{"id":162,"date":"2012-06-04T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2012\/06\/04\/farewell-from-graduate-student-council-president-carl-palme\/"},"modified":"2012-06-04T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T17:35:00","slug":"farewell-from-graduate-student-council-president-carl-palme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/questromgrads\/2012\/06\/04\/farewell-from-graduate-student-council-president-carl-palme\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell from Graduate Student Council President, Carl Palme"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carl Palme<\/i><\/div>\n
MS-MBA, 2012<\/i><\/div>\n

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 Business school came and went, and I am glad that I was able to take advantage of everything it had to offer.  Particularly, I really enjoyed being part of the Graduate Student Council as a Cohort Representative and then as President.  It was a great experience because I was able to give back to the Boston University community and work with really amazing people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Myself and Erin Gregory (2012 chosen class speaker) on stage at Graduation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
As a council we were in charge of helping student organizations with funding for conferences, events, and bringing speakers to school.  We also helped students attend Case Competitions as well as organize certain events.  Most importantly, we were there as student representatives and as a liaison between the student community and faculty & staff.<\/div>\n
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When we started as council in the spring of 2011, we set a few goals for ourselves:<\/div>\n