October 30, 2025 | Hofstra University Student Government Association

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Call to order

Agenda of the Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association (30, October, 2025)

Hofstra University

Meeting Called to order at 6:47 EST

A. Quorum Call

a. Quorum set to 33

B. New Business

a. Senator Green moves to open the gallery

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Welcome Senior Director of Campus Rec, Pat Montagano!

i. Director Montagno: I know you all have questions, but I want to take care of a few things. One, I will bring you a few visual things that you can see. Two, thank you for all you do. I have been at the university for a while. This May will be 39 years. I love the work, I am passionate about the world of fitness and exercise. I have the best job in the world and I am so fortunate. Off of my meeting with Ronit, he asked if we could get a decline bench in the fitness center. I will be transparent, there is no room in that area where we have weights. People have asked for more popular machines like the thrust machine and the squat machine and bars we are getting. He also gave the idea of bringing up the sign that has a QR code and we note damaged equipment. If you scan it, you can report any damaged equipment and can make repairs more efficient. We put some signs, some in the weight room and some on the second floor. I did get 10 people so far to respond and it's really helpful information. It was an idea that came out of Ronit’s committee and we implemented it and gained great feedback from students. I like to have systems in place that are easy, nothing that is complicated or long-winded. People are taking time to submit what we need and that is kudos to Facilities and Operations. I was thinking similar to what Ronit had mentioned to us, to get a virtual feedback form and put it right at the entrance asking students about their

experience at the gym. You can mention staffing, equipment, group exercise classes, and cleanliness. This is a valuable tool for me because everyone wants feedback. I am open to hearing what students want. My job is to make the fitness center what students want it to be. Of course, there are limitations in terms of resources and we can talk about those. I want your experience to be greater and your experience to be healthier. I welcome you all to come to the fitness center and my office which is room 206. I want to program with SGA and want to hear what you have to say.

1. Senator Finkelstein: The mascot applications, when are those being sent out for this year?

a. Director Montagno: Yup, we just received 14 mascot applications and we are going to have a little tryout like last semester, putting you through different dances and movements and trying to see how the students are in terms of enthusiasm and know their limits. There are criteria to being a mascot. You cannot talk. You have a responsibility not to reveal your identity. In the past, people have tried to take off the head and you can’t do that. What we did in May was to have a reveal commencement. It is a paid commitment. It’s a lot of work but it is fun.

2. Chair Ahmad: Thanks for coming. Obviously, the fitness center offers a lot of support in terms of helping students get in the gym, but in terms of nutrition, how do they help students transition from college life to post-college life?

a. Director Montagno: I have worked with the career center in the past and we have tried to transition students once they graduate from college. We have run programs in the past but so many changes happen, things get lost. During orientation when students come onto campus, when we can certainly do more than what we do now. The biggest thing with exercise is time commitment. You have to make time in your schedule for exercise. When life gets very busy you have to learn to fit it in.

3. Senator Yari: Thanks for coming. I have to go to the gym twice a week for Physical Therapy with Parkinsons class. I want to ask about it. Our equipment such as deflated balls, what is the system for making sure that the equipment for the classes to be upkept. Is it up to the professor or student? Also are there any other programs like this class that are going to be offered in the future?

a. Director Montagno: I love that class. My mom passed with COVID and she has Parkinsons and when they asked to bring that class to fitness all they had to say was parkinsons and I said let’s do it. So, that class has specific equipment some of which I purchased and some which the program purchases. Todd and Rebecca have a section of

that closet and I try to help them out. They are responsible for it and keep it in a lock box. People go in the closets a lot and I don’t want people going in it and things get lost. Second question, I am open to new classes. A big change that is happening this semester is physical education classes are being removed from the PEB. The classes are overflowing into the fitness center. This brings students who don’t know about the fitness center into the fitness center, especially during the day and early morning. You may have to wait 5 mins for a machine. I have worked it out with folks in PE that I am fine with students using the building for PE. I am not closing down the building because it’s a student building and so I share it.

4. Senator Pierre: Are there any methods in mind to advertise the fitness center to commuter students? Some do not know how to start with the fitness center or know of its resources.

a. Director Montagno: Promotions or communication is the biggest thing. We can have all the programs in the world but unless we get the word out and people come to them it’s a bummer. All our promotions are for all students. They just don’t apply to one group. We do a lot of promo in residents halls to get a lot of students to come. For commuters, I work with Anita a lot and we make a lot of programs so I can meet with commuter students. I am open to ideas and any collaboration to keep advertising aspects of university that people don’t know.

5. Chair Orellana: A lot of what I have heard from some students is that they are scared to go to the fitness center, so what would you say to students who are afraid to go to the fitness center and are afraid of being judged?

a. Director Montagno: Don’t be afraid. Back in 2020 when COVID happened, there were predominantly men and no women in the fitness center. We changed the room around so there is more functional training and putting turf and we switched the north end of the gym to make it more attractive for students with crossfit etc. We wanted a lot more women in the room. I have honestly not heard anyone say the gym is intimidating. The second floor was designed to be less intimidating for women and men. If you enjoy not being where the dumbbells are, go to the second floor. I am happy to give people a tour. Since there are so many changes in PEB building, I got a lot of dumbbells and other stuff on the second floor that people can use. Send them to me if they are scared. Everyone deserves to be healthy.

6. Senator Chauhan: It is very important for us to have sanitary products in women’s locker rooms. Could this be worked on?

a. Director Montagno: I never say never. We used to have them and I don’t know why the university did away with them. Ronit, if you want to work with me on this let’s do it.

7. Senator Bruso: The club sports council, will this come back this semester? Members last year discussed it early in the semester.

a. Director Montagno: The club support council has great potential but students don’t want to make the time. Club sports has gone through a major overhaul since January of 2025 when we took over the campus sport budget and club sports is a lot of work. The council has so much potential but unless we have enthusiastic students that want to liaison between the club and our office, we have to get things done. I am not opposed to always trying to get it going but I am not into begging people to fill positions to fill positions.

8. Chair Yepez: With so many classes and club sports utilizing the fitness center, is there a system when students see that these spaces are booked when they can utilize certain spaces in the fitness center in the event that they want to do something like play basketball?

a. Director Montagno: We do have this system. We just got smart TVs and we put the schedule up there. It is good but is subject to change. Today the D1 basketball team asked to come in. The schedule is tight and regimented because so many groups want prime time. There are facilitates in place now to get as many groups in as possible. There is a sheet with the schedule with the big events but this often changes.

9. Senator Green: A lot of students are feeling afraid to go to the gym, but in general what do they usually clean at the gym in terms of equipment and how is time made to keep it clean?

a. Director Montagno: One of the things I am most proud of is the fitness center can have so many people and it does not smell like a gym. It smells pretty clean. The staff comes in and tries to cover as much in a day. He decides what is being done whether it is power washing the walls or sanitizing the locker rooms. It takes a lot to clean the glass. If you come into the gym at 6am when the custodian leaves it’s clean and I want the same when people come at 6pm. I leave it to my staff and I have standards for keeping the place clean. We try to keep it as clean as we can.

10. Senator Pierre: I was a member of the pep band, I noticed that it tended to be events where people would not show up and

occasions where people had more visiting fans than Hofstra fans? How can we better support the home teams and show spirit?

a. Director Montagno: Unfortunately I don’t have the answers to everything but I can tell you that I have always been working with athletics to get more spirit on campus. I think Roll with RHA is the coolest event we run along with RHA. We get 30 people tops. My vision is we should have hundreds of students and run till midnight. I don;t know how to recruit more people. The pep band, this is your year to shine and make amazing music. All the spirit groups are trying to make more spirit on campus. It is on all of us to get students involved and engaged. Play with Pride is a point system and teams get gifts. We are trying to do as much as we can do to generate more spirit on campus.

11. Senator Finkelstein: The program with giving out points, can this be extended to student populations? Something like getting merch if you go to a given amount of games?

a. Director Montagno: I think OSLE has worked on that. They had the stamp program. I think if you got stamps for a certain amount of things you get rewarded. If we work with big groups of students we could expand on this. Never say never.

12. Senator Yari: I know we have a nutritionist on campus for students’ dietary needs, but do we have this for the gym but for people who have disabilities or do not know where to start who offer workout plans/regimines?

a. Director Montagno: I am a certified personal trainer and I take a lot of time meeting with students to initiate them into the fitness center, working on their food, and helping them workout. I give them a program, show them the different machines. I can’t train everyone but I am in the fitness center and I can help monitor progress. I do collabs and want students to come to the fitness center.

13. Senator Araba: I have never been to the gym before Hofstra and I liked the descriptions of how to use the machines. How would you encourage more people to exercise outside of the gym?. You need a good diet, so how are you going to encourage students to take a diet that fits their needs?

a. Director Montagno: We do have intramural sports and these are played all over campus. We have yoga programs that we host on the south side of campus. My thing with programming is I want to do as much in the fitness center because I want people to come in the fitness center and it sells itself. As for nutrition, I work with food services and wellness on campus and we do try to get as much reach on

campus. Students have to be accountable. If you want to learn where to work out on campus, you have to ask and you have to take initiative. When I was working in swimming, a student for years never knew we had a swimming center. The point is, I will do as much as I can do but students also have to want to find out about things too.

14. Senator Malayeri: I love the fitness center, but I have an idea: I hear a lot of people are intimidated going there. Could you implement a map of the fitness center so everyone knows where the machines are? I go weekly and sometimes I struggle to find where each machine is.

a. Director Montagno: Okay, valid point. That is something I will definitely figure out and think about how we can make it happen. Kate’s corner is Kate’s grad assistant working in the fitness center on our instagram. We did a spotlight last week talking about triceps and back exercises, showing students. There is also a barcode on every machine and it tells students what the machine is, what body part it works and how they should use it. If you want to help me help others, let me know.

15. Senator Vazquez: I heard a lot of people who want a boxing bag for cardio which I have not seen, I would also like it. There was also a boxing club that got shut down that I heard of, do you know of this?

a. Director Montagno: There was never a boxing club. Clubs are all student driven and it’s dependent on student leadership if they want to keep clubs going. Crew was a student club that was successful and helped the fitness center. The leadership was successful and sustained many years. However, it was very expensive and membership decreased over the years. I did not want to shut it down but I did not want to be paying all these facility fees for shelves. The boxing thing, I had a boxing bag. I need 3 feet circumference and I don’t have that to place the bag on a solid beam. The 3 feet is the problem and the only place is where the beam is in the middle but there is not even space. I have to think about safety. We have a punching bag on the wall. It is not ideal but you know, space.

16. Senator Subramanian: There are barcodes on the machines and pictures of what to stretch for each machine, but could you implement more resources discussing what to stretch during each stage of a workout?

a. Director Montagno: Two things. 1. The stretching machine on the second floor with the diagrams is by far my

favourite machine in the building. It is one of the oldest but it has good information. 2. We could look at other students’ workout. I have stretching sheets and I could give you those. Also, in today’s world of technology, there are websites for stretching exercises.

17. Chair Malhotra: Planet Fitness has stretching guides taped on machines itself. Could we get guides for each machine in that manner?

a. Director Montagno: Take a picture of that and we’ll talk. I want to do whatever is going to make it easier. I can’t stop students from being intimidated but I am willing to talk. I want all the stigmas of a gym to be gone. You can get an ample workout in 45-60 minutes, you do not have to be there for 2 hours. We have cardio, dumbbell equipment, weights, and machines. We can expand, but we need to think of the available resources. The multicourt now has dividers. I don’t want to work on any project unless it’s well thought out.

18. Senator Rades: Are you the only certified personal trainer on campus? If there is a way we could spread awareness about that so people can make their own personalized exercise plans. People newer to the fitness center would know where to start?

a. Director Montagno: No, I am not. Katie Sill runs the physiology lab, the PEB, the dome building. If I know a student that needs a trainer, I refer that trainer to Katie and she assigns a free trainer for 10 sessions. We could definitely do that. That is my favorite part. I like to sit with students and faculty that have fitness goals and need a little push to get where they need to be. We can get informational cards on how to do a beginner program. I have students that I want to add to the fitness center.

19. Chair Ahmad: Is there any talk about extending hours to the multisport court? Are there any maintenance of the pull-up bars on the multi-sport court?

a. Director Montagno: Tomorrow morning I will check that out. Today the rules that are going to be posted by the multicourt got back from legal. I didn’t want to put the times cause that will fluctuate over summer etc. For now it will be 9am-9pm Monday - Sunday. We can’t have people playing music etc. late at night. If the hours need to be changed we will change them. We were getting a lot of people from the community using those courts but when they monopolize and damage the court, that becomes an expense. There’s so much money that goes into everything and everyone needs to be respectful so we can keep things.

In the past there was a system with the physical ID’s and returning basketballs and now there is an online system. Since last year, we don’t collect IDs at the gym. So much equipment is gone. We were trying to be friendly but people were stealing equipment. People weren’t respecting the equipment as they should so this was moved for more accountability and students are less inclined to damage the equipment. There are rules in the fitness center. A student was constantly clogging the toilets with toilet paper so these were replaced with the air dryers. Students would run around with weights and then these would be found during room checks. Swiping in the fitness center is important because we need to know where students are and you add to the data of the fitness center. You help with reports. Numbers help generate bigger projects. When the fitness center was first built it was the recreation center, and that building had no air conditioning.

20. VP Young: There are machines on the 13th floor of Estabrook. Are there plans to put those machines in other buildings?

a. Director Montagno: On the multi-court there used to be a resident hall and there were plans to make one of the floors a gym. There is lots involved and it’s a big expense. The university ruled against it. They then put cardio machines in the grad building and on the 13th floor of Estabrook years later. I am not comfortable having a weight floor in any of the buildings unless there is supervision. This also takes away from the fitness center which is a community. You can get involved and play sports here, be involved in spirit and clubs. I don’t think we need to build weight areas in other areas of campus because we have the fitness center. But I do support anything and I do love you guys.

21. Senator Green: Does the fitness center offer zumba?

a. Director Montagno: No, we refocused that towards pilates and HIIT classes. I want to have spin classes because it is a great workout and we have a spin room. AAI certifies students to be instructors via a one-day class on August 11th. I got 5 certified instructors on campus which is why we offer more spin classes per semester. We can get pilates or zumba if it comes back and certify students to be instructors. You get $25/hour, more than any job on this campus. We are bringing someone in January to do the pilates certification class. It is an 8 hour class.

c. SA.2025.90.014

i. Presented by Comptroller Skeldon and Chair Yepez

1. Comptroller Skeldon: This looks at retreat policy, it is currently defined as an overnight stay at an off-campus location. However, some are all-day rather than overnight like our own retreat.

a. Senator Finkelstein moves to pass SA.90.014

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

d. Fall 2025 Club Categories

i. Presented by Chair Ahmad

1. Chair Ahmad: The club categories: are pride, blue, gold and club sports. We have to organize clubs into these categories so the right amount of money is allocated to each club.

ii. Senator Rades moves to recognize the updated club categories as of October 30th, 2025.

C. Approval of the Minutes

a. Senator Green moves to pass the Senate minutes from 10/23

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Senator Ehrlich moves to pass the Cabinet minutes from 10/29

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

D. E-board Reports

a. President

i. Updates

1. Cab minutes

2. Student center lounge progressing

3. SAAC meeting tomorrow

ii. Have fun and be safe this weekend

1. No SGA merch on the town :)

b. Vice President

i. Senate Shark Tank in motion!

1. Make sure you are CCing me and Evelyn on all of your emails to admin regarding your project.

ii. First SGA Social event next week!

iii. Happy Halloween! Be Safe and Mindful.

iv. Social Chair!

c. Comptroller

i. Prepping for budget weekend

1. Logistical support + policy consistency

2. High request amounts

d. Secretary

i. Room Request Form and Catering Form

ii. Minutes up on the website and PPAW cafe restocked

E. Committee Chair Reports

a. Appropriations

i. 10/28 Minutes

1. We saw 4 clubs!

ii. Budget Weekend is tomorrow and Saturday from 12-4 pm in Student Center room 141!! Come by and say hi!

b. Club Resources

i. 10.27 minutes

c. Communications

i. Minutes

ii. Overnight at Hofstra video posted!

iii. BAF and SAW Promotion

d. Programming

1. Minutes!

2. Personalities made for the plushies (BAF)

3. Finalizing planning for finals frenzy

a. Meeting with those involved 11/14

4. Thank you to those who came to Monsters and Munchies!!

a. Shoutout sal and jazmin

5. Hofstra Hunts month 1 is done!! Rethinking spots for november

e. Academic Affairs

i. AA minutes from 10/30

1. Met with Edtech, CIO, and Library Dean

a. Outreach towards students on how to safely use AI

b. Keeping the image of a sustainable campus

2. Collab for Spring Semester

a. Career Center/CUA

3. Want to start working with SAS

f. Equity & Inclusion

i. Minutes

ii. Meeting with Ronit and Lexis from Compass Dining tomorrow!

iii. Belonging Survey Launching 11/3!

1. Will be tabling across from the library, come say hi!

iv. World Gala 11/6 5-8PM in MPR

v. Have fun and stay safe this weekend!

g. Facilities & Operations

i. Minutes

ii. Meeting with Lexis and Celeste tomorrow

h. Wellness & Campus Safety

i. Minutes

ii. Filming Rachel On The Run tonight w/ Celeste and Kyle!

iii. BYOWB & One Love tabling on November 24th

iv. Meeting with HSA tomorrow at 1pm to plan a collab

F. Approval of Committee Minutes

a. Senator Pierre moves to pass the committee minutes from 10/30

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

G. Approval of Allocations

a. Senator Peri moves to pass the allocations from 10/29

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

H. For the Good of the Order

a. Anything SGA related!

i. Susan Poser Next Week

ii. Interest in Wellness and Campus Safety Chair position

iii. Stay for picture at the end for Kyle’s takeover

I. Announcements

a. Anything non-SGA related!

b. OSLE Halloween party in Hofusa! Now until midnight!

J. Snap Cup

a. Decorum suspended

K. Adjournment

a. Senator Finkelstein moves to close the gallery

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

b. Chair Orellana moves to adjourn this meeting

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

1. Meeting adjourned at 8:36 EST

Meeting Commenced: 6:28 pm

Attendance:

Comptroller Skeldon

Senator Alexander Green

Senator Prahlad Peri

Chair Nene Dzaveluri

Senator Jake Urban

Senator Patrick Bruso

Senator Daniel Malayeri

Senator Joshua Black

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Rebecca Noel

Associate Jake Tenebruso

Late:

Absent:

Agenda:

Appropriations Committee Minutes Fall 2025 Meeting

PPAW Conference Room 260D 10/21/25 - 6:30pm

● Icebreaker - Where should we go for Approps dinner?

○ Chilis, Cheesecake, Applebees (Half Apps), Texas Roadhouse, Hibachi, Olive Garden, K-Pot

● Yay Budget Weekend!! Friday from 12-4 pm and Saturday from 12-4 pm in Student Center room 141! Be here on time and review the policies! Ask questions!

● Financial Update

● Allocations Assignments!

○ MENASA- Josh, Nene, Jake T

○ South Asian Students Association (SASA)- Prahlad, Jake U, Daniel, Becky

○ Moot Court- Alex, Ferheen, Becky, Daniel

○ Hindu Student Association- Nene, Jake T, Pat, Jake U

● Surprise!

Allocations:

Senator Peri: Is there a price for chocolate stars?

Associate Tenebruso: One of the items was a discounted price. Are we funding the craft materials(paint, brushes, gluesticks, markers)?

Senator Green: Fund everything but the paint pens

Chair Dzaveluri moves to allocate $62.47 for Line Item 1: Seconded by Senator Green

The motion passes

Senator Black moves to allocate $109.98 for Line Item 2: Seconded by Senator Green

The motion passes

SASA

Senator Noel moves to allocate $521.60 for Line Item 1: Seconded by Senator Malayeri

The motion passes

Moot Court

Guest: We were waitlisted for a competition and got into this one instead.

Senator Bokhari: Why was the quantity for the cars three?

Senator Green: Would it be possible to take 2 cars?

Guest: Possible, but difficult. Timing conflicts with coaching.

Senator Green: Is there a reason for using the most expensive hotel?

Guest: Not sure, but we are open to being funded for the less expensive option.

Senator Malayeri: What is the hotel policy?

Chair Yepez: $200 per room for 3 nights.

Senator Green moves to allocate $1150 for Line Item 1: Seconded by Senator Peri

The motion passes

Senator Green moves to allocate $368.34 for Line Item 2: Seconded by Senator Peri. The motion passes

HSA

Comptroller Skeldon reminds us that the budget would exceed the remaining pride budget and that the policy series would need to be overturned for future pride budgets

Senator Bokhari moves to allocate $1125 for Line Item 1: Seconded by Senator Malayeri

The motion passes

Meeting Adjourned: 7:09 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Chair Bianca Yepez

Late Arrival Absent

Visitors!

Meeting Agenda

Fall 2025

6:30 pm, Oct 27, 2025

SGA Conference Room 6:30pm

Chair Maisa Ahmad

Chair Ronit Malhotra

Senator Abigail Rades

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Dayanna Rubio-Chacon

Senator John Vira

Senator Lily Hoffman

Senator Tara Yari

Senator Yoni Smook

Associate Ava DiSanto

Associate Isabella Dempsey

Associate Lily Hierbert

Senator Alexander Green

I. Icebreaker

A. What news/current event have you been keeping up with recently?

II. Chair Updates

A. Hofstra vs. Zombies + Habitat for Humanity removed

1. MEC moved in to 217

2. Glamour Gals moved in to 208

B. Met with a student today regarding a potential investigation

1. Any questions/info?

C. Working with Maddie + Bianca about expanding the Club Closet

1. Brainstorm supplies!

● Table clothes

● Ringlights

● jars

● Cups, napkins, silverware

III. Senatorial Action

A. Senatorial Action SA.2025.90.0014 Policy Updates

1. Comptroller Skeldon presents SA.2025.90.0014

2. Deliberation:

● Looks good

● Grammar is good

3. Senator Vira to pass SA.2025.90.014..

4. Senator Smook seconds the motion.

5. Motion passed!

IV. Club Categories

A. Here

B. The category requirements– page 8 of PS

1. Pride: Organizations that have not met the requirements of another category, or have not completed the SGA check in process.

2. Blue: Organizations whose primary mission is to provide a space for their members interests.

3. Gold: Organizations whose primary mission is to provide external services or events to the entire Hofstra community.

C. Need to see these at Senate this week. Let’s discuss!

D. Senator Vira moves to pass the club categorizations for Fall 2025

E. Senator Chacon seconds

F. Motion passed!

V. Reminders

A. Be sure to take a look at the CR policies. It is definitely long but not a hard read! It will be GREAT if we all have an understanding of the policies.

B. You can reach me at (832) 417 7912 if you have any questions or need anything at all!

C. If you’re going to be absent, email me, sga_secretary@pride.hofstra.edu; sga_ethicsandconduct@pride.hofstra.edu; sga_vicepresident@pride.hofstra.edu!

Meeting Adjourned 6:41 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Maisa Ahmad

Club Resources Chair

Communications Committee Meeting

Student Center Rm 145 October 27, 2025

Meeting Called to Order: 6:00 pm

Quorum

Present:

Chair Kyle Denson

Chair Rachel Jacob

Senator Wasih Gillani

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Aarushi Chauhan

Senator Logan Finkelstein

Associate Spencer Hamilton

Associate Kellsie Verdone

Associate Alyssa Osso

Associate Gabriella Monteiro

Associate Evan Eng

Absent:

Associate Nathan Arscott

Senator Jordan Watt

Agenda:

1. Icebreaker: If you had to stay the same age forever, which age would you want to be?

a.

2. Updates

a. Working on Overnight @ Hofstra Reel

i. Posting tonight or tomorrow

b. Hofstra Hunts Reel Posted

c. Ordered polaroid film to take pictures at senate/events

d. Posting Monthly Newsletter this week

3. Business

a. Weekly Content Calendar

b. Integrating Title IX Graphics

c. Build A Friend Promo! - November 11th 4-7pm

i. Pride on Ice theme

ii. Reel to show off all the different stuffed animals

1. Count 1 guilty…

2. Use names and personalities of bears

3. Give each of E-Board a stuffed animal

d. SAW Promotion

i. Reel each day (?)

ii. End of the week not all towards

iii. Show off merch options

iv. Plinko game appearance

1. All options are fill out the survey

2. All of the options are merch

v. Come see SGA table

vi. Get to know SGA members

vii. Street style interview

e. Finalizing SAW Reel per day

i. Monday: What is SAW Week?

ii. Tuesday: Count 1 guilty… with Build a Friend

iii. Wednesday: Street style interview

iv. Thursday: Before and After taking the survey

v. Friday: Progress through the week and Thank you participating

f. General Comms Ideas (if any?)

i. Tracker of student respondents

ii. Publishing questions

iii. Depending on data we can make change - how you can make your voice heard!

iv. Collect more responses

Reminders:

● If you have to miss committee, please email Ethics, VP, Secretary, and me. If you are missing Senate, make sure to email the Ethics, VP, and Secretary.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:20 pm

Respectfully submitted, Kyle

Programming Committee Minutes

Weekly Meeting

Date 10/28/25

Meeting Commenced 6: pm

Attendance

Attended

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Senator Sophia Apostol

Senator Jean Pierre

Senator Kripa Thani

Chair Celeste Orellana

Senator Salvatore Ruffo

Senator Jack Ehrlich

Senator Michael Araba

Associate Sai Vignesh Vajinapelly

Associate Sabina Abidova

Senator Jazmin Aguilar

Senator Harish Subramanian

Absent:

Guests:

1. Check in

a. IceBreaker: Dream job if money didn't matter

2. Overview of the semester

a. SAW Week!!

1. Skit: No

2. Presentation: what to put on it?? What is saw?? Do’s and don'ts of tabling

a. Funnier do’s and dont’s

b. Do encourage people

c. Don't force people to fill it out

d. Don't ignore people

e. Don't sit and stare on your phone

f. Be active!!

g. ENERGY!!

h. IF U SIGN UP, SHOW UP!!

i. Collab effort, if you cant make it text someone

j.

3. How can we get that 1000 person threshold

a. Do reels with kyle, memes and trends.

b. For certain events, have incentives for filling out the survey

c. INCENTIVES

d. First 50 people to fill it out get ___

e. Cookie tray?? (ask maddie)

f. Word of mouth, talk, talk, talk to everyone

g. Walking up to tables!!

h. Clubs to put it in their group me

i. Flyers??

j.

b. BAF

1. Update

2. Personality traits for each animal!!

a. Hugo the Highland: nonchalant and chill, when you can make him laugh, it's loud. Couch potato, he loves potato chips and baja blast. Milk dud and hugo are best friends,

b. Pixie the Polar bear: : she loves ice cubes, loves getting her nails done, but she can get down and dirty. loves a good sweet treat (ice cream sandwich). love Pepsi. LOVES pop music and is a feminist. Brix and pixie are dating

c. Milk Dud the Mountain Goat: sassy, feisty, he's got the spirit and he's ready for a fight. HATES sweet food but loves salty and sour food. Loves pastrami. He's a sporty guy and gives middle-aged vibes. He's cocky and he loves Madden and Fifa. Milk dud and winter have a frenemies relationship, always competitive.

d. Brix the Buck: Rugged, does drag brunches with his high school friends. Independent, self determined, loves a good self care night. Drag queen by night, lumberjack by day. Apple pie, cranberry juice.

e. Winter the snow leopard: very sneaky, mischievous, always into problems but she always gets herself out. Always beefing with brix and messing with hugo. Natural leader, Shirley temple. favorite food is sushi.

c. Monsters and munchies

1. Went very well!!

2. Disappointing turnout from committee

d. Hofstra Hunts

a. Going great!!

b. Master sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ps9_L4zdL1HlYM vuVpu-bSkOaCYCObcQDT0xyD0eehQ/edit?usp=sharing

c. How can we ensure more people participate? Spots in the STU??

Field day: April 17 w FSL!!

Meeting Adjourned 6:33 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Attendance:

- Attended:

- Guest - Evelyn Quail

Chair

Senator

Chair Bianca Yepez

Senator Jake Urban

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Patrick Bruso

Senator Lily Hoffman

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator John Vira

Associate

Late:

- Absent:

- Senator Dayanna Rubio-Chacon

- Senator Jordan Watt

- Senator Jazmin Aguilar

- Associate Vandita Singh

Ice Breaker

10/30/2025 SC 143

Meeting commenced at 6:00 pm EST

- What fictional character would you be (more like a monster)?

Chair Updates

- Met with Edtech, library dean, CIO, and Dr. Blue

- What type of updates would we like to see on Canvas?

- Should Canvas become a place for academic event announcements?

- Final Frenzy

- Stress buster+academic games

- Honors board wants to be on it

- I will be meeting with P and VP

- Sip with the integrity - Donuts and Hot Chocolate

- Fidget making

- Twister

- Fitness Center

- Mini basketball

- Counseling Services

- Mack the dog

- We can do Kahoot

- More interactive games

- We can also do Trivia

- Math is fun

- Invite faculty and have interactive/informative activities

- Zarb School

- Integrate study abroad programs

- Event ideas for Spring

- Collab with Honors Board

- Are you smarter than AI?

- We can invite some Professionals

- We can invite professors from the computer science

- Inviting a professionals for the panel

- Having student and faculty panel

- Collab with Career Center

- Dress for Success

- Something resume building/cover letter writing/LinkedIn profile making related?

- We can make it into an instagram post/mass email/

- Newsletter from different departments?

- Writing center

- Hours Monday-Thursday from 10 AM to 5 PM

- Friday from 10 AM to 2 PM

- People do not really come in the morning

- Let it start one or two hour later

- Work more on asynchronous appointments

- Working with SAS

- Classroom accessibility

- Any ideas?

- Not everyone can use specific types of tables that we have in classes

- Microphones

- Questions for Pat

- Works in the campus recreation

Upcoming meetings/events/initiatives

- Meetings:

- Meeting with HCLAS dean on November 14th, at 2 PM.

- Events:

- SAW tabling from November 10-14th.

Initiative/Goal Tracker

- 2025-2026 Goal Tracker

- Please write down any ideas or initiatives you would like to work on!!!

Open for your questions/comments

1. If you are going to be absent, email the secretary and CC your chair and ethics

2. Anything else you may want!

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 6:28 pm EST

Respectfully Submitted, Nene Dzaveluri Academic Affairs Chair

Equity and InclusionMeeting Agenda

Spring 2025

6:00 pm, Oct 30, 2025

SGA Conference Room

Meeting Commenced 6:01p.m.

Attendance

Chair Orellana

Chair Jacob Iacobovici

Senator Sophia Apostol

Senator Alexander Green

Senator Daniel Malayeri

Senator Jean Pierre

Senator Abigail Rades

Senator Yoni Smook

Senator Kripa Thani

Associate Angelina Gramarossa

Associate Anjali Taneja

Late Arrival

Absent

Visitors!

Comptroller Skeldon

I. Icebreaker

A. Shoutout DaeJa for the Halloween Theme Inspo!

B. What is your Halloween costume? If not dressing up, what is your favorite candy?

II. Chair Updates

A. Belonging Survey OEI

1. Tabling 11/5

B. International Food Week

1. Meeting with Lexis tomorrow!

2. New Name?

a) Food Exploration

b) International Eats

c) Eat Around the World

d) Global Bites

C. Noche Buena x HOLA 12/02

1. HOFUSA 7-9PM

D. World Gala 11/6 5-8 PM MPR

1. PhotoBooth realness yay

a) Alex

b) Jacob

c) Sophia

d) Jean

E. Hofstra Celebrates the Holidays

1. Chabad, Chavaya, HSA, Hofstra Gospel, Newman, Hofstra IVCF, MSA, Hillel

III. Brainstorming

A. Ideas for next semester?

1. Continue Equity Asks

2. Apollo Trip

a) Good feedback!

b) Maybe a different idea

c) Museums

3. Women’s History Month event in Student Atrium

4. HAPIA X SASA x SGA collab? Field Trip?

a) AAPI

5. Native American Culture

6. Highlight Black Faculty for BHM

7. Club collaboration with BSU, BLAC, etc.

8. Highlight Black Senators on insta

9. Breast Cancer Awareness, Public Health Week

10. Highlight students/faculty with disabilities and collaborate with SAS?

11. LGBTQ+ with QTPOCC, Lavender Grove

12. Showcase International Students

a) Nene YAY

b) Shannon Paul from International Students

13. Educational Panels

a) Making more interactive

(1) Quiz ?

(2) Fun game

(3) Scenario Based

b) Making names more catchy

B. Questions for Pat (Director of Campus Rec)

1. What response does she have to students who say they’re afraid to utilize the fitness center as a result of fear of judgement?

a) How do they make sure the gym is sanitized?

2. How are you advertising the fitness center to commuter students?

3. Do they have a layout of the gym on a Hofstra Website anymore?

4. Do they have gym instructors who help you learn how to use the equipment?

IV. Upcoming!

A. World Gala 11/6 5-8PM MPR

B. Noche Buena 12/2 7-9PM HOPEFULLY

C. STAY SAFE THIS WEEKEND TEXT ME IF YOU NEED ANYTHING <3

V. Reminders

A. You can reach me at 347-481-9150 if you have any questions or need anything at all!

B. SGA Policy Series

C. SGA Constitution

Meeting Adjourned 6:29PM

Respectfully Submitted,

Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes

F25 Meeting

Date: 10/30/2025

Meeting Commenced @ ___

Attendance

Chair Malhotra

Chair M. Ahmad

Senator L. Finkelstein

Senator H. Subramanian

Senator W. Gillani

Senator P. Peri

Senator T. Yari

Senator J. Ehrlich

Associate A. Chiu

Associate A. Osso

Late Arrival

N/A

Absent

Senator Black

Senator Finkelstein

I. Icebreaker

A. If you could be a vegetable, what would you be and why?

II. Facility Updates

A. We will be conducting walk-throughs to identify any observable facility issues that students may be experiencing. This includes seeing if automatic doors are functioning as intended, filters for water-dispensers are being cleaned, etc.

1. 11/07 @2PM

a) Ehrlich

b) Finklestein

c) Gillani

III. Upcoming Meetings

A. Meeting with Compass tomorrow with Celeste.

IV. International Food Week

A. Need to rename IFW since Compass wants to extend this event to 2 weeks for the purpose of including all cultural organizations.

1. Snacks (Foods) Without Borders a) Everyone

2. Global Bites a) 2

3. International (or Global) Food Fest a) Everyone

4. Global Food Fun a) 1

5. Global Culinary Craze a) 2

6. Global Food University a) 2

7. Global Culinary Bites a) 1

8. Food Around the World a) 8

9. Meals Around the World a) 4

10. A World of Dishes a) 8

Top 3:

1. Foods Without Borders

2. Global Food Fest

3. A World of Dishes

V. Any Facilities Concerns?

A. Breslin Hall second floor bathroom latches are loose/not aligned

B. More Gutters around campus to combat heavy rain

C. Raised Crosswalk on California Ave

D. Filters Water Fountains

E. Cable in the back corner of the gym

F. White Plastic Food Containers leaking

G. Napkin Dispenser availability needs to be increased

1. More utensils

H. Berliner 1st Floor Disabled Stall in the womens bathroom

VI. Ideas related to Facilities and Operations?

A. Ponchos should be accessible in all buildings

B. A dippin’ dot machine would be nice and sell well(please be the cup one–not the bag)

C. Umbrellas

D. Coat Hangers in the Bathroom

VII. Facility Reporting Form

A. Flyers will be distributed across campus.

1. Will rely on committee members to hang flyers in key locations.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:28PM

Respectfully submitted, Ronit Malhotra

Wellness & Campus Safety Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting 10/29/2025

Meeting Commenced 6:00 PM

Attendance :

Chair Kyle Denson

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Senator Salvatore Ruffo

Senator Rebecca Noel

Senator Michael Araba

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Aarushi Chauhan

Associate Milena Aparicio

Not in Attendance:

Associate Tamera Hayles

Visitor:

1. Ice Breaker:

a. Attendance

b. What would your DJ/Rapper name be?

2. Updates/upcoming events:

a. Rachel On The Run - Episode 2

i. Featuring Equity and Inclusion chair Celeste!

ii. Filming at OSLE’s Halloween Bash

iii. ROTR Questions Spring 2025

iv. ROTR Questions Fall 2025

b. Tabling BYOWB & One Love

i. Date: November 24th tentatively

ii. Be there!

c. Finals Frenzy

i. Date: December 9th

ii. Meeting with Grace and Jacob on Nov 14th

iii. Make your own slime - feasibility and here’s what I found

iv. Having One Love, Title IX, SHS etc. resources at the table

d. Planning an HSA - Yoga event

i. Date: December 1st

ii. Meeting with HSA on Friday at 1pm

e. Student Health Services

i. Updates from meeting with Steven Richman

f. Announcement

g. I love listening to all of your brilliant ideas and contributions, so totally reach out if you have any!

3. Reminders

a. Remember to email Ethics, Secretary, VP and myself if you are missing Senate i. Add your Chair if you are missing committee

Meeting Adjourned 6:13 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Rachel Jacob Wellness & Campus Safety Chair

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