Student Government Association {916 S. Wabash . (312) 369 6657 . [email protected]} I. Roll Call Senators At-­‐ Large Senators Keisha Bennett Kaela R itter Cetera Jacobs Jessica Colopy Gavin Hornak Garrett Lennington Raina Mckinley -­‐ Absent Jessica Sanchez II. Approval of Minutes E-­‐Board Jerel Ballard Amanda Hamrick Erika Kooda Luther Hughes Arrisa Scott Guest Speaker: Dr. Kim : President and CEO of Columbia College Chicago Kwang-Wu Kim, D.M.A., is the president and chief executive
officer of Columbia College Chicago. He is the tenth president in
the 125-year history of the college. Appointed by a unanimous
vote of the Board of Trustees, President Kim has served in this
capacity since July 1, 2013.
A native Chicagoan with over thirty years of experience as a
performer, teacher, and administrator, President Kim is an
outspoken advocate for the arts and a proponent of expanding
the role of creative practice in society, and he is deeply
committed to preparing students to act as creative agents in
society.
-­‐-­‐Each member of e-­‐board broke down the one of the goals a little bit more for the president and the rest of senate, and gave a little more insight into each goal. We also shared a little more on how we intend to fulfill those goals. -­‐-­‐ MAP Grant – the MAP money was approved, even though we haven’t had the adjusted budget for the state yet. Although the money has been approved, it hasn’t been dispursed yet. The concern is that the longer it takes the state to get a formal budget, the less funding might be available to actually grant the monies to students. Very supportive of SGA going to Lobby Day in Springfield, IL in the Spring. -­‐-­‐ Outreach -­‐-­‐ Cautions us to be careful. “Going out from where you are. One direction.” Always ask “what’s underneath?” It can start translating to “I’m better than ____.” Expanding diversity. We all need each other the same. As SGA, we might be able to become a leading voice in helping the college understand the level of community and equals sharing an experience throughout the campus. -­‐-­‐ Encouraging us to let him know if he can help us getting the student voice to be louder/how we can amplify messages for the college as a whole coming from each other. -­‐-­‐ Budgeting process at the college – some representatives from across the board (including SGA) to make the budget more transparent and help students understand the flow of the budget. -­‐-­‐ Continuing to keep the tuition below the national average of other private institutions. Look at the various pieces that make up college affordability. -­‐-­‐ Accessability – seeing Dr. Kim on campus, seeing SGA more on campus…at events. We need to schedule them pretty early in advance. -­‐-­‐ Possibly scheduling Pizza with the President/events with him at key points in the semester like midterms or finals… -­‐-­‐ Student office hours were last week on Friday. Next up is October 9th. Facebook/cccstudentloop. Openings available for November/December. -­‐-­‐ Cetera suggested testimonial videos for Semester in LA, more marketing in general for it. -­‐-­‐ Transfer students are up 13% since last Fall! -­‐-­‐ Looking at the schedule to be more friendly for non-­‐traditional students III. Officer Reports A. President ! Chronicle – we’re mentioned a few times, skim through so we all know what’s going on. ! Attending an alumni luncheon on Saturday representing SGA B. Vice President ! Working on Senate training and all of the logistics. Happening Friday, October 2nd from 4pm-­‐9pm and Saturday, October 3rd 8:30am-­‐4pm. MANDATORY IV. Old Business A. Mark Kelly Speech – make sure you set up your meeting with him soon! B. Senate Elections – congrats to those elected last week. V. New business A. Swearing In Senators Swore in Jessica Colopy for the Journalism Senator, Kaela Ritter as an At-­‐Large Senator, Jessica Sanchez as the Business & Entreprenuership Senator, Keisha Bennett as Dance Senator, and Cetera Jacobs as an At-­‐Large Senator. B. Elections C. VP of Communications ! Facebook updating ! Posters ! Forms (pronouns) ! Optimizing organization for the minutes ! Media List ! Learned how to do the website/working on minutes ! Serving on the College Assembly committee and Campus Security and Safety D. VP of Finance ! Serving on the sexual Assault awareness committee ! Ordering the food for training ! Presented updates on the budget E. Student Rep. to the Board of Trustees ! Getting ready for training ! Defining the at-­‐large position and updating the constitution…stay tuned ! Attending events hosted by the Board of Trustee members ! Zoë Vulgamott: Fashion Studies senator – Has experience doing student government in the past in high school, freshman in her department, but already has some ideas of things that she would like to fix: i.e., job opportunities. ! Megan Perrero: Journalism At-­‐Large senator – Experience in high school in leadership and student government, balancing being a leader/listener, adheres to strict deadlines, open schedule…would like to represent Freshman Journalists. ! Frita Beauchamp: Journalism At-­‐Large Senator – Experience in high school for leadership and student government, board member for a broadcast journalism class, good with time management, passionate about journalism, would like to represent journalists and help them get quality equpiment that’s easier to get to the site where they’re reporting from. C. Senator Training -­‐-­‐ Friday, October 2nd from 4pm-­‐9pm and Saturday, October 3rd 8:30am-­‐4pm. MANDATORY IV. Open Comments V. Adjourn