Hello everyone!
My name is Jimena (but please call me Jiji) and I'm your SU president for 2024/2025.
Hopefully, my name sounds familiar as I was also your SU president for the 2023/2024 year. This first year as an officer was so much fun, and so fulfilling that I decided to stay for a second one. During this first year, I achieved a lot of things personally as well as with the rest of the officer team: I changed the structure and terms of reference so SUmmit - our SU student leadership committee - would give our students the chance to influence SU policy and campaigns; we did a pilot food pantry to help students through the cost of living crisis (more on this soon, hopefully); we got the university to commit to writing a civil housing strategy; First Bus to commit to changing the GPS in all their U1 and U1 buses; and we're trialling early arrival for international freshers this September! So, we've been busy improving the student experience at Bath, and I'm looking forward to a whole other year of doing just that.
When I was a student here, I did my undergrad in Politics and International Relations, and graduated in Summer 2023, while starting this role. If there's one thing I love about Bath is how international and diverse our community is. This made my course as well as my social life very enriching. One of my main reasons for running for president was to improve representation for our international community and making them feel at home in Bath! That said, I can assure you that I'm a president for all students and care for all interests equally.
I also did a number of committee roles as a student. My main ones were being the social secretary for the Latin American society during my second year, and the chair during my final year. I've also been involved in UoB women's football since first year, most recently being the captain for women's 1s futsal team. Some of my favourite uni memories are dressed up as a Bath superhero chanting for our team during Varsity.
I can only hope to help you make such positive, life-lasting memories as well! Please do pop into my office (1E 3.13A) to say hi, or just stop me if you see me running around campus!