Pre-SOTU Intimate Group Conversation with Todd
- RPF's being sent to other food providers- product of Strategic Planning Review, new administration open to new things
- Strategic Plan- enough student involvement?
- Planning Steering Committee, 26 people (incl. 2 grad students, 2 undergrads), meets once a month
- Core Committee- 6-7 people (incl. 2 grads, 2 undergrads?)
SOTU
- Student Accomplishments
- BADASS rankings
- Men and Women's soccer wins
- Course Evaluation Guide student editors, whoot
- Carlton's Secretary e-mails (Todd knows how hard it is)
- Campus support services who helped people in wake of suicide at the beginning of the semester
- Union achievements
- Usdan Bulleting Board
- Senate Meet and Greet
- Outreach
- Hurricane Sandy bracelet sales
- Turkey shuttles
- Midnight buffet TMRW (first time actually occuring at midnight)
- DeisLaunch Pad SU radio show
- Extended study spaces
- SU Dining Services Committee (new this year…used to be University committee?
- Treasurer Clements says this is the "most efficient Treasury ever" and that all forms have 24 hour turnover rate
- improved communication between Treasury and FBoard. Shoutout to Nathan Israel (whoot Nathan)
- DeisImpact happening in spring- 37 events
- This feels like Parks and Rec-local news
- SU Future Steps
- Will look into puppy rub (sp?) event for next semester- puppies to relieve stress during finals
- Take better care of off-campus students (this year has most numbers students living off-campus)
- Fix SU election by phasing out of BigPulse and creating new guidelines for next semester
- Looking into "Deis Day" to express Bdeis pride- formal recognition ceremonies and pot. a parade
- Do more to promote Chums and Stein so don't need to rely on coffeehouses
- Brandeis will be looking into new dining services providers
- Last renovations to dining buildings occurred in 1998
- Kirkland will be meeting biweekly with Dining Services admins to work to better hours, variety of food
- Collaborating with Graduate Student Union (40% of Brandeis student pop is graduate students)
- Other things Brandeis should be proud of
- 97% (check?) Brandeis fauclty have highest degrees in their fields
- FML first Brandeis pres. to reside full-time in Waltham
Questions
- Did Justice articles impact Kirkland's speech? (off-campus students, stein/chums usage)
- Treasury how do you measure efficiency?
- SU looking to limit number of clubs being chartered?
- Want to make clubs coordinate more, have hierarcy so under one umbrella group
- "Providing resources" vs. "making sure they become more effective"
- Club Support committee has to juggle roles of helping clubs and limiting clubs re money
- No "concrete ideas" right now about restructuring. Treasury and FBoard involved
- Student Involvement in…Everything?
- Students don't feel physical attendance is necc. because of social media — shift