Certain faculty societies did not submit monthly reports to AMS Assembly last year outlining the work their executive leadership undertook.

After months of vacancy, Owen Crawford-Lem, ArtSci ’23, has been elected Rector for the 2022-24 term, beating out five opponents:  Caitlin Sankaran-Wee, ArtSci ’24, Leo Yang, ArtSci ’25, Sahiba Gulati, ArtSci ’23, William Bruce-Robertson, ArtSci ’25, and Emils Matiss, MA ’22.

The Health Sciences Society (HSS) executive election results were announced Feb. 14, a week later than expected due to an error that prevented BISC and online students from voting in time.

With 93 per cent of the vote of confidence, Tara Rezvan, Amanda Morwick, and Ethan Kibel—all Comm ‘22—announced their election as Commerce Society (ComSoc) executive.

As voting closed Wednesday, the AMS election saw an 11.5 per cent voter turnout.

This year’s Health Sciences Society (HSS) elections will see a contested ballot for every executive position.

Described as “pivotal” by AMS President Zaid Kasim, the AMS held its first Assembly of the summer on May 20.

As their term comes to a close, The Journal sat down with Team AJA to reflect on their experiences as AMS executive in the 2020-21 year.Jared den Otter, AMS president, Alexia Henriques, AMS vice-president (university affairs), and Alex Samoyloff, AMS vice-president (operations) came into their roles on May 1 of last year, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the pandemic had them learn a new portfolio and, consequently, put some things on the back-burner.

As part of its ASUS 130 initiatives, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) has revamped its permanent staff position to implement a General Manager.

For April Fool’s Day, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) played the biggest prank of all: a fake rebranding.

AMS Assembly met Thursday evening on Zoom to discuss the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA), ratify commissioners, and hear from special guest speaker, Dr. David Walker.COVID-19 at Queen’s David Walker, special advisor to Principal Patrick Deane on COVID-19, ed Assembly to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He summarized what’s happened so far and made predictions about what will happen going forward. 

The Nursing Science Society (NSS) has introduced a new avenue for nursing students to connect with one another on the topic of wellness.

ASUS Good Times Diner has resumed normal operations post-lockdown, sharing Sunday night take-out meals with students and individuals across the community from its kitchen in Chalmer’s United Church.

Three weeks after the province-wide lockdown was lifted and Kingston entered the green zone, some AMS services are set to reopen.

Students can expect to see more green spaces on campus next year.

The incoming AMS executive team has completed hiring for the 2021-22 AMS Senior Management team.

The AMS restructured its internal operations and application process this year to provide more equitable and productive student opportunities.

AMS Assembly gathered Thursday over Zoom to discuss service reopening, University policy revisions, and the AMS transition period.

As Kingston businesses get the green light to reopen under adjusted COVID-19 guidelines, the AMS said its on-campus services will be gradually reopening.

Thanks to COVID-19, the traditional AMS Bus-It Program has been scrapped for another year.