vice President of

Operations.

Social Networks

The BU UEA employs a handful of social and networking

websites to inform members of significant economic topics,

connect with alumni, build the BU UEA community, and

raise interest in the Economics field. The social websites are

Facebook

Twitter

Google+

LinkedIn

BU UEA Website

General Meetings & Events

General meetings are scheduled every Tuesday from

7:00pm to 8:00pm, though a meeting will not necessarily

take place every Tuesday. During the meetings, members

are informed of the organization’s activities, prominent

economic topics, and opportunities. The aim of hosting

general meetings is to provide a platform to aid students in

furthering their learning in the Economics field and to foster

General Meetings

Discussions

Presentations

Workshops

Competitions

Guest Speaker Events

Networking Events

Collaborative Events

a community interested in Economics. The general meetings will further aid and

support the development and execution of such events.

The BU UEA may collaborate with other organizations to develop events of interest for

its members. This includes speaker events featuring faculty, alumni, and other special

guests on a variety of topics of interest to the club members. Other events the BU UEA

may develop, organize, or participate in include professional workshops, networking

events, competitions, presentations, and discussions on current issues related to

Economics. The goals of the general meetings and events that the BU UEA participates

in are to broaden members’ knowledge of Economics, expand their opportunities, and

engage their interests.

The BU UEA engages in the publishing of articles on its website. The club encourages

open and constructive conversations on any topics that writers choose to discuss. Any

opinions presented in these articles are of the writers only and do not represent the

club’s opinions nor those of Boston University. Boston University has strict rules

Policy Regarding Representation and Plagiarism

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against plagiarism and the club will uphold them. Student writers must use references

where necessary and explicitly credit the sources of ideas and material that is not their

own. The BU UEA expects student writers to submit their articles with integrity.

Students should be honest and credit the rightful owner of the content they are

submitting and refrain from plagiarizing from others, including other BU UEA writers.

For more information, please refer to the BU Code of Student Responsibilities

(http://www.bu.edu/dos/policies/student-responsibilities/).

For questions, suggestions, or comments, please contact us via e-mail at uea@bu.edu.

Contact Information

Date Time Event Location

Sun., Sept. 2 4p – 7p SPLASH Nickerson Field

Tues., Sept. 11 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Sept. 18 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Sept. 25 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Fri., Sept. 28 10p – 12a EXPO-losion GSU

Tues., Oct. 2 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Oct. 9 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Oct. 16 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Oct. 23 7p – 8p First Round Article Competition Winner

Announced

CAS 313

Tues., Oct. 30 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Nov. 6 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Nov. 13 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Nov. 20 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Nov. 27 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Dec. 4 7p – 8p General Meeting CAS 313

Tues., Dec. 11 7p – 8p Second Round Article Competition Winner

Announced

CAS 313

Tentative Schedule

The following schedule is subject to change as the semester progresses.