Running uncontested, Lily Stock, Sci ’26, is the Engineering Students Society’s (EngSoc) sole vice-president (operations) candidate for next year.
Stock is a student in applied math systems and robotics, and currently serves as the Director of Retail Services for EngSoc. In this role, Stock oversees retail services, including Clark Hall Pub and the Tea Room.
The vice-president (operations) is the primary operations officer for EngSoc, responsible for overseeing the Society’s seven retail and educational services with two direct reports.
Stock’s platform rests on three pillars: improving the services offered to students, improving student engagement, and the services’ operations.
“My first goal will be to ask as many students as possible, what they think should be done to improve the services and how they would better benefit from the services,” Stock said in an interview with The Journal.
From face-to-face conversations to surveys, Stock is actively seeking students’ input on what areas they want to see improvement so services can be tailored based on student feedback.
When it comes to increasing student engagement, Stock believes it starts with hiring practices and effectively communicating expectations with students. Creating an environment where students feel comfortable applying—and understand the process—is paramount for an equal opportunity employer like EngSoc, Stock explained.
“I want a team that has a good work ethic, drive, and determination, and transferable experiences,” Stock said.
Automating services’ payroll and enhancing staff training are all plans Stock has for the upcoming year to improve back-end operations. Reducing workload by automating tasks for management teams and directors is important, she said.
Stock commends the current executive team for managing the challenges posed by COVID-19. To maintain EngSoc’s successes, Stock wants to bring ideas to life and revive old initiatives, such as Services Night, which was forgotten over the pandemic.
If she gets students’ votes of confidence, Stock promises to ensure all Engineering students will benefit from her leadership.
“I would like to promise if students vote confidence in me, I will prove to them every single day that I deserve this confidence that they have, and I will work to ensure that everyone can benefit from the society that I’m going to help run,” Stock said.
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