GSB Committee
The Graduate Student Body Committee (GSB) is elected to represent student interests throughout the College and the wider University, as well as arranging regular social and sports events.
The GSB Committee is a great way to be actively involved in College organisation, meet new people and promote students’ wellbeing. All graduate students at Clare Hall are automatically members of the Graduate Student Body (GSB) itself.
Constitution of the Clare Hall Graduate Student Body
Clare Hall Students Facebook group
How are they elected?
- All members of the GSB are entitled to stand for election or re-election to the Committee, which is elected annually.
- The President, Treasurer and Social Officer are elected at the end of the Easter Term, whereas the remaining officers are elected at the beginning of the following Michaelmas Term.
- Students interested in any of the roles can get in touch with the current or previous Committee members.
- Call for nominations is open for one week, ending two days before the election takes place.
- Voting is held by way of a secret ballot online.
Current officers
President: Adham El-Shazly
Vice-President: Thajaswini Coimbatore Balasubramanian
Treasurer: Nadiah Thanthawi Jauhari
Secretary: Diana Voicu
Social Officers: Joséphine Canard-Duchene; Lauren Adams; Lodovica Bruggi
External Officers: Alexander Goodacre; Daniel Rincón Machón; Ghanshyam Hirani; Kyra Ungerleider
Green Officers: Andrew McDonald; Sarah Gough
Sports Officer: Martin Baur
Arts and Music Officers: Snezhana Shevchenko; Eleanor Ryan
Equalities Officers: Lydia Chen; Aparna Raju
Welfare Officer: Ashley Hope
Fellow-Student Interaction Officers: Sherin Tan; Esdras Paravizo
Highlights from 2021/22
- Ran a three-week Welcome Week featuring film screenings, barbecues, garden tours and a welcome party
- Increased number of formal swaps and student formals
- Several jazz/musical student formals, open mic and several DJ nights enjoyed
- Hosted first ever family formal
- Novel Archives Colloquium established
- Spring Event proved very popular
- LGBTQI+ and BAME+ nights and formals run, in the ALB and at other colleges
- Halal meat added to menu on Friday evenings
- College punt acquired
- Allotment flourished
- Inter-collegiate sports teams set up
- Many welfare and green initiatives completed, including a phoneline and birdhouses
- 200 students voted in the 2022/23 GSB President election
MarianaAs a former GSB President, the potential of Clare Hall to enable change, but still feel familiar, never ceases to amaze me. I have found it the perfect space to look at how communities are created and mediated, a college that inspired my research and made it possible for me to meet an exceptional network of friends and peers.PhD student in Archaeology, Clare Hall
MingchunClare Hall is like home to me. I enjoy rowing, lectures, music, the food, the bar, and my loving housemates in the Michael Stoker Building. Being in a small but welcoming college has helped me to meet more people and get to know them well.MPhil student in Development Studies, Clare Hall; Social Officer on the GSB, 2021/22