COMS Guild Councillors

LettersDana Florescu — Published March 22, 2011

Melissa is a fourth-year student who has been on the Guild for the past three years; this year she served as co-president for the first time. In this time she has fought to build a strong Guild, working diligently to represent the Communication students. She constantly brings forth new and creative ideas to improve the student life in the Communication department.

One of her best accomplishments was adding two first year reps, making the Guild one of the very few member associations on ASFA to have them. She has succeeded in turning around the Guild’s unmotivated reputation to that of an association always present in the department, voicing the ideas and beliefs of its students.

Melissa spends most of her student life at Loyola and thus knows the ins and outs of the campus better than anyone I have met in my last four years here. She is very adamant about improving this space and its status. I believe that her open mindedness, her eagerness to improve the student lives of her peers and her love of Concordia make her by far the best candidate for VP Loyola & Services.

It is the first year that Renée is on the Guild, but she seems to be, at times, more knowledgeable than most of her exec peers. I have never worked with anyone as discerning and judicious as Renée. She is not afraid of taking on several projects simultaneously—but even better, she gives 110 per cent on every one of them.

With a journalism background, Renee never second-guesses unraveling all aspects of difficult issues. Nor is she afraid of voicing her opinion. That said, she always weighs every situation in all ways possible before making the informed decision. I believe that this makes her a perfect candidate for CSU Councillor.

The Communication department and Journalism department have had the pleasure and privilege of working with Melissa and Renée as they are quite known around these parts. It’s now time for the rest of Concordia to know the hardworking and self-sacrificing execs that I have come to know very well in the past year.

—Dana Florescu,
VP Internal/External COMS Guild