In the broadest definition, a class representative is a student who represents the views of their class on academic matters to the Department and Faculty. As such, and applied to LAU’s School of Pharmacy, class representatives ensure a smooth flow of communication between students of all four Professional Pharmacy Years and faculty members, course instructors and staff in the school. As facilitators of communication, class representatives are to maintain harmonious relationships with the student body and the staff alike.

When and how are class representatives elected?

Class representatives are elected during the first week of the first term of the academic year. Each Professional Year 1, 2, and 3 student body nominates two students to act as their Professional Year’s respective class representatives whereas the professional year 4 student body nominates four representatives. The procedure is facilitated by the School of Pharmacy’s Program Officer at the Student Affairs Office; each student may vote for up to two nominated students anonymously. Elections are run over Blue Survey unless all the class reaches consensus.

The below serves as general responsibilities to fulfill as class representative:

• Represent the class to course instructors, faculty members and staff
• Act as a liaison between students and staff.
• Find out the concerns and issues of the class, including matters such as course workload, master calendar, course structure, assessment problems, communication concerns, deadline extensions and course material.
• Seek  input  and  feedback  from  the  students  about  the  School  of  Pharmacy’s functionment, in order to improve on areas that require it.
• Ensure that students are informed about school-wide decisions that concern them in a timely fashion, such as the scheduling of mandatory co-curricular events.
• Raise the student’s concerns to the faculty and actively look for ways to solve the issues.
• Boost student accomplishments; appreciating achievements and bringing to light the potential of students within a promotion as well as the class as a whole.
• Share faculty requests with the students; create a reminders list to keep students on track, and participate in scheduling exams as suited.
• Organizing student events is a plus, in the sake of uniting the class, and creating some fun moments outside the classroom.
• Looking for opportunities to fundraise for the student body, and manage treasury in related matters.