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SGA Senate Update

  • Senate Meeting Minutes
Here is the previous Senate agenda meeting minutes for your review.

  • Shared Governance Committee (SGC) Updates
One of the many responsibilities that SGA Senators have is to attend and represent all undergraduate students in the Shared Governance Committees that establish campus policies and practices. Fulfilling this responsibility entails both attending and participating actively in committee meetings and communicating with other SGA members and the student body about what the committees are doing.

    1. Senator Rees Draminski's report (here) from Information Systems Committee

      1. In the future, you may not have to find the Registrar’s office to change your major, but it won’t happen too soon, so don’t hold your breath.

      2. The Video Surveillance System is 8+ years old, so DoIT is looking to upgrade the system on campus by FY21.

      3. DoIT is working with other departments to analyze: The shortest path to graduation. High demand classes, where registration procrastination can add a semester, or a year, time to degree. Combinations of courses that can be challenging for students to complete successfully. 

    2. Senators Sean Jordan & Tarin Wilks's report (here) from Athletics Policy Committee 

      1. RAC Renewal has been moving forward with an estimated start date during the first week in January.

      2. The Athletics Department are not off to a great start for all of the athletics teams. Currently running on a deficit from last year’s spending.

      3. A proposal involves submitting three courses to UGC (and working on 20 more). Making these courses more academic-based (including A-E grading, and not P/F) Maybe including an exercise lab for non-STEM majors and petitioning to have PE courses to count towards 120 credit requirements.

Posted: September 24, 2019, 12:59 PM

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