The DHC Student Advisory Council (SAC)

The SAC strongly encourages students to contact any SAC members with any ideas, questions or concerns they may have. SAC members may be reached at their email addresses listed below.

What is the Student Advisory Council?

Up to twelve Honors students serve on the Student Advisory Council, a group that meets with the Dean each month. The Council serves as a sounding board for the Dean, presents ideas and suggestions, helps develop courses and set policy. Students interested in serving on the Council are encouraged to contact the Dean. Appointments are for one year, beginning in the fall semester.

Benefits of A Student Advisory Council:

Increased communication between students and administration.
Greater student voice
Student interests are protected
A more democratic progression is created within the administration
More transparent administration
Students gain a greater understanding of the administrative process
Personal relationships between administration and students are created
Collaborative honors environment
Ensuring accountability of the administration to students
Promotion of student involvement in the honors community
An approachable atmosphere for students to voice their concerns

Aims & Procedures

Aims:

Make conscious and informed decisions on issues that affect the honors community.
Open, cooperative conversations that take into account all sides of an issue.
Improve and enrich the honors community
Emphasis is placed on the importance of clear procedural parameters.

Meetings consist of an hour-long session, initiated by the Dean, that involves positive discussion of new and previous issues facing the council.

The Council serves the dual function of being a body to which the Dean can refer decisions for student review, but also a place where students can voice identified issues.

Current Council Members

Kip Barhaugh	Kip Barhaugh hails from Choteau, Montana. He is planning to graduate in 2013 with a degree in Human Biology and two minors in History and French! He wants to continue his education, so he is currently applying medical schools across the country. In his free time Kip loves to be active, volunteer, speak French, and see the world! He hopes to one-day work (and speak French in of course!) in Africa, as he voraciously reads with any and all literature on/involving that continent! Please contact him at anytime with any suggestions or desires concerning the DHC!
Emilyn Bauer	Emilyn was born in Crow Agency, Montana and lived on the Eastern side of the state before coming to Helena, Montana her freshman year of high school. She came to The University of Montana in 2011 and is keeping very busy as President of the Honors Student Association as well maintaining her grades to stay on the Pre-vet track while taking exciting classes to complete her Ecology and Organismal major and Anthropology minor. She plans to graduate in 2015 and move to a city to practice small animal veterinary medicine. A swimmer for the past ten years, Emilyn can be found lap swimming at Grizzly pool or hanging with friends at the mall.
Ali Bierer	Ali Bierer came to University of Montana from Corvallis, Montana. She currently is studying Pre-Pharmacy and plans on attending Pharmacy school next fall semester. Ali enjoys playing sports, soaking up the outdoors, and earning lots of sky miles while traveling the world. She hopes to graduate in 2015 and start her career as a Pharmacist.
Abigail Connolly	Abigail Connolly is a sophomore at the University of Montana, studying Communication Studies with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Public Discourse and English Teaching. Abigail is Presidential Leadership Scholar, and has been on 4.0 List all three semesters at the University, and currently serves on the First-Year Reading Experience Committee, as well as being a member of Cru. She volunteers in the community as a Speech and Debate coach at Big Sky High School, and coaches for the Softball program at Sentinel High School.
Victoria de Onis	Victoria de Onis is a Montana native from Bozeman and is thrilled to be attending her dream college, the University of Montana. Planning to double-major in Spanish and Finance, Victoria keeps busy through her involvement with the various clubs and organizations at the U of M. She is a dedicated yoga enthusiast and loves the outdoors. Last year Victoria studied abroad in Argentina with Rotary International where she fell in love with the language, people, and culture. She hopes to study abroad in Salamanca, Spain as a junior. Ideally, she will become a Spanish professor or be highly involved in the Business community.
Chase Ellinger	Chase is a sophomore from Ellensburg, Washington studying the field of international relations. Aside from the great education and on-campus opportunities provided at the University, the skiing, hunting and fishing prospects available in the surrounding areas make for great weekend outings. With two more years of adventures and education ahead, he looks forward to studying abroad and making the most of other opportunities in Missoula before graduating in 2015.
Patrick Funk	Patrick Funk was born and raised in Helena, Montana. After attending three years of high school at Helena High, he took a brief hiatus from the Big Sky to attend the United World College – USA in Montezuma, New Mexico. He returned to Montana in 2009 to begin his college career. Patrick is graduating in 2013 with a Mathematics degree. He is most interested in computer modeling and applied mathematics. Outside of the classroom, most of his time is spent in the myriad physical activities available in and out of doors around Missoula including mountain biking, gymnastics, boxing, snowboarding, camping, floating, motorcycle riding, and beer tasting. Patrick looks forward to the brief periods between schooling to travel anywhere and everywhere that Facebook and Twitter cannot reach. Please feel free to contact him for any questions about or for the SAC or any other topic addressed above. Cheers!
Hayden Hooker
Candace Rojo	Just beginning on her lifetime adventures, Candace Rojo, a native Californian, started her journey on the UM campus in the fall of 2010, and is expected to graduate in the spring of 2013. Planning to major in photojournalsim, with a minor in Native American Studties, Candace aspires to be a member of the National Geographic team and share with the world new thought, ideas, and feelings. She currently holds employment with the Montana Kaimin, the on campus newpaper, and takes part in the community of Christ the King Parish. As a member of the Grizzly Marching, she has found uncanny Griz spirit and cannot wait to give back to the campus that promises to give her life changing experiences.
Kyle Schmauch	Kyle Schmauch is a double-major Political Science and Broadcast Journalism student from Kalispell, Montana. Kyle enrolled at the University of Montana in 2010 and plans to graduate in 2014. He remains active in Montana politics, is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and enjoys spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, camping, kayaking, and hiking.
Jill Sharp	Born in Sidney, Montana, Jill began her studies at the University of Montana in the fall of 2010. She is majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting. Jill hopes to obtain a minor in Dance at the university as well as she has participated in dance throughout her life. In her free time, she enjoys many outdoor activities and adventures with her friends as well as simply meeting new people!
Amy Sisk	Having been a high school newspaper reporter, Amy Sisk felt a strong desire to attend the University of Montana to further study journalism and political science. After leaving her Seattle home for Missoula in the fall of 2010, she joined the Kaimin staff as a page designer and spends most of her free time watching Anderson Cooper on CNN. Aside from sleep deprivation and sub-zero temperatures, Amy finds UM to be a place of fascinating people and tasty chai tea, and she couldn’t be happier to call it home.
Rodolfo Villarreal-Calderon	Rodolfo came to the University of Montana having spent high school here in Missoula. He enjoys all types of sports, with the cooperation, friendly competition, and physical challenge they offer. He relishes opportunities to travel and appreciates that following whatever travels he is able to go on, he always has the unique and lovely Missoula to return to as his home.