Campus Partners is seraching for a new undergraduate student member of the Campus Partners Board of Trustees.

The 16-member Board of Trustees serves as the policy-making and oversight authority for the redevelopment corporation. It consists of university officials, two Ohio State students and representatives from the city of Columbus, University District neighborhoods and other community members.

Campus Partners is accepting applications to replace Undergraduate Student Government president-elect Mike Goodman, whose board term is expiring.

“The two students that serve on the Campus Partners Board each have defined terms of staggered, two-year terms,” said Steve Sterrett, spokesman for Campus Partners.

“We encourage students to fill out the application form, and there is definitely interest out there. The wider the pool that we have to select from, the better time the selection committee will have,” he said.

The committee is made up primarily of OSU students, with Goodman serving as the chairman. Representatives from USG, the Council of Graduate Students, Inter Professional Council and the chairman of the Campus Partners Student Advisory Board, will round out the rest of the committee.

“Normally the selection process just takes a couple of weeks,” Sterrett said.

The ideal candidate for the position is someone who can devote themselves to being the voice of the undergraduate student community,” said Mark Minor, chairman of the Campus Partners Student Advisory Board.

“We’d like to see someone come in who has good person-to-person skills, a good grasp of the city of Columbus and is involved in other student organizations around campus,” Minor said.

“We really need someone who knows how to get a point across to people and be that mediary between the Campus Partners board, older people who don’t really live in the campus area and the students, who are going to be the main proponents of things like the Gateway Center, since they’ll be the ones who use it the most and live around the area. We need someone who is a really good communicator and can get things done,” he said.

The selection committee hopes students with a familiarity of the area and an ear for what undergraduates would like to see accomplished, will take advantage of the opportunity to begin the position on July 1.

“We want someone who is in tune with what students want, the neighborhoods and development on High Street,” said Willie Young, director of Off-Campus Student Services.

Being a trustee is a great opportunity, he said.

“I’d really like to see someone who has good relationships with students, and can get out there and let students know what’s going on,” Young said. “An undergraduate can become a direct link to other undergraduates, which we have the most of on this campus.”

Applications for the undergraduate student member of the Campus Partners Board of Trustees must be in the office of Campus Partners by 5 p.m. Friday. Applications are available online and at Campus Partners office located at 1824 N. High St.