The Economic Club of Santa Barbara

As some of you may know, starting this semester a few of my friends and I have started the Economic Club of Santa Barbara, which— far from being a typical SBCC club— is extremely promising and resourceful. 

While we didn't host any meetings or events before today, hundreds of people at SBCC are already talking about the club. This is in part merit of its interesting nature and in part merit of the preliminary work of the leadership, especially the club President. Sebastian Rothstien is only 20 years old but has the makings of an experienced president. He has dedicated extensive hours to the creation of the club, which included finding faculty staff to be the club advisers, designing an official constitution for our organization, and working out the many resources to be offered by our club. 

In addition to weekly meetings and events (starting today, Thursday, February 18, at 5:30PM in PS101), The Economic Club of Santa Barbara (ECSB) also provides free online resources such as a website inclusive of free study links, study guides, and tutor assistance. Included in the website is a link to the ECSB’s Journal, which has had an outstanding success to say the least. The posts published on the journal have received attention from countries all over the United States and the world after only a few months from its existence. 

Screenshot of the ECSB Journal webpage.

I have the honor of being an editor of the journal, which entails proofreading, correcting, and editing some of the articles before we publish them on the ECSB Journal. In addition, I plan to write my own first article soon. A part from being an editor of the journal— a position that we have officially included in the club constitution as of Tuesday, February 16 although I have been practicing it for a while before— I am the ECSB Events Chair. As such, my tasks include creating and executing exciting, interesting events for the club constituency and ensuring the fiscal viability of all events; I also work closely with the club secretary, the public relations officer, and webmaster to promote the upcoming events.

The rest of our leadership board is composed of a group of smart and ambitious students.

Johan Hallin is the Vice President. He is a freshman from Sweden, and will collaborate with Sebastian to ensure the club grows throughout the next academic year.

Sherwin Amstutz is the club Secretary. He came to SB with his delightful girlfriend, Elysia Arci, and they are perfect for each other: how sweet is that? They are both freshmen form Switzerland, and Elysia is the Treasurer for the ECSB.

Felipe in his most professional looking picture. JK!

Last but not least, Felipe Domingos is our Public Relation officer. A naturally ongoing Brasilero, he works by my side in the International Student Ambassadors Program as well, where we are co-leaders of the Event Planning Committee.  (Yes, we need to update the ECSB Leadership web page to include Felipe. Here is a photo of him:)

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A presto,

- Fede