Someone I know lives across the SSMU Peel building, and my office window faces her appartment. I was working one evening and I get a chat: “Pls tell me u aren’t still in office and ur light is just on by accident”. It was 9:02 pm and I was, in fact, still in the office. 

But I was exactly where I wanted to be, doing genuinely fulfilling work that I am grateful to do everyday. 

I love working for SSMU, even though sometimes– no matter how hard I try and how many hours I dedicate– some SSMU students don’t like it back.

In a meeting I was in today, the person dropped the absolute bar “being the undergraduate society of a university like McGill, you’re going to have bright minds competing”. And what a privilege it is to engage with community so deeply & be learning around the clock, inside and outside the classroom.

Too bad it dosen’t count as a line in my CV 🤭

_{Susan Aloudat}

Hello SSMU, team UA needs you! Part of my mission as SSMU’s VP University Affairs is to hear from students about your experiences to better insert them into decisions we make. I overestimated how compelled students would be to book office hours or email in their concerns. But please do book a time to chat, or email me about your experiences. Or if you spot me on campus stop me and say hi! I can’t be everywhere at once, but all 25,000 of us basically are. My open door policy stands, and even if I can’t solve your problem immediately it will certainly be valuable insight eventually in my work. I hope to see more of your names and meet the faces behind them.

Relevant starting points to the UA portfolio:
• McGill senate and committees
• Religion and spirituality
• Library improvement
• Menstrual health
• Open Education
• Student rights
• Black Affairs
• Indigenous solidarity
• Gender equity
• Wellness

_{Susan Aloudat}