Student Trustee

The student trustee and the trustee alternate are expected to attend and to participate in four meetings per year of the board of trustees: three at Hampshire College (usually on Friday), in October, May and June; and one off-campus in January.

Student trustees are also expected to attend and to participate in meetings of various committees of the board. In addition to presenting students’ concerns and viewpoints to the board, the student trustee and student trustee alternate are expected to report back to his/her constituencies, formally and informally, on the matters taken up by the trustees.

A student candidate must have been enrolled for one full academic year, or be a transfer student who has completed one academic year elsewhere as well as one semester at Hampshire, and must be in good academic standing. The student trustee alternate must make a two-year commitment, so candidates must plan to be on campus for two years; students planning to go on field study or leave are not eligible. An incumbent is not eligible for reelection except where the incumbent filled an unexpired term. The student trustee alternate must be a nonvoting member of the board for the first year of service, and will automatically become the voting student trustee for the second year.

Past Student Trustees

 * 2010-11: Ananda Valenzuela
 * 2009-10: Matan Cohen
 * 2008-09: Brian Van Slyke
 * 2007-08: Jacob Lefton