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It was a brilliant sunny day, amazing weather for Imperial students to indulge in food from around the world! The OSC was proud to have three of our societies, the Imperial College Israeli Society, the Czech-Slovak Society and the Turkish Society, bring down their cultural food to be enjoyed by Imperial students!

We hope the students enjoyed the food fair, and we promise to make next year's food fair BIGGER and BETTER!

Dear All!

The OSC is proud to be holding our elections for the 16/17 Overseas Societies Committee on Friday, 18th of March at 615pm at Huxley LT130.

As part of the committee, you will not only be serving 46 cultural societies, but you will also be representing the international community as a whole! It is a great chance to challenge yourself, contribute to the Imperial community and have a lot of fun at the same time. On top of that, being part of the OSC looks great on your CV and is extremely attractive to employers as it allows you to very clearly demonstrate the competencies that they are looking for. Do also take note that, with the exception of the Chair, the positions are open to ANY student member of the College Union! The following positions are up for grabs:

OSC Chair

Role Description
- Looks after the general interests of all 46 international societies under the OSC.
- Reports directly to the Deputy President of Clubs and Societies.
- Chairs Ordinary General Meetings and Annual General Meetings.
- Ensures smooth administrative running and compliance of all societies with Union regulations.
- Represents the management group on the Clubs, Societies & Projects Board (CSPB), Representation & Welfare Board, and the Union Council to deliberate on key decisions for the Union.
- Heads the vision of OSC - planning for the future, direction of inter-society events, liaisons with various parties at Imperial that support International Students

Compulsory Requirements
- Former experience in the committee of a cultural society or the OSC.

Recommended Requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively to a culturally diverse group of people
- Ability to plan and coordinate multiple work streams
- Strong desire to craft a vision that will bring the OSC to greater heights

15/16 Incumbent: Umar Masagos

OSC Treasurer

Role Description
- Ensures compliance of all societies with Union regulations.
- Approves transactions for all of the societies under the management group.
- Reports directly to the Deputy President of Finance and Services.
- Stands in for the OSC Chair in the period of his/her absence.

Recommended Requirements
- Experience with financing a cultural society
- Great with numbers

15/16 Incumbent: Dana Tahboub

OSC Junior Treasurer

- Handles all financial matters within the OSC Executive Committee including doing budgets for all OSC events
- Search and apply for sponsorship for the OSC

Recommended Requirements
- Experience with financing a cultural society
- Great with numbers

15/16 Incumbent: Rahul Sibal

OSC Secretary

Role Description
- Handles all administrative matters of the OSC including doing minutes, handling room bookings, managing mailing lists.
- The point of contact between the committee and the different societies under the OSC
- Manage the OSC Website and page to publicize events
- Creating publicity materials including but not limited to posters and flyers

Recommended Requirements
- Great attention to detail
- Experience in marketing

15/16 Incumbent: Yanzhu Vicky Jiang

OSC International Night Chairs - 2 positions available

Role Description
- Leads organisation and running of the OSC's annual highlight - International Night.
- Spearhead new cultural events (This year we had International Awareness Week and Food Fair)

Recommended Requirements
- Passion for running cultural events
- Experience and ability to run large events in Imperial

15/16 Incumbent: Aye Mon Myo, Saraavanabirasa Ravinthiran

OSC Sports Officer

Role Description
- Organizes sporting events to bring together different cultural societies. This includes but is not limited to the OSC Football & Basketball World Cup

Recommended Requirements
- Experienced in running sports events
- Familiarity with rules of Football and Basketball

15/16 Incumbent: Yousif Elmosharaf

All interested students are to submit a manifesto containing the following points:

1. Brief Introduction
2. Why are you interested in this position?
3. What relevant experience or skills do you have that makes you a suitable candidate?
4. How do you plan to carry out your role? What do you plan to add to the role?

The manifesto does not have a word count requirement but should cover the points above. Please send it to the OSC Chair at [email protected] by Thursday, the 17th of March. During the election, every candidate will be given up to 5 minutes to talk and a 3 minute Q/A session. During the voting round, every cultural society will have one vote per position. If the position is uncontested, the nominations will be open from the floor.

Please contact myself at [email protected], or any one of the OSC Committee if you have any questions. Looking forward to the elections! :)

Cheers,
Umar
OSC Chair

The Overseas Societies Committee has given out the cash prizes to the winners of the International Awareness Week Hashtag Contest! Our Chair, Umar Masagos, gave out the prizes today at Queens Lawn. Congratulations again to our winners!

The Overseas Societies Committee is proud to have hosted the OSC Basketball World Cup 2015/2016. This year saw 4 societies play it out on the court, with the Hellenic Society Imperial College London emerging as the champion.

We would like to thank all the societies who participated and we look forward to hosting this vent again next year!

The OSC would like to thank all participants of the International Awareness Week Hashtag contest! We are glad to announce the winners!

The £100 Grand Prize will be awarded to Zulma Cucunuba for her amazing picture which feature 13 Nationalities and 160 likes!

The two £25 Lucky Draw prizes will be awarded to Dan-Tiberiu Sbircea and Aigerim Omirkhan!

We look forward to everyone participating in future OSC events!

Hi everyone!

We managed to take some video clips from the football tournament. We did not have professional equipment set up, so we apologise for any shortcomings in video quality. Please do enjoy them!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwPVoDxVXPmxtLJWgNOGMjdbPa4HNsZdD

OSC Football World Cup Clips

The Imperial College Overseas Societies Committee is proud to present you the OSC Football World Cup 2015/2016! 9 societies battled it out in a series of intense football matches with the Imperial Thai Society emerging as the champions!

We hope all participating societies had a great amount of fun and we look forward to hosting another tournament next year! We will also like to invite participants and album viewers to like our page to keep updated with more OSC events!

The Imperial College Overseas Societies Committee is proud to present a hashtag contest in the spirit of Imperial’s first International Awareness Week. Throughout this week, we hope to increase the awareness of the extremely diverse and vibrant international community that Imperial has to offer. And as an Imperial College student, your part can’t get any simpler!

All you have to do to be a part of this exciting event can be described with the steps below:

1. Take a picture with your international friends (International students in this context is defined as students with nationalities outside the UK)
2. Like our page: https://www.facebook.com/imperialosc
3. Post your photo on our page with the hashtag then tag your friends and write their nationalities

Prizes:
£100 goes to ONE winner determined by the student who posts the picture with the highest number of likes x the highest number of nationalities
£25 goes to TWO lucky draw winners!

Terms and Conditions:
1. Students in the pictures must be from Imperial College
2. Pictures must be taken at Imperial College or Imperial College related spaces such as University Events (sports tournaments or society events) and Imperial College accommodations (university halls).
3. The prize will be awarded to the student who owns the Facebook account that posts the picture. He or she will have complete ownership of the prize.
4. Every student has a chance to win only one of the aforementioned prizes
5. The last entry accepted would be before 2359 on the 12th of February
6. Students who post pictures but have not liked the OSC page will not be entered into the contest
7. The OSC has the right to revoke the prizes from students who violate the above terms and conditions
8. The winners of the contest will be announced on the 15th February

The deadline for manifestos for OSC positions is today! Send them in (max 200 words) to [email protected]

Allow me at this point to emphasise that these positions are very prestigious and meaningful roles! Executive Committee members will get great exposure to meeting many international students in the process of carrying out their duties. It is the perfect opportunity to cap off your international experience here at Imperial and it will look very impressive to all future employers!

The nomination window for the OSC Executive Elections is now open!

The AGM is taking place on the 24th March at 18:00 in Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield. To stand, you simply need to send me an email to [email protected] by the 19th of March indicating your interest, with a simple manifesto (max 200 words). The following positions are up for grabs:

OSC Chair
*Looks after the general interests of all 40 international societies under the OSC.
*Reports directly to the Deputy President of Clubs and Societies.
*Chairs Ordinary General Meetings and Annual General Meetings.
*Ensures smooth administrative running and compliance of all societies with Union regulations.
*Represents the management group on the Clubs, Societies & Projects Board (CSPB), Representation & Welfare Board, and the Union Council to deliberate on key decisions for the Union.
*Heads the vision of OSC - planning for the future, direction of inter-society events, liaisons with various parties at Imperial that support International Students
13/14 Incumbent: Charmain Li

OSC Treasurer
*Ensures compliance of all societies with Union regulations.
*Approves transactions for all of the societies under the management group.
*Reports directly to the Deputy President of Finance and Services.
*Stands in for the OSC Chair in the period of his/her absence.
13/14 Incumbent: Yuri Ichinose

OSC Secretary
*Handles all administrative matters of the OSC Executive *Committee including doing minutes, handling room bookings, managing mailing lists.
*The people person to be the point of contact between the committee and the different societies under the OSC
13/14 Incumbent: Clayton Qwah Kai Shek

OSC Junior Treasurer
*Handles all financial matters within the OSC Executive Committee including doing budgets for International Night and Football World Cup.
*Search and apply for sponsorship for the OSC
13/14 Incumbent: Sooyeon Hong

OSC International Night Chair(s)
*Chairs the organization of the OSC's annual highlight - International Night.
*This year split into separate roles of I-Night Director & Global Awareness Week Director which happened in the same week
*Responsible for the creative side of directing a multicultural show that is gaining momentum
13/14 Incumbent: Yi Ting, Nick Adesina Georgiadis

OSC Sports Officer
*Organizes sporting events to bring together different societies (e.g. OSC Football World Cup & Basketball Tournament).
13/14 Incumbent: Bilal Abou El Ela

Please contact myself, or any one of us in the current OSC Committee if you have any questions. Allow me at this point to emphasise that these positions are very pretigious and meaningful roles! Executive Committee members will get great exposure to meeting many international students in the process of carrying out their duties. It is the perfect opportunity to cap off your international experience here at Imperial and it will look very impressive to all future employers!

International Night (I-Night): Beyond Barriers 2014 organised by the OSC brought together 10 different Imperial College student societies in a nail-biting competition, involving colourful acts from Thai Society, Hellenic Society, Irish Society, Belly Dancing, Malaysian Society, Funkology, Japanese Society, Dance Company, Bangladeshi Society, Cypriot Society and a multicultural catwalk by Fashion Society!
Credits to Keane Eziel Ritikos for taking all the photos!