Student Senate Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, November 16, 2016Sorrell Center 2018, 5:30pm

  1. Call to Order
  2. Roll Call: Nicholas Jesse, Tyler Chonis, Jacob Duncan, Byron Korf, Michael Pitner, Tatiana Tchouankam, Krista LaBruzzo, Anthony Donovan, Mitchell Nohner, Keenan Hartert, Geoffrey Thiele, Kandy Do, Carissa Lueck, Laura Sinell, Runze Zhao, RahelehMiralami, Michael Wieseler, Amanda Smith, RajviWani, Austin Clark, Kaitlin Mommer
  3. Approval of 10/19/2016 Meeting Minutes: approved by affirmation
  4. Guest Speakers
  5. Chancellor Dr. Jeffery Gold:
  6. UNMC and Nebraska Medicine doing great year academically (Iexcel, research, biocontainment training, etc.)
  7. Have been approached of concerns and stress from the state budget forecast
  8. Have been approached of concerns and stress from and the outcomes of the elections
  9. There is anxiety and concern
  10. Question about international students and visas and how it will affect the future of admittance of international students
  11. Dr. Gold: UNMC will advocate as much as we can to for international students to get visas
  12. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Dele Davies
  13. Forum will answer questions and provide resources
  14. 11-12pm on Monday, 11/28 to talk about their UNMC experiences
  15. ACTION: there will be a meeting with Dr. Gold on Monday, 11/21 at 4pm
  16. Associate Director of UNMC ITS, Dr. Dan Moser
  17. Campus announcement in Dec
  18. Where do we put our campus groups/orgs?
  19. Can run them in Canvas or run them in other programs
  20. There is a transfer process (not 100% transfer)
  21. Liason said he can create a presentation about Canvas to present at Student Senate meeting
  22. There is a time period where students and faculty will be on both Canvas and Blackboard for colleges that are moving onto Canvas quickly
  23. Go to blog.unmc.edu/canvas for more info
  24. Advisor’s Report
  25. There will be 2 student forums on Monday 11/21 (noon and 5pm)
  26. Reiterating the Bias Assessment Report Team (BART) resource to file complaints
  27. Executive Reports
  28. President
  29. Strategic Plan Semester Review
  30. Increasing student senate transparency and visibility
  31. Providing social, academic and philanthropic events
  32. Student and faculty excellence
  33. Promoting student interest through effective administrative representation
  34. Vice President
  35. No report
  36. Treasurer
  37. Overview of Funds
  38. Current account balance: $69,794.86
  39. Fall 2016 Expenditures $10,498
  40. Main funding source is the $5-10 tacked onto student tuitions
  41. Ruben Pamies “cash” fund has been deposited
  42. Option to put money into an endowment
  43. Student Senate doing fine financially
  44. Secretary
  45. ACTION: will be attending Annual Goal Setting meeting – send any goals or concerns by Dec 13
  46. Committee Reports
  47. Executive – no report
  48. Academic Affairs– no report
  49. Activities – proposal to be voted
  50. Issues– town halls, boss proposals
  51. College Reports
  52. College of Allied Health – working on town hall meetings
  53. College of Graduate Studies
  54. Town hall this 12/18/16
  55. Thanksgiving matching event for international students or students who are not near home
  56. ACTION: If you know anyone that needs to be hosted, contact GSA
  57. College of Medicine – no report
  58. College of Nursing–Foster the Future 11/22
  59. ACTION: if you have sewing machines, blankets, come tie blankets
  60. College of Pharmacy – no report
  61. College of Public Health – forum 11/30/16
  62. Liaison Reports
  63. ISA had International week last week (11/7-11)
  64. Center for healthy living:
  65. issue with flooring and safety for intermural sports
  66. Think its with the cleaning and have been addressed
  67. Contact liaison if there are any comments
  68. New intermural sports director
  69. Parking:
  70. Concerns about Lot 17 with overflow
  71. Liaison trying to get specific stalls for students
  72. Safety:
  73. Free Lyft up to $50/month around campus
  74. Really push students to use it or it’ll go away
  75. Wellness:
  76. Dr. Yolaf, the wellness chair, is moving to a different state so candidates will be interviewed
  77. Old Business
  78. Student Grievance Policy Change
  79. Amendment to the change of adding a statement about an informal meeting
  80. Motion passes by affirmation
  81. Should be widely distributed
  82. Will be covered during new student orientation
  83. ACTION: student senate members should share with their college
  84. New Business
  85. Spare Change Wars Proposal
  86. Motion passes by affirmation
  87. Next Meeting
  88. Committee- December 7, 2016
  89. Full Senate- TBD
  90. Adjournment