Agenda of the 85th Senate
Hofstra University Student Government Association October 22, 2020 Hofstra University Zoom University Call to order Meeting Called to order at 6:37 PM A. Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at 30 B. New Business a. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) i. The Club talked about the club's past and former recognition this club is a national organization. The club is here for recognition for multiple reasons as well as budgets and space for storage. They showed in a powerpoint the amount of clubs that they have held this past year. They had in person events before COVID and went more virtual this year. 1. Questions a. Senator Germaine i. What is the class standing of the E-Board 1. The President, Treasurer, and Secretary are senior as well as chairs. The Vice President is a junior. b. Chair Connolly-Sisk i. Can you explain what civil engineering is? 1. Yes this is terms when it doesn't move c. Senator Funk i. How many people attend the meetings 1. 30-35 in the group roughly half meets in the meetings d. Senator Singh i. What is the age of members 1. The majority is seniors
2. Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to recognize the club a. By a vote of 29-1-0 That club has been passed b. Presentation from Senator DeBiso i. Started talking to Jon Palatis about work order and how to enhance the experience for residence life. Also Senator DeBiso showed how to access a work order as well as how to access the powerpoint. The goal is to host an event during Welcome Week, Academic Issues, How SGA is a Resource. There would be one appointed member per advocacy committee. Also talked about an ad hoc Committee and work out the logistics c. Senate Dialogue i. Temperatures are hot everywhere ii. Lights are not on in HOFusa also No Wi-Fi iii. Bring back Einsteins iv. Screening in Tents v. Locked buildings vi. Study rooms need help vii. Hand Sanitizers are getting empty viii. Commuter lockers bring them back ix. Dryers on campus x. How often are the Tents cleaned xi. Broken Sanitizer in the Pride Den xii. Network while on campus xiii. Laundry app does not work C. Approval of the Minutes a. Senator Congdon moves to approve of Senate Minutes from 10/15 i. moves to pass the Senate Minutes 1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion Passed b. Senator Funk moves to approve of Cabinet Minutes from 10/21 i. Moves to pass the cabinet minutes 1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion Passed D. E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. Shoutout to the Leaders 4 Leaders for coming ii. Hofstra was in a deficit but now we are not in a deficit iii. Please remain safe during Halloween b. Vice President - A. Osner i. We will have a month left ii. We will be having 5 minute meetings 1. Any feedback or suggestions as well as committee changes if you want to c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. No Official Report
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d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. No Official Report Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. No Official Minutes b. Club Resources - G. Khandelwal i. No Official Report 1. 2 elections are coming up c. Communications - A. Colon i. Newsletter is done should be going out soon d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. The Halloween Scavenger Hunt is next Friday October 30th. Please promote this event. e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk i. Student Connect overhaul is working and more updates are coming soon ii. SAS meeting went well and have more ideas for next semester iii. Any IT questions please let me know before my meetings that are coming up. f. Equity & Inclusion - M. Mobley i. Black healing Meeting is coming up g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. We have a meeting with Dean St. Leger tomorrow with Chair Khandelwal ii. Any questions please let me know h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. Flyers and give-a-aways are being worked on ii. The $25 card fee is in progress 1. Update from It’s On Us a. Info from Domestic Violence Awareness Week which is this week b. Safe Dating and digital warning signs have been happening c. Keep students engaged during the breaks Senator Patane moves to pass all committee minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup Adjournment a. Moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 8:01 pm
Agenda of the 85th Senate
Hofstra University Student Government Association October 15. 2020 Hofstra University Call to order Meeting Called to order at 6:31 PM A. Quorum Call a. Quorum Set at 27 b. Chair Khandelwal moves to suspend the rules and approve the minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed B. Special Business a. Mid Semester Reports i. All Cabinet members presented their Mid Semester Reports C. Approval of the Minutes a. Approval of Senate Minutes from 10/8 i. Chair Connoly-Sisk moves to pass the Senate Minutes
1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion Passed b. Approval of Cabinet Minutes from 10/14 i. Senator Germaine Moves to pass the cabinet minutes 1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion Passed D. E-Board Reports a. President - T. Stark i. Meeting with President Rabinowitz coming up ii. Board of Trustees meeting coming up b. Vice President - A. Osner i. November 19th is end of semester reports ii. Mid-semester reports were given tonight iii. In leaders for leaders President Stark presented about her Library initiative c. Comptroller - N. Cote i. Looking ahead: There will be no standard Budget Weekend for next semester. All clubs will receive the same funding they received for this semester. Whatever is left in a club’s account at the end of the Fall 2020 Semester will roll into their funds for Spring 2021 Semester. d. Secretary - C. Greenberg i. No Official Report ii. Send Senator DeBiso Minutes! E. Committee Chair Reports a. Appropriations - A. Liebowitz i. Reminder that every club will receive $1,000 come Spring 2021 Semester. Budget Weekend is cancelled and no Budget Requests are due. b. Club Resources - G. Khandelwal i. We’ve been working primarily on recognizing clubs and completing senatorial actions. Moving forward, we will be focusing more on reaching out to clubs. Committee members will be assigned to a specific category of clubs to be in contact with. c. Communications - A. Colon i. Thank you to members of the Advocacy Committees who submitted videos for Get To Know SGA. We sent a reminder to clubs about sending flyers and using LinkTree. d. Programming - A. Paturzo i. Scavenger Hunt on Friday Oct. 30th e. Academic Affairs - K. Connolly-Sisk i. Met with Elfreda Blue to discuss advocating for better classroom etiquette on Zoom. ii. A meeting with SAS is coming up so please reach out if you have anything specific that you would like to be discussed. f. Equity & Inclusion - M. Mobley
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We focused on our Town Hall project and drafting an email addressing the recent incident on campus. g. Facilities & Operations - B. Aquino i. Talked about Proposal “Advocating for Yourself” h. Wellness & Campus Safety - D. O’Brien i. We need two students to serve on the Art with Impact Panel on November 9th. ii. We will be giving away different sanitizer products for the upcoming programming committee event. iii. Survey questions for the new Welcome Week event are in the works. iv. Community Standards is now closely monitoring students who miss their required COVID test or fail to fill out the daily health screening. i. Chair Connolly-Sisk moves to pass all minutes i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed For Good of the Order Announcements Snap Cup Adjournment a. Senator DeCrescenzo Moves to adjourn the meeting i. Motion Seconded ii. Motion Passed 1. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm
Cabinet Agenda Zoom Room October 21, 2020 I. II. III.
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Call to Order A. Meeting Called to order at 8:03 Icebreaker New Business A. SAW 1. We need to get the ball rolling on SAW can we work on Questions for tomorrow. Pres/ VP Updates A. Attended the board of trustees meeting 1. Gave update to them as well as recap of MSR from last week 2. Be smart this upcoming week because of Halloween B. Friday we have a meeting with Presidents / Vice Presidents and Deans Office C. Leaders for Leaders coming mentees will be showing up tomorrow D. Senator DeBiso will be presenting tomorrow in Senate, Chair Paturzo will be overseeing this project as it falls under programming Comptroller Updates A. Nothing much Again B. Email went out about new changes Secretary Updates A. Minutes will be going on the website soon Committee Updates A. Appropriations a. No Official Minutes b. Spring Allocations emails have been sent B. Academic Affairs a. Met with Jean to discuss updates on Student Connect
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b. EdTech update C. Club Resources a. No Official Minutes i. Club Coming tomorrow to senate D. Communications a. Graphic Update b. Halloween Prep E. Equity and Inclusion a. Sent email to Hillel b. Continued further initiatives F. Facilities and Operations a. Has a meeting with Gaby G. Programming a. Scavenger Hunt is next week Time Is still pending but most likely will be 5pm b. Working on Family Trivia but also a date change H. Wellness and Campus Safety a. Card Services update b. Working on give-a-aways stuff For Good of the Order Adjournment A. Chair Khandelwal Moves to adjourn the meeting 1. Motion Seconded 2. Motion Passed a) Meeting Adjourned at 9:00
Communications Committee Minutes Fall 2020 Weekly Meeting 8 10/20/2020
Meeting Commenced 6:32pm Attended:
Chair Bernice Aquino Senator Daniel DeCrescenzo (left early excused) Senator Thomas Doherty Senator George Kaludis Chair David O’Brien Senator Andrew Patane Senator Afsah Shareef Associate Olivia Bevinetto C hair Antonella Colon
Absent: 1. High/Low 2. Weekly Graphics a. Senate Recap- Danny b. Leaders for Leaders Recap- Afsah c. Wellness Wednesdays- topic is water 3. Art With Impact a. Start advertising on Monday Oct.26th b. All graphic provided 4. Scavenger Hunt a. Date: Oct. 30th b. Instagram Story- David
c. Post- Bernice 5. Newsletter a. Release date: Friday Oct. 23rd b. Updated information c. Confirmed layout Meeting Adjourned 7:02pm Respectfully Submitted, Antonella Colon Communications Chairwoman
Programming Committee Agenda Weekly Meeting #8 10/20/20
Meeting Commenced 6:30 PM Attendance
Attended
Absent
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Chair Maria Mobley Senator Susan Cheng Senator Calob Congdon Senator Rachel Potula (late) Senator Faith Schnack Senator Julie Singh Associate Amanda Doherty Associate Gabrielle Schroeder Chair Alexa Paturzo
Senator Kathryn Harley Senator Gigi Walker
Check-ins
2. Programming Ideas a. Scav Hunt i.
Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt
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The date has been set: Friday, October 30th at 5pm
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Mark this off on your calendars, as attendance will be mandatory
2. Platform set up- tomorrow iii.
Ideas for Halloween Theme 1.
Black cats
2. Dressing up for us and students (included in description and rules of game) 3. Music (BT speakers) a. Lex b. Gab c. Calob 4. Pumpkins 5. Spiderwebs
6. Tablecloths-black with confetti/glitter iv.
Checkpoints/riddles 1.
Hofcats: find a black cat
2. Hofstra Hall- ghost story; Kate and William Hofstra lived here -- Mr. Hofstra died in the house May 11, 1932 after missing the tickets to titanic; Calkins died in 1942 in Hofstra hall 3. Narnia- named after a famous fairytale-- all pine trees; you may find a lion, witch, or wardrobe 4. Koi pond- sensory garden 5. Labyrinth by C V Starr- stand in the middle can’t hear your voice 6. Hitchhiker statue- you’re greeted by this statue when you first come to campus, if you’re looking for someone to go to Boston with, find this statue
7. Barnard statute- go to this statue for good book suggestions; called WALTER holding a clipboard, Barnard is where the plane crashed 8. Lions outside of the playhouse (hats?) - a good photo op- hear me roar-- theater -- shakespeare?? 9. Windmill by admissions- netherlands outside of the netherlands; you may not have been there but everyone went through it 10. Bird sanctuary- behind u club where you find solace in nature-- email- I’ll ask Colin in our meeting this week 11. Calkins Hall -- used to be the gym 12. Socrates on the quad by Bits-- touch his head for good luck on exams v.
Placement of tables at checkpoint for giveaways 1.
Ideas? How many? a. Hofstra Hall b. C V Starr c. Barnard d. Windmill e. Socrates/Lions
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Trick-or-Treat Goodies 1.
Candy and halloween goodie bags have been ordered a. I need a few volunteers to help make the goodie bags
2. Colin has left overs from Welcome Week; we are meeting this week to go over specifics 3. Phone/hand/credit card sanitizer b. Family Month
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Collaboration with Parent and Family Programs, in lieu of Family Weekend
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Programming will host “Spooky Season” Trivia this Friday, October 23rd at 7pm via Zoom for families 1.
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Faith and I will host, as not to overwhelm families
Creation of questions for game 1.
Will be sent by Thursday evening
c. Stressbusters i.
GA reached out to see if SGA wanted to host a virtual program or two over zoom from December 2nd- 6th
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Ideas? 1.
Trivia
2. Holiday Movie Night from HBO, Disney Plus 3. Game Night 4. Craft Night on youtube 5. Baking class virtual iii.
Build-A-Friend will be a separate event** 1.
Ideas or themes? a. Sea animals b. Rainbow
3. Student Appreciation Week (SAW) a. Overview i.
Week of November 16th-20th
b. Virtual SAW Procedures i.
Pop up feature on your portal
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Survey questions from advocacy committees due by the end of this week
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Possibility of giveaways or being entered into a raffle
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More info to come
4. Advocating for Yourself
a. Initiative for Welcome Week b. Representative from the committee c. More info to come 5. Housekeeping a. Sign up for elections as well, if you are a new senator make sure to sign up with a returning senator! It is mandatory for everyone to complete one election per semester! b. Absences c. Instagram- Get to Know SGA (in lieu of office hours) i.
Gigi- This week
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Send your video in by Wednesday night, programming goes Thursday!
d. Questions? Meeting Adjourned 7:15 PM
Respectfully Submitted, Alexa Paturzo Programming Chair
Academic Affairs Committee Minutes
Fall 2020 Meeting #7 10/21/2020 Meeting called to order at 6:00 pm est Attendance Attended Chair Connolly-Sisk Chair Paturzo Senator Schanck Senator Behm Senator Congdon Senator Imran Senator Kaludis Absent
A. Introductions/Ice Breaker a. What is your favorite holiday and why isn’t it Thanksgiving? B. Updates a. CUA/CAE i. Meeting with Marc and Diane 12-1 b. Technology i. Meeting Next Wed. at 11:45 c. USenate i. Will be working on SAS collaboration ii. Increase knowledge of online digital resources iii. Encourage tech literacy in faculty d. SAS i. Disability Awareness ii. More positive relationship with faculty and staff iii. Maybe do a program about understanding those with disabilities (Mythbusters??) e. Jean i. Tent walls are down ii. Student Connect C. The Weekly Norm a. Sign up for elections! b. Pick up your t-shirt if you haven’t
D. Representative for “Advocating for Yourself” E. Student Appreciation Week a. I feel confident in my professors ability to teach utilizing technology. b. I think that Hofstra should offer more online asynchronous classes to help combat Zoom fatigue/overuse. F. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm est Respectfully Submitted, Khiya Connolly-Sisk Academic Affairs Chair
Equity and Inclusion Committee Minutes
Weekly Meeting #7 10/22/20 Meeting Commenced 6:02 PM
Attendance Senator Susan Cheng Senator Thomas Doherty Senator Will Germaine Senator Kathryn Harley Senator Anja Rudder Senator Maheen Safian Chair Antonella Colon Chair Gopal Khandelwal (Tardy) Chair Maria Mobley Associate Bryan Perez
Attended
Visitor Absent 1. Introductions: How was your day? 2. SAW Questions 3. Town Hall Discussion a. Assigning Town Hall Projects i. Programming (Anto, Bryan, Suzie) 1. Hola professor outreach 2. Solidifying town hall date ii. Outreach (Thomas, Anja, Will) 1. Drafting outreach email. iii. Research (Kathryn, Gopal, Maheen) 1. Find contacts for Town Hall 4. Chair Updates a. Hillel Email b. Housekeeping i. Art with Impact ii. Reminders iii. Facilities and Operations
Meeting Adjourned
6:35 pm
Respectfully Submitted, Maria Mobley Equity and Inclusion Chair
Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes
F20 Weekly Meeting #8 10/22/20
Meeting Commenced 6:00pm Attendance Attended Chair Bernice Aquino Senator Maxie DeBiso Senator Wiley Fletcher Senator Rachel Potula Senator Dan DeCrescenzo Senator Julie Singh Associate Abia Farzandali Senator Katherine Funk Senator Benjamin Welch Absent I. II.
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Highs and lows I’m meeting with Dean Gaby (Dean of Students) on Friday (10/23) to discuss updates regarding the Black student lounge space and the black student LLC that BLAC demanded. Are there any additional questions I should ask her? ● How large should we allocate the space to be? ● What type of decorations should be in there or how should it be conducted aka like Commuter Lounge ● Any info on Covid accommodations for the space? Will it be in the student center? Virtual SAW - survey questions A. Earlier in the semester, we discussed some potential survey questions about the safety of facilities on campus in regards to COVID. I saved the questions in a doc, and we will review them and see which ones we should add to the SAW survey. Sustainability brainstorming A. Purpose: identify concrete ideas that can be included in a future sustainability proposal.
B. Departments: PLANT, ResLife, Compass. ​See page at end of agenda to add any ideas you may have to implement sustainable practices specific to a department. Committee Adjourned 6:30pm
Respectfully Submitted,
Bernice Aquino Facilities & Operations Chair
Wellness & Campus Safety Committee Minutes Weekly Meeting #8 10/22/20 Meeting Commenced 6:00 PM ​Attendance Attended Senator Hotaling Senator Kang Senator Ortiz Senator Patane Senator Shareef Senator Walker Chair O’Brien
Visitor
Vice President Osner
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Chair Liebowitz
1. Ice Breaker a. We are stressed due to midterms but healthy. #Stresss&Blessed 2. Art With Impact a. Advertising starts Monday, October 26th! 3. Wellness Wednesdays a. Aaron will create content for 10/28/20. Use the spreadsheet! 4. Programming Event a. Giveaways coming in on 10/29/20 5. Financial Wellness a. Michael Martin is putting together data for us 6. SAW Survey Questions a. Financial wellness: The $25 fee for replacement student ID cards is affordable i. Strongly agree ii. Somewhat agree iii. Agree iv. Disagree v. Somewhat agree vi. Strongly agree b. Have you utilized mental health services provided on campus by SHACC this semester? i. If yes, please rank the following from most helpful to least helpful ii. Outdoor Mindfulness Meditation
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Online Mindfulness Meditation Social Network Live Coping with Bereavement Social Anxiety Group Recovery Group Coping with COVID-19
7. Reminders a. Make sure to check Hofstra Safe Start for daily updates b. Sign up for elections, every senator is now required to moderate one! c. We have two new advisors. Sam Kloeckener-Soszynski and Zaibis Munoz. You can reach them at samantha.kloeckener@hofstra.edu and zaibis.munoz@hofstra.edu. 8. Questions/Concerns
Meeting Adjourned
6:35 pm
Respectfully Submitted, David O’Brien Wellness & Campus Safety Chair