Student Government Association
General Assembly Meeting Agenda
Learning Commons, Room 331
March 28, 2017
Call to Order (1 min) 9:00 PM
Second: Ryan Calamia
Roll Call (2min)
Second: Sarah Liang
Approval of Minutes (1min)
Second: Tyler Smith
Approval of Minutes: Alex Laudone
Officer Reports (30 min)
Second: Alex Laudone
a) President’s Report
 Executive Elections
o Applications due March 29- DUE TOMORROW!
o Elections April 5th
 Online
 General Elections
o Applications go out April 5
 Applications due April 12th!!
o Elections April 19th
 Online
 Meeting with Sr. Mary
o Loves our progress!
o Thank you note for benches
 Reported what we are doing this semester
 Need Volunteers to assist in planning the next committee collaboration
o Haliegh & Tyler interested in assisting in planning next committee collaboration
 Sister Mary scholarship
o Finally figured out a way to make it happen!
o Not allowed to compensate for recruitment
 People on social media such as ambassadors for companies promoting them;
competition to pick 10 Marywood Promoters, to promote campus on social media
(video, pics, etc. w/ our #MUPacerPride) trial run at the end of the semester for a
week, person with the most points (top ten) will be promoters for Fall Semester
2017; person with the most posts will receive scholarship applied to Spring
semester 2018!
 Sign-up to help organize! (passed around)
 Guest Speakers at 4/25 meeting
o Sister Mary, Provost, VPBA
o Bring questions!
 Restructuring of colleges
o College of Health and Services, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and College of
Professional Studies (exact names are not definite)
 School of Architecture still has a rep because they just got accredited, so there are
still a lot of changes and we want to keep them active!
o Effective as of July 1, 2017
o Change will save $450,000 over time
b) Vice President’s Report
Second: Tyler Smith
 Thank you to the Leprechauns!
o See Jenna at the end of the meeting for a thank you!
 Vote for Employability 101 funding (TOMORROW 11 AM- 2 PM)
o $30 for Kohl’s gift card
o $157.50 for 150 bottles of water
o $300 for photographer
*Vote for funding: Unanimous (passed)
 SENIORS email Jenna pictures
o Selfies, professional pics, conference pic
o By April 3rd!!!
 Meet and ask questions to Sarah, a candidate for the Assistant Director position
o Thursday 3/30 3-4 in Ligouri 1 (Regina Hall- Conference Section)
c) Public Affair’s Report
Second: Brandon Morley
 Volunteers for Commencement
o May 20, 2017
o 100 Pacer points (account points- bookstore, printing, etc.)
o Email [email protected] if interested
 Thank you note from Mary Jo for the monetary donation for new logo
d) Secretary’s Report
Second: Alex Laudone
 Day of Caring T-Shirt Contest
 Vote for Day of Caring funding: $1700
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$150.00 Wooden Garden Signs from Hobby Lobby
$1,000 tee shirts
$50.00 water
$62.00 (2) Lowes Chicken Wire 4ftx150ft
$8.98 (7) Lowes 25 Pack Wooden Stakes
$7.99 (25) Gloves (if needed): 5 pair from Harbor Freight
$50.98 Lowes Scotts 50,000 sq. ft. fertilizer
$40 Lowes Sherwin Williams Weather-shield Pain
 Vote on Funding: UNANIMOUS (passed)
 Leadership Awards Nomination
o Reserve 4/20 at 7 p.m. Latour
 New yoga instructor classes Monday at 5:30 in Dance Studio!
 Vote for new auxiliary cord funding: $20
o Vote for funding: UNANIMOUS (passed)
e) Head of Senate Report
Second: Alex Laudone
 What Do You Want Wednesday results
o Food Options, First Stop, 24/7 Library Hours (top 3 concerns)
 Budget update ($7,798 left)
 Swag wagon/sled
o See signup sheet if interested
f) Senator and Representative Reports
Second: Tyler Smith
 Class 2017 Senator Report (Kaitlyn)
o Nothing to Report
 Class of 2017 Senator Report (Alexis)
o Collab about Pacer Cup Award
 Class 2018 Senator Report (Alexa)
o Winning team vs Faculty game 3/31 at 6 pm
 Class of 2018 Senator Report (Haleigh)
o Spoke with Melissa GA in Alumni Office
o Meeting with her next week
 Class of 2019 Senator (Ryan)
o Who still needs to take pictures/send their bios?
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List of people who still need pics and bios, see Ryan at Recess or after meeting!
 Class of 2019 Senator (Livia)
o Nothing to Report
 Class of 2020 Senator Report (Jyai)
o Alex had meeting with dean for party for accreditation
 Class of 2020 Senator Report (Dezi) ABSENT
 Resident Representative (Elizabeth)
o Meeting set up with Ross Novak?
 Key in Madonna for movie theatre, work in progress
 Commuter Representative (Daniel) ABSENT
o Meeting set up with Kim Coleman?
 Campus Ministry Representative (Jessica)
o Meeting set up with Sister Cathy? Next week
o Spring service trips went really well!
 Student Activities Representative (Brandon)
o Meeting set up with Kim Coleman?
o Nothing to report
 University Services Representative (Imani) ABSENT
o Meeting set up with Tammy McHale and Rosemary Burger?
 Security Representative (Mike) ABSENT
o Meeting set up with Mike Finnegan?
 Food Services Representative (Sarah)
o Meeting set up with Jon Barzensky?
o Meeting with Jon yesterday
 Lots of upcoming meetings regarding Round Table, Regional Director Bob has
been very active, meeting on Thursday, no definite answers yet, cannot repeat
ideas at this point.
 Parts for ovens have been ordered, waiting for company to come fix them
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Credit card machines possibly in works, lots of higher ups are interested in this as
well!
 International and Multicultural Affairs Representative
 Athletics Representative (Sam)
o Mary Jo loved idea of Pacer Cup
 Details in works
 Need another name for “Pacer Cup” already is a Pacer Cup
 Dead line by April 24th
 Funding for prizes through SGA for next Fall
 Mary Jo wants us to get involved this next week with a lot of upcoming events
 April 2nd- 6th
o Tuesday April 4th tailgate for men’s lax game at 4:00 at turf
 Green out game!
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 April 5 Women’s Breast Cancer game 5:00 on turf
 Liberal Arts and Sciences Representative (Tyler)
o Meeting set up with Dean Zauhar?
 Extremely busy to set up date with, difficult to meet with her
 Creative and Preforming Arts Representative (Madison)
o Meeting set up with Dean Parker?
o Nothing to report
 School of Architecture Representative (Alex)
o Meeting set up with Dean Sullivan?
o All for accreditation party at end of the semester (May 4th and 5th?)
o Met with Interior Architecture Dean, she had a lot she wanted to get involved with, has
been looking for someone to meet with from SGA - more campus lighting! Maybe her
lighting class can work this as a project?
 Volleyball court light up? Run underground wire from maintenance to VB court
to encourage more student use.
 Re-sanding of VB court should occur soon, that will also up the usage of
the court.
 Light up net and balls
o Resigning of Campus Buildings and Colleges, a lot of them are faded or mislabeled
o Table and Picnic area between Bookstore Entrance and Latour Entrance? Redesign?
Possibly class project for her classes as well?
 Health and Human Services Representative (Katie)
o Meeting set up with Dean Rogers?
o Everything is under control at this point
o Student Reps on Core Curriculum
 One spot open, Student Government can possibly fill in
 Looking for new goal
 REAP Representative (Gianna)
o Meeting set up with Dean Peters?
o Education and Psychology a lot, nothing from Speech
o Talking to her on Friday
Recess (5min) 9:45 PM
Second: Sarah Liang
Arrival back from Recess 9:48 PM
Second: Katie McCormick
a) Individual goals, break
Committee Meetings (20 min)
Second: Alex Laudone
a) Committee meeting (15 min)
b) Committee collaboration (5 min)
Committee Reports (5 min)
 Vice President’s Committee
o Mu Pacer Pride contest went well! No more shirts.
o Tomorrow 1:30-2:15 need people to sit at a table to field people up to Room 331!
o Social media giveaway for lax green out game!
 Public Affairs’ Committee
o Recycling bin-single source bins in works with Wendy!
o Basket Giveaway- April fool’s day movie basket!
o Volleyball net- glow net and glow balls for this semester? Want to begin encouraging
students to use court!
 Secretary’s Committee
o Day of Caring April 21st from 1:00-6:00 PM
 Look for signups in your email, please sign up this is SGA service event this
semester!!
o Looking for team leader for area in front of the gym
 Jessica Burkovich
 Head of Senate’s Committee
o What do you Want Wednesday-open to rest of SGA for sign-ups
Open Floor (5-10 min)
Second: Tyler Smith
Sarah- Food Recovery Network Chapter at Marywood- Food not eaten at Marywood would take food next
morning to local soup kitchens to use; hot foods taken once a month; looking for volunteers; please consider!
Tyler- Speed Networking on Thursday 5 PM- 9 PM Fire Place Lounge and Upper Main
Wood Word- holding survey regarding satisfaction of campus at Marywood; please fill out!
Kaitlyn- Third trivia night for History Club Pop Trivia! Upper Main!
Adjournment (1 min) 10:20 PM
Second: Haleigh Zurek
Next Meeting:
(April 11, 2017, 9 pm, LC, Room 331)
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