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Live blog: TRSM career centre referendum
Students voted all week and the Ryersonian was there when the tally was in
Students at the Ted Rogers School of Management overwhelmingly voted to pay a new fee to support the creation of a career centre.
About 20 percent of the students in the school voted, and more than 86% of them voted 'yes' for the centre, which is scheduled to be in operation as soon as fall 2012.
Ryerson student union president Caitlin Smith says she supports the vote, but she wished an alternative was considered.
About 20 percent of the students in the school voted, and more than 86% of them voted 'yes' for the centre, which is scheduled to be in operation as soon as fall 2012.
"The students have spoken, they obviously see the value in what we proposed. We are really excited to be able to support the students." Mark Patterson, Ryerson director of employment partnerships.Some students sent their message to the blog, describing why they voted yes.The Ryersonianvia mobile on Nov 10, 2011 at 4:39 PM
"It's something we needed, we are catching up with other universities now." Hassaan Khan, 3rd year accounting student.Abdullah Snobar, Ryerson manager of undergraduate student relations and development, notes that business students were involved with the referendum campaign.The Ryersonianvia mobile on Nov 10, 2011 at 4:47 PM
"The students designed all the ads for the referendum. When you give them the power they run with it until the end. We were very excited and still are!" said Abdullah Snobar, Ryerson manager of undergraduate student relations and development.
Ryerson student union president Caitlin Smith says she supports the vote, but she wished an alternative was considered.
RSU President Caitlin Smith has joined us live on the phone, she said the following: "
It is a difficult situation. I am glad that students have a chance to say yes or no, But now business students are in a position where they have to pay for two career centres. I would have rather seen other options, like building up the existing career centre. "
- Hello everyone and welcome to the Ryersonian's live coverage of the Ted Roger's School of Management Career Centre referendum.
- Twitter has been lighting up all day with posts about the referendum, here is a few of them.
- RT @dogra05: Be sure to vote YES for the new career centre on my.ryerson.ca #ryerson #trsm #lastdayby hishaanp via twitter 11/10/2011 9:32:58 PM
- Be sure to vote YES for the new career centre on my.ryerson.ca #ryerson #trsm #lastdayby dogra05 via twitter 11/10/2011 9:33:05 PM
- Check out Ryersonian reporter David Thurton's video on the referendum
www.ryersonian.ca - Clear win for referendum verified by CCS. Still waking for official report.
- Ryersonian reporter Leah Cope will be reporting live from the TRSM to get reaction for the results and comments from the deans office
- The 'YES' vote was heavily promoted throughout the last few weeks, here are a few of the videos that were posted to Facebook via YouTube. We are told that the TRSM Dean's office funded at least part of the referendum.
- "The students have spoken, they obviously see the value in what we proposed. We are really excited to be able to support the students." Mark Patterson, Ryerson director of employment partnerships.
Elizabeth Evans, director of the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management had the following to say about the referendum: "I happen to be very supportive of it. It is about the students.
The fundamental aspect of it is that students come into business schools predominantly motivated by an interest in having a career at the end of their time of study. The ability of the university to make sure we support those positive outcomes it is important for us to do."- "It's something we needed, we are catching up with other universities now." Hassaan Khan, 3rd year accounting student.
- Norman Shaw, Assistant Professor of the Ted Rogers School of Retail Management said earlier today: "I'm absolutely supportive. It's fantastic. With the growth of Ryerson, we need to be sure that our students are well
equipped." - Great liveblog coverage of the TRSM fee referendum:
live.ryersonian.ca #TRSM #VOTE @ivorshap @Busta_by ga_adamson via twitter 11/10/2011 9:50:39 PM - The Ryersonian talked to Philip Lim, Director of the Career Development and Employment Centre. "What I wish for is a high voter turn out by the students because we don't have a base standard that have to vote. "
- Lim's comment was in relation to the fact that a minimum number of voters is not needed to ratify the referendum because it is not a university wide vote.
- "The students designed all the ads for the referendum. When you give them the power they run with it until the end. We were very excited and still are!" said Abdullah Snobar, Ryerson manager of undergraduate student relations and development.
- Angelo Pino, President of Fuze HR INC, an employment recruiting firm, gave Ryerson students the following advice earlier today: "While they are in school getting some office or business experience. If they have had exposure to some business environment, that is a big plus."
- "This is a new opportunity for business students to develop our futures we didn't have this help before," Aldrin D'Souza, 3rd business technology management student.
Students advertising the yes vote. Posted here from the TRSM Facebook page.
Shirts, costumes, posters, popcorn. Part of the "yes" campaign. Posted here from the TRSM Facebook page.
- We are very happy that students were able to see the value in this initiative. This is certainly a milestone for the Ted Rogers School of Management and Ryerson at large. Thank you to all those that voted, you will not regret it!
- RSU President Caitlin Smith has joined us live on the phone, she said the following: "
It is a difficult situation. I am glad that students have a chance to say yes or no, But now business students are in a position where they have to pay for two career centres. I would have rather seen other options, like building up the existing career centre. " - Alright Ladies and Gentleman, the Ryersonian has just received official word from Catherine Redmond, the Chief Returning Officer....
- MT @adamson_ryerson: liveblog coverage of the TRSM fee referendum:
live.ryersonian.ca… #TRSM #VOTE @Busta_by ivorshap via twitter 11/10/2011 10:08:16 PM - The results of the TRSM Referendum are as follows:
Number of Student Eligible to Vote: 9457
Number of Ballots submitted: 2156
Number of Votes Cast: 2145
Number of Student who voted "YES": 1851
Number of Student who voted "NO": 294
Number of Student who "DECLINED" to Vote: 11
Percentage Turnout of Voters: 22.68%
- It's official folks, the "Yes" vote has won and students at the Ted Roger's School of Management will receive their new career centre.
- Here is the official summary: SUMMARY
According to the Ryerson University Referendum Policy there is no minimum quorum (voter turnout) required to validate a referendum and there must be a 50% + 1 vote threshold to determine the outcome.
Therefore it has been determined that a sufficient number of undergraduate students enrolled in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University have agreed to the the collection of $50/term (prorated for students registered in less than 3 units in that term) for business-specific career services, starting in September 2012 and indexed for inflation annually to the CPI of Toronto - The stats are out for the #TRSM referendum! We'll be tweeting them from live.ryersonian.ca #TRSMref11 #Ryersonby RUStudentLife via twitter 11/10/2011 10:14:54 PM
- 1851 students voted YES, 294 voted NO for #TRSMref11. 22.68% of #TRSM students turned out to vote. live.ryersonian.caby RUStudentLife via twitter 11/10/2011 10:15:59 PM
- Based on the numbers supplied by the university, 86.2 percent of votes cast were for the yes side. However, only 19.5 percent of all eligible voters voted yes.
- Starting from September 2012, #TRSM students at #Ryerson can look forward to a new business career centre! It's official! #TRSMref11by RUStudentLife via twitter 11/10/2011 10:17:05 PM
- Well folks, that's it for our live coverage of the career centre referendum. Don't forget, you read it here first that TRSM students will get a new career centre. Thank you for joining the Ryersonian, Ryerson's on-campus news leader.
- Really impressive live blog coverage of the business referendum from the @theryersonian tonight! Good job! live.ryersonian.ca #TRSM #VOTEby Busta_ via twitter 11/10/2011 10:25:57 PM