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= Arts and Humanities Students’ Council (WesternU) = The Arts and Humanities Students’ Council, commonly referred to as the AHSC, is the faculty student council of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Western Ontario. The council is responsible for student programming for all Arts and Humanities undergraduate students, from academic to social. The 2017/2018 president is Massimo Perruzza. The AHSC is comprised of five portfolios.

History
The AHSC has existed in some form for decades. It is now underneath the entire University's Students' Council as a faculty council.

Communications
The communications portfolio is the largest portfolio on the AHSC. They are responsible for two of the major parts to council: publications and promotions. The 2017/2018 Vice President Communications is Hannah Stanley. The VP Communications is voted in by student council after the USC elections. The VP Communications is responsible for overseeing every aspect of the communications portfolio.

Promotions
The communications portfolio is has several positions and committees for promotions. The positions are, Promotions Coordinator, Social Media Commissioner, Website Commissioner, Graphic Design Commissioner, and Video Commissioner. Each of these roles helps promote the AHSC events and initiatives. From putting up posters to posting to their social media channels, the AHSC has a large portfolio dedicated to promotion, including a promotions committee with the Promotions Coordinator as the chair.

Publications
The AHSC produces several student work publications and has for decades. Old copies of publications can be found here, as well as in the students' council office. The two most well known are the academic publication, Semicolon, and the creative works publication, Symposium. While the theme and submission requirements are set each year by the current editor-in-chief, typically for the academic publication the essays must be from main campus Arts and Humanities classes, and creative pieces of short stories, poetry, visual art or song lyrics, must be submitted by Arts and Humanities undergraduate students. Recently, both publications have been published to the council's Issu page for online reading. They have been uploading their publications here since 2013.

In past years there has been a first year publication comprised of first year essays and creative pieces titled Premier. While the publication was stopped for a few years, it has had a resurgence and change into the first-year O-week kit containing tips and tricks for surviving Western as well as information on the current student council executive members.

The AHSC also used to have a poetry publication titled Propaganda, however that publication has since been discontinued because of the inclusion of poetry into Symposium. The publication was stopped in the 2013. Prior to Symposium, Propaganda, would also occasionally accept works of other forms.

Events
The AHSC hosts several events every year. The Vice President Events is responsible for overseeing each position under the events portfolio as well as all major events. The 2017/2018 VP Events is Alicia Johnson. The VP Events is voted in by the council after the larger USC election. Certain events change year to year as the Vice President Events and events portfolio are allowed to decide on and change the events. In recent years there have been several recurring events. Every year the AHSC hosts a formal event. In 2017 the formal was held at Museum London and in the past had been held at the, now closed, Martini Bar in Downtown London. For the 2018 year formal will be held at another art gallery, The Arts Project, also in Downtown London.

Charity
The AHSC Philanthropy Coordinator selects a charity to support each year, which is then voted and decided on by council during the first or second meeting of the year. The coordinator runs several charity events. The charity event, Date With a Book, has been a successful charity fundraiser since its inception in 2014. The event has become an annual event and as of the 2016/2017 year was increased from occurring once in an academic year to twice. In the 2016/2017 academic year, a second successful charity event, a screening of Dead Poets Society, was held. Screening events are thought to continue during the 2017/2018 academic year. Typically the AHSC chooses a charity that has an arts or literacy focus.

Play
Each year the AHSC puts on an annual play production. The play is chosen and directed by the Play Coordinator. While they are allowed to choose whatever play they may like, encouragement is given for Canadian plays. The play is then voted on by council after a proposal is presented to council members. Typically the play is put on during late Feb. to early March. The play for the 2017/2018 year is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged.

Academics
The academic portfolio focuses on academic advocacy and study help. The portfolio is comprised of the Vice President Academics, Associate Vice President academics, the first year academics associate, and every department representative. The VP Academics for the 2017/2018 year is Patricia Park. The VP Academics is voted in by the AHSC after the larger USC election process.Each department representative works as a connection point between students, council, and department administration. Every other year the portfolio hosts an academic event Change Camp, which was developed to hear all students’ opinions on what needs to be changed within the faculty. The event consists of four round tables, each with their own sub-topic surrounding academics and administration. Hot topics at the 2016/2017 Change Camp were the frustrations at the class enrolment system.

Presidential
The presidential portfolio focuses on Alumni relations, University Students' Council advocacy, and larger administration events such as Fall Preview Day. The Portfolio consists of one USC Councillor, The President, the AVP Presidential, Speaker, and the Alumni-Relations Coordinator. The AHSC president is voted on by the entire A&H student body during the larger USC elections. In recent years, the Alumni-Relations Coordinator has spear-headed an alumni relations outreach, in which a current Arts an Humanities student interviews an Arts and Humanities Alum. Recently the name was changed to Spotlight, this partnership has had amazing results from both the students and alumni perspective.

Finance
The financial portfolio is responsible for the budgetary duties of the entire council as well as the Student Donation Fund Grant. It is comprised of the Vice President Finance, Associate Vice President Finance, and First Year Finance Associate. The VP Finance for the 2017/2018 year is Julian Saddy. The VP Finance is voted on by the AHSC after the larger USC election process. The SDF grant is a fund that arts and humanities students, that have not opted out of the student donation fund in their tuition, can apply for to host their own events and initiatives. An example of an event run in the past is Purple Sex. There are two chances students' are able to apply, once in the first semester from September to December, and once in second semester from January to April. While a new deadline is chosen each year by the Associate Vice President Finance, the first semester application is typically due near mid to the end of October. Applications and examples can be found on their website.

Departmental Committees
The AHSC is also in charge of several departmental committees, which are similar to clubs under the USC. Each department under the Arts and Humanities faculty is eligible to have a departmental committee, and there are 9 departments in total. Each committee is responsible for having their own exec, forming a constitution and budget, and providing that information to the VP Academics. Currently there is: the English and Writing Studies committee, The Coterie, the Visual Arts Committee, Visual Arts Student's Association (V.A.S.A.) , the SASAH committee, Iconoclast , the Film Studies committee, the Western Undergraduate Film Society (W.U.F.S.) , the Women's Studies committee, Women's Studies Student's Collective (W.S.S.C.) , the French Studies committee, French Student's Association (F.S.A.).